Fall into Fun with Recreation and Parks - Lern

NEW! Kid Empowerment Smashing ANTs
6-11 yrs / Course lengths, start dates & prices below
Explore our Smashing ANTs program (Automatic Negative Thoughts)! Learn how to
recognize self-limiting thoughts, guard against them, and smash them in a fun way.
You'll barely realize you're learning life skills. There’s an animated cartoon video,
making it easier to learn! This is for all children—high achievers to those struggling
with having confidence, and all those in between. Information: Adam Wienckowski,
410-313-4714 or awienckowski@howardcountymd.gov.
5 wks / 1½ hrs / $125 + $20 materials fee
RP3333.501 Bollman Bridge ES Sep 19 3:15-4:45 PM M
RP3333.502 Forest Ridge ES Nov 8 4:05-5:35 PM Tu
RP3333.503 Hollifield Station ES Nov 9 3:25-4:55 PM W
RP3333.504 Manor Woods ES Nov 7 3:25-4:55 PM M
RP3333.505 Northfield ES Sep 22 3:20-4:30 PM Th
RP3333.506 Rockburn ES Sep 20 3:30-5 PM Tu
RP3333.507 St. John’s Lane ES Sep 21 3:25-4:55 PM W
RP3333.508 Worthington ES Nov 10 4:05-5:35 PM Th
7 wks / 1 hr / $119 + $20 materials fee
RP3333.509 Bellows Spring ES Oct 17 4:05-5:05 PM M
RP3333.510 Fulton ES Oct 12 4:05-5:05 PM W
RP3333.511 Phelps Luck ES Oct 14 3:35-4:35 PM F
RP3333.512 Pointers Run ES Oct 11 4:05-5:05 PM Tu
RP3333.513 Waverly ES Oct 13 3:55-4:55 PM Th
Communication Skills for Kids
by The International School of Protocol
8-11 yrs / 4 wks starting Oct 25 / $85
Build confidence, develop character and increase self-esteem. Learn proper
greetings and introductions, conversing, listening and public speaking skills,
telephone etiquette and how to write thank-you notes. Children receive
workbooks for additional practice at home. Registration: 410-313-7275.
Information: Melissa Calleri, 410-313-4721 or mcalleri@howardcountymd.gov.
RP3321.501 Pointers Run ES 4-4:50 PM Tu
Social Etiquette for Kids
by The International School of Protocol
8-11 yrs / 4 wks starting Sep 27 / $85
Build confidence and self-esteem by learning how to be appropriate and comfortable
in social situations. Topics include greetings and handshakes, common courtesies,
public etiquette, acts of kindness and respect, host and guest behaviors, and image
and interviewing. Children receive workbooks for additional practice at home.
Registration: 410-313-7275. Information: Melissa Calleri, 410-313-4721 or
mcalleri@howardcountymd.gov.
RP3332.501 Pointers Run ES 4-4:50 PM Tu
Science & Technology
NEW! Make & Take It Home by Sciensational
Workshops for Kids, Inc.
6-11 yrs / 2 days, Nov 26 & 27 / $195
In this fun, hands-on exciting program, you will discover how amazing science is. You
will make and take home a wide assortment of toys designed to teach you science
concepts in a hands-on way. Grow and take home a crystal tree. Make an energy
bead bracelet and watch as those amazing beads turn from white to a rainbow of
colors before your eyes. Build a working electric motor. Make your own sharpie pen
T-shirt and learn some cool chemistry (student supplies a 100% cotton T-shirt).
Make your own bubbling blobs and explore the properties of a density tube. Make
silly putty, glowing goo, green flubber and other cool projects. Make ice cream in an
amazing, different, Sciensational way! Kids will be grouped by age. Bring a reusable
water bottle and 100% cotton T-shirt. Registration: 410-313-7275. Information:
Melissa Calleri, 410-313-4721 or mcalleri@howardcountymd.gov.
N Laurel Comm Ctr
RP3304.521 8:30 AM-4 PM Sa & Su
NEW! Botball Robotics –
“The Robot That Does it All”
by Sciensational Workshops for Kids, Inc.
7-12 yrs / 2 days, Aug 22 & 23 / $195
Build and take home your own Botball Robot. The soccer-playing, remote-control
Botball can kick, move forward and backward, turn left and right, and make a
complete circle. With a four-channel microprocessor, up to four robots can take part
in the action as students learn how to control the ball, hold it and kick it out. Control
your Botball Robot with an infrared remote control. Use your Botball for kickball,
soccer, golf, dribbling and as a sumo wrestler to battle against your friends! You will
also get to build and design other robots that can do different things. Kids will be
grouped by age. Bring a reusable water bottle. Registration: 410-313-7275.
Information: Melissa Calleri, 410-313-4721 or mcalleri@howardcountymd.gov.
RP3304.501 N Laurel Comm Ctr 8:30 AM-4 PM M & Tu
NEW! The Mouse – The Wall Hugging Robot
by Sciensational Workshops for Kids, Inc.
7-12 yrs / 2 days, Aug 24 & 25 / $195
The Mouse is sleek, smart and simply amazing. It has two motors and a three speed
gearbox. WOW! It can go fast! It feels its way along walls and around corners. We will
show you how you can take your amazing Mouse home and make a maze for it to
go through. This Mouse is smart, and it’s yours to make and keep. Learn about gears,
sensors, electronic components, circuit boards and more. Learn about robotic technology
– the wave of the future. Kids will be grouped by age. Bring a reusable water
bottle. Registration: 410-313-7275. Information: Melissa Calleri, 410-313-4721 or
mcalleri@howardcountymd.gov.
RP3304.511 Gary J Arthur Comm Ctr 8:30 AM-4 PM W & Th
Fitness
Please see "Fitness" section starting on page 7-S.
Music & Theater Arts
Children’s Chorus
5-9 yrs / 5 wks, start dates below / $65 + $20 materials fee
Learn to sing a variety of traditional and popular songs on pitch, as well as master
basic music reading skills, expressive techniques, and beginning harmony through a
variety of songs, games and movement activities. Materials fee due at first class.
Registration: 410-313-7275. Information: Adam Wienckowski, 410-313-4714.
Olenka School of Music - Columbia
RP0124.501 Aug 27 1-1:55 PM Sa
RP0124.511 Nov 5 1-1:55 PM Sa
School’s Out Drama Workshop
Grades K-5 / Dates below / $75
Why sit at home in front of the TV when off from school? Join us for a day of drama
themed, arts & crafts and fun! Additional sibling: $25. Register for all workshops
and get a day free! Entire series: $150, additional sibling $50. Before & After Care:
DLC, 410-997-9352. Registration: 410-313-7275. Information: Adam Wienckowski,
410-313-4714.
Drama Learning Center – Red Branch Road
RP0105.501 Sep 29 9 AM-4 PM Th
RP0105.502 Oct 21 9 AM-4 PM F
RP0105.503 Nov 4 9 AM-4 PM F
36 Fall 2011 To register, visit howardcountymd.gov/RAP or call 410-313-PARK (410-313-7275)