OK I finally got Component V up for our Friday enrichment day in Santa Ana! Anyone can join in on these fun end-of-the-year classes! Classes include: - Minecraft IRL (a making class for kids), grades K-8 - Literature and Writing, Middle School and High School - Collaborating Kids, Ages 9-13 - Vlogging grades, K-8 - STEAM Maker Studio, 5th grade and up - Music, K-8 Go here for details and to register: https://www.celebrationeducation.com/special-interest-classes

This is what Celebration Education classes look like! Hands-on, memory-making activities! This was our 6-week art component from our 2017-2018 year. All school subjects are integrated into the fun weekly topics.

Our last component of online Minecraft classes for this school year start soon! We have American history classes at 10 am on Wednesdays and Leonardo da Vinci classes on Fridays at 10 and noon. All times are Pacific Time. Students are introduced to educational concepts through the medium of the Minecraft game, led by a our Minecraft administrator. Register Now! https://www.celebrationeducation.com/minecraft-classes

Who is interested in dance? We're finishing off the year with this 6-week dance intensive class in Irvine. It's four hours each Thursday, 10-2. Only $300! Go here for more information: https://www.celebrationeducation.com/single-post/2017/12/09/Dance-Intensive

Week two of our art component

Friday enrichment classes at the Santa Ana Learning Bottega!

Students giving their reports on flight!

Take a look at our summer day camp in Santa Ana! https://www.celebrationeducation.com/summer

Announcing Celebration Education's theme for 2018-2019: Heroes! Students who participate in the year-long theme will learn from the hero's journey in five classic stories, as we integrate all school subjects into the fun hands-on activities each week! Watch for the SUPER HEROES! We're going to have a great time at each location: Yucaipa, Covina, Santa Ana, and Corona. We expect some locations to be full in the fall, so we are inviting families to join now so they can hold their place. Send us a message and we can have you come to a free trial class! https://www.celebrationeducation.com/

What is the purpose of education? Here's one take. What's yours?

Next week's fireworks! Topic: Birds and Horses as Models Take horse-riding lessons. Take a look at the collective nouns to describe bird flocks: https://www.thespruce.com/flock-names-of-groups-of-birds-386827 Write a story about the various flocks of birds, using the appropriate collective nouns. Let someone else read your story. Can they figure out what types of birds your story is about? Sculpt a horse 3 or 4 times life size. Make a model of a horse that is ½ the size of a real one. Start a feather collection. Identify and catalog the birds they come from. Make a life-size diagram that shows various bird wingspans. Work on your genius project. Play math games. Observe how different birds fly. Why does one bird flap its wings more than another? Sketch flying birds in your notebook and write your comments about each. Many stories have been written about horses. Write one of your own. Every state has a state bird. What is your state’s bird? If you had your own state, what would you chosse as your state bird? Write this in your notebook. Explain why you would choose that bird. What creatures or things fascinate you? Spend some extra time observing and sketching those things. Visit http://www.naturesongs.com/birds.html . Can you identify different birds by their calls? Can you make some of them yourself? Spend a week watching birds. Record each different kind of bird you see. How many can you notice? You may want to fill out a journal page for each kind of bird you see. Here's ideas of what to enter in your journal: -- https://www.desertusa.com/birds/DesertUSA-Birding-Journal.pdf -- https://www.thespruce.com/how-to-keep-a-birding-journal-386691 Many songs have been written about birds. Can you make up a song about a bird? Read some of Leonardo's Fables: http://www.lairweb.org.nz/leonardo/fable1.html Make a bird nest: http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/birdsnests.html Several horse lesson ideas: -- https://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/etf_52_2_47-52_classroom_activities.pdf -- http://www.agintheclassroom.org/TeacherResources/Lesson%20Booklets/Horse%20Lessons.pdf -- https://www.derbymuseum.org/education/downloadable-activities.html Do some horse worksheets: https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/horse-worksheets Go people watching. Notice any interesting characteristics that people might have. Sketch some caricatures. Allow some birds to fly about in the room. Sketch a bird in flight. Make and use a bird feeder. Identify the birds that visit. Sketch your favorite one. Read fiction and non-fiction about birds or horses. Other bird lesson plans: -- http://www.theteachersguide.com/birds.htm -- https://educators.brainpop.com/bp-topic/birds/ -- http://www.birds.cornell.edu/physics/lessons/elementary/pdfs/tm -- https://www.massaudubon.org/content/download/7007/129231/file/Birds_k-2.pdf -- http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/birds.cfm

Hello families! Please sign up for our next field trips! 3/14 Sunset Birding Hike in Silverado Canyon 3/28 Bridges Tour in Long Beach These trips are only $5 per family! https://www.celebrationeducation.com/field-trips