Virtual Project Days
Wednesday Session 1 - 10:00
List of 9 items.
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Play with a Baby
Description: “Play” with Sage and Molly (Sage's mom!) Learn about babies, how they play, and chat with Molly about anything! -
Stuffed Animal Costume Party
Description: Choose a stuffed animal (or a few) and some clothing. We will dress up our stuffed friends, share them, and perhaps allow them to chat with each other!Materials: Stuffed animals, clothing, jewelry, hair accessories, etc.Staff member: Connie and Kate LeeSuggested grade level: All ages
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Scavenger Hunt! Older Kids
Description: A variety of challenges to find things around the house...for example something that starts with a B sound, something fuzzy, something that smells good. Bring one idea to challenge the group too!Materials: None. But you have to clean up everything you find at the end!
Staff member: Tara
Suggested grade level: Grades 3-6 (There will be another Scavenger Hunt for younger kids Session 4.)
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Making All Kinds of Books
Description: Bring your imagination to brainstorm and create one or more books, either for you, for a family member, or even for a doll or stuffed animal. You might make a (“regular”) bound book, an unbound book, or even a book that looks nothing like most people’s idea of a book, like a scroll book, accordion book or book-in-a-jar!Materials: In addition to printer paper, card stock (if you have it), scissors, stapler, pen, pencil, tape and glue, you might want cardboard squares or rectangles, recycle items of all kinds, old boxes from jewelry, paper towel tubes.Staff member: HannahSuggested grade level: Grades 3 - 8 -
Dance Party
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Framed Hair Art
Description: Creating hair art out of buttons, yarn, thinly cut scraps of paper, coffee beans, or pencil shavings and glueing onto a selfieMaterials:1. Hair: Choice of buttons, yarn, colored construction paper, coffee beans, pencil shavings, or any combination thereof2. Medium: Poster board, cardstock, any heavyweight paper3. Printed selfie, or choice alternative4. Frame: White paper5. Glue6. ScissorsStaff: Carmencita -
Sculpting with Food
Description: Don’t toss away that leftover, stiffened slice of pizza, yet! Let’s make art with it, turning it into a part of food sculpture. We can use any food, cooked or not, leftover or not, and have fun making a sculpture, then maybe eat it! Maybe not!!Materials: Any food from refrigerator, fleezer, pantry, and fruit bowls. Shish kebab sticks, tooth picks, plastic silverwares from takeouts, chopsticks, paper cups and plates, cookie cutters, vegetable peeler, scissors, etc. Microwave. No knives necessary!Staff member: IkuSuggested grade level: all ages -
Los Cuentos - Original stories written and illustrated by 8th graders.
Description: Watch 8th grade Spanish end of the year project.Materials: a digital device that will let you connect to Zoom or We Video
Staff member: Chela
Suggested grade level: 4-8
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Microwave Mug Cake Birthday Celebration!
Description: Help Jenn celebrate her birthday and learn how to make a microwave mug cake. We will sing birthday songs, and celebrate! This day happens to be Jenn’s birthday, but we can celebrate anyone’s birthday, even if it’s not Wednesday.Materials: 2 T butter (or margarine), 2 T flour (or GF flour), vanilla, milk or water, baking powder. Optional: cocoa, chocolate chips, frosting, birthday candles.Staff member: Jenn (with Nora from the Unit as a helper)Suggested grade level: Older kid or younger kid with parent support
Wednesday Session 2 - 11:00
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Arepas and Empanadas
Description: Come cook arepas and empanadas with me.Materials: flour (corn flour) -Water -Salt -Cheese, butter, ham, eggs, bacon, turkey or any other filling that you will put in an english muffin. - a frying pan -a pot with water -use of an oven -oil and spray oil
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Staff member: Chela
Suggested grade level: 4-8
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Scavenger Hunt! Younger kids
Description: A variety of challenges to find things around the house...for example something that starts with a B sound, something fuzzy, something that smells good. Bring one idea to challenge the group too!Materials: None. But you have to clean up everything you find at the end!
Staff member: Tara
Suggested grade level: PreK-2
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Cozy Read-Alouds
Description: What's better than a story time, cozied up and comfy on your couch? A story time with Tracey, that's what! Snuggle up and join Tracey for a great read-aloud!Materials: I provide the books, the kids provide pillows, blankets, lovies or whatever cozy nests they can!
Staff member: Tracey
Suggested grade level: K-4
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Doodles with Sarah
Description: Doodles with Sarah is now LIVE! Learn how to create fun and interesting drawings, (step-by-step) with Sarah.
Here is your hint for Wednesday's doodle:
The subject of this doodle is MAGICAL and I'll get right to the POINT when showing you how to draw it... Any guesses?Materials: Paper, drawing tools
Staff Member: Sarah
Suggested grade level: K- 6
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Hair Braiding for Beginners!
Description: Learn how to braid, using a variety of either string, synthetic hair, or other materials at home!Materials: An assortment of synthetic hair (extensions), embroidery thread, string and beads.
Staff member: Ingleed
Suggested grade level:K-8
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Lego Builders Showcase
Description: Dust off your Legos and build with Joanie. We’ll chat and share tips as we build things with Legos. Send pictures of your creations to Joanie and we’ll create an exhibit for everyone.Materials: Legos
Staff member: Joanie
Suggested grade level: Anyone (You don’t have to be little to love Legos.)
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Minute to Win It
Description: Fun, quick games that take a minute - everyone wins! See how many pennies you can stack in a minute or pick up cotton balls with your nose (tipped with vaseline) or how many pieces of cereal you can pick up with a pair of chopsticks. There will be lots of games, pick the materials you want to gather.Materials: Any of these materials that you have on hand for any games you want to join. Each bullet point is for a different game:- 100 pennies, table
- 1 Oreo or other small round cookie or cracker (for each person playing)
- 1 small package of Skittles or m&ms, a straw and/or tweezers, two bowls or plates (for each person playing)
- Chopsticks or pencils and round breakfast cereal (Cheerios, Kix, etc,), two bowls or plates
- 8-12 red solo cups (any size but all the same size) for stacking, index cards
- 3 Ping pong balls, tennis balls or any bouncy ball and three containers to catch the balls
- Plastic Water bottle with lid (8 or 12 oz) and water (half-filled bottle)
- Cotton balls, blindfold, spoon, two medium sized bowls (one blind fold and spoon for each person) 5 dice and popsicle sticks Oven mitts and small wrapped candy or box
Staff member: Sharon
Suggested grade level: All grades
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Pictionary
Description: Draw funny and silly pictures and have your teammates guess what it is. A gauranteed laugh!Materials: Needs to know how to use Zoom’s chat and whiteboard features.
Staff member: Sabrina & Kate L.
Suggested grade level: 3-8
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Soccer Juggling
Description: Practice your soccer juggling. Set a new personal best!Materials: Soccer ball and your feet!
Staff member: Abby
Suggested grade level: 3-8
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Yes, and . . . Improv Games and Skits
Description: Warm up with some improv games and then make skits in small breakout rooms to be performed for the group.Materials: Just your sense of humor and willingness to go with the flow !
Staff member: Chrissi
Suggested grade level: 4-8
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Wednesday Session 3 - 1:00
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Amp up Your Doodle Game
Description: We’ll play with shapes, lines, and curves to make aesthetically pleasing doodles guaranteed to sweep away hours of boredom.Materials: pencil with eraser, paper, ruler, patience Optional materials: grid paper, colored pencils, markers, pens
Staff member: Sarah P.
Suggested grade level: 4-8
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Drawful - Digital Pictionary with a hilarious twist!
Descripion: Create drawings of randomly assigned titles while other players create titles for your randomly assigned drawing, then laugh out loud as you see what others come up with in trying to guess the correct title!Materials: A separate device (phone/ tablet) to log onto game with special code assigned during play. Drawings will be created on devices with finger.
Staff Member: Carmencita
Suggested Grade Level: Grades 3-8
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Easy Ways to Make Books
Description: Come prepared to create one or more books, either for you, for a family member, or even for a doll or stuffed animal. Hannah will show you how to make a staple bound book, and will talk about other kinds of easy-to-make books too!Materials: A few sheets of printer paper, a sheet or two of card stock if you have it, a stapler, scissors, a pencil and pen. Tape and glue might be handy too.
Staff member: Hannah
Suggested grade level: PK- 2
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Kate L Reads Junie B. Jones
Description: Hang out with Kate and be silly as she reads Junie B. Jones books -
Make Irish Scones!
Description: Follow along as we make scones. As they are baking, I will read stories of Ireland, my home!Materials: To make 6 small scones: 6oz regular flour plus extra, sugar, baking powder, salt, cold butter, milk. Raisins (optional). Bowl. Sieve. Measuring spoons. Measuring jug. Knife to cut butter. Fork or spoon to mix. Oven and cookie sheet with baking/parchment paper or cast iron thing to bake them on!
Staff member: Tara and Kerryn
Suggested grade level: 4-8, younger with adult
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Rainbows
Description: Let’s explore rainbows. We’ll learn how rainbows are formed, make our own rainbows and even learn a rainbow dance!Materials:- 6 cups (cups should be the same height, clear is best but not necessary, bowls or mugs could work too as long as they are the same height)
- red, blue and yellow food coloring,
- 6 paper towels, water.
Please have supplies ready and waiting!
Staff member: Lauren & Molly
Suggested grade level: PK-3
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Scallion Pancakes
Description: Learn to make these savory snacks at homeMaterials: Equipment -- Cuisinart or Mixer w/ bread hook, boiling water, knives, cutting board, pastry brush, rolling pin, frying pan
Ingredients:Scallions, sesame oil, salt, flour, water
Staff member: Cindy
Suggested grade level: All, with adult support for younger students Adults should be on hand as needed for safety with cutting and cooking skills.
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Watch World Cup Soccer
Description: Some say the 1982 Brazil vs. Italy was one of the greatest World Cup games. You be the judge. Let’s watch together!Materials: Bring an opinion or love of the game and snacks.
Staff member: Eric
Suggested grade level: 4-8
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What’s Your Music?
Description: Share your favorite music with eachother!
Thursday Session 1 - 10:00
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Amaze your Friends with these Totally Useless Skills!
Description: Make a pencil float in the air! Try gags that will shock your grown-ups! And learn a prank or two that will make your friends and family wonder why they ever put up with you!Materials: The more of these you have the better: a pencil, 4 same-sized coins, a jacket with a hood, a long sleeve stretchy shirt, post-its, washable marker, spoon, fork, dull table knife, cloth napkin, large towel or cloth the size of a towel, apple, and a ball about the size of your head (soccer, kickball, basketball etc.)
Staff member: Ami will teach and be assisted by her husband Alex the Jester, who actually makes a living doing totally useless skills! (Not many jobs like this anymore!)
Suggested grade level: Grades 3-8
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Explore Virtual Field trips with Kate L.
Description: Travel virtually to an array of interesting places!Materials: Computer and a zest for adventure!
Staff member: Kate L. & Carmencita
Suggested grade level: All
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Hair Braiding and Hair Wraps for Beginners!
Description: Learn how to braid, using a variety of either string, synthetic hair, or other materials at home!Materials: An assortment of synthetic hair (extensions), embroidery thread, string and beads.
Staff member: Ingleed
Suggested grade level: K-8
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How to make cardboard Furniture for your Dolls or Stuffed Animals
Description: We will use cardboard (the kind from cardboard boxes) to make whatever your dolls or stuffies have been needing.Materials: Cardboard, recyclable items of interest, cloth, duct or masking tape, glue (glue gun or other), needle and thread
Staff member: Hannah
Suggested grade level: PreK-8, though PreK-2 might need more adult help
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Interview Your Pets
Description: We’ll all share our pets (live, imaginary, and stuffed), develop a group of questions, interview our pets, and share those interviews with eachother!Materials: Come with a description of your pet, a drawing or picture, and your imagination!
Staff member: Ann & Sharon
Suggested grade level: All
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Learn to juggle
Description: Learn to juggle.Materials: Three similarly shaped items
Staff member: Abby & Molly
Suggested grade level: 4-8
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Learn to speak Ob
Description: Ob is a secret language that can be learned fairly easily and is spoken by children (and adults from the 1970s) around the country!Materials: none
Staff member: Julie (with help from Elias)
Suggested grade level: 3rd and up
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Make a delicious Maracuya (Passion Fruit) Mousse
Description: This is a delicious and traditional dessert from tropical countries where Passion Fruit grows.Materials: Hand or electric mixer, 1 medium pan (4 quart or 4 liters)- 2 greek plain Yogurt, or 32 oz( 2 lb),
- 3 Maracuya (Passion fruit pulp frozen) or 14 oz ( You can buy it at Market basket or other latin supermarket),
- 5 small Packets of unflavored gelatin,
- 3 cans Condensed Milk of any brand.
- 2 glasses of water.
Staff member: Graciela & Dorla
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Watercolor designs
Description: Try your hand at watercolor painting, trying out s different techniques and designs!Materials: Pencil with eraser, Watercolor paints and brushes, Masking tape (optional), sponge that can be cut into pieces (optional), Container of water that won’t tip over easily, paper towel
Staff member: Diana
Suggested grade level: All
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Thursday Session 2 - 11:00
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Bake Chocolate Chip Cookies with Kim and Kerryn
Description: Follow along as we make cookies. As they are baking, we will read stories for you or you might be curious about the secret life of a Head of School (what did she like to do when she was your age?)Materials:- 2 ¼ cup flour,
- 1 teaspoon baking soda,
- 1 tsp salt,
- 2 sticks butter (1 cup) softended,
- ¾ cup granulated sugar,
- ¾ cup brown sugar,
- 1 tsp vanilla extract,
- 2 large eggs,
- 2 cups Nestle Toll House semi sweet chocolate morsels
Staff member: Kim and Kerryn
Suggested grade level: All (adult support for younger students)
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Campfire Singalong
Description: Sing, dance, and act out musical stories by the imaginary campfire!Materials: None
Staff member: Julie
Suggested Grade Level: All!
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Cropped picture challenge
Description: Learn how to make a cropped picture challenge - a fun game to play over Zoom!Materials: Zoom, Google Slides
Staff member: Aaron
Suggested grade level: 3-8
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Exploring with Akey
Description: Akey Akeyevich (Ah-key Ah-key-ev-ich), Joanie’s penguin, who is the best fisherbird in the world, will read some of his stories about animation, Legos, and his favorite restaurant, Bird-Two-Cheese.Materials: Your eyes, your ears, and a smile.
Staff member: Joanie
Suggested grade level: PK-4
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Gallo Pinto
Description: Traditionally served with breakfast alongside fried or scrambled eggs, ripe plantains, white cheese, corn tortilla and kielbasa. Gallo Pinto is a hearty and delicious traditional Costa Rican dish.Materials: Ingredients •2 tablespoons light-tasting oil (vegetable, mild olive, canola) •1 cup bell pepper, chopped (any combination of red, green, yellow, orange peppers) •1 small yellow onion, chopped •2 cloves garlic, minced •2 cups Cooked black beans, in 3/4 cup reserved cooking liquid •1/4 cup Salsa Lizano (optional) substitute with 1/3cup Worcester Sauce and a dash of cumin •3 cups cooked rice, preferably, day-old and refrigerated •1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro •Salt to taste
Staff member: Dorla
Suggested grade level: All
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Illustrated Maps
Description: Draw an illustrated map of your neighborhood, a fantasy world, or a place you love or loved in the world!Materials: Paper of different sizes, markers, pencils, etc.
Staff member: Connie
Suggested grade level: All Ages!
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Kahoots!
Description: Come play the game trivia Kahoots! Test your knowledge about random topics! (No prior experience necessary)Materials: Computer or device with Kahoots app.
Staff member: Kate Y.
Suggested grade level: 5-8
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Puppets and Marionettes
Description: Learn about Puppets and Marionettes. Learn about their use and different types and ways to make Puppets and Marionettes. Then learn to make simple MarionettesMaterials:Staff Member: Piper & Carmencita- Square piece of fabric (bandana or cloth napkin would work).
- Three sticks, these could be chopsticks, pencils, dowel rods, or three sticks of the same length found in a park.
- Tape
- String, yarn, friendship bracelet string.
- Rubber band could also be hair ties.
- Stuffing or piece of tin foil or newspaper.
- Piece of paper.
- Markers, crayons, or colored pencils.
- Scissors.
Suggested ages: 3-6 grade.
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Your Room is a Castle
Description: Want to share your special place? Your room? An amazing bean bag chair with wings? A loft with a dragon lantern and a secret door? Whatever you want to share something about your room and its contents, come join us!Materials: Your room and all the things in it!
Staff member: Iku
Suggested grade level: all ages
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