Gardengate Academy

Arts & Crafts


ART DEVELOPMENT  
Explorers

Explorers (15mo to 4 years)
Open ended Art provides the best opportunity to stimulate your child’s creativity. This is the perfect class for curious and active babies and young children. The 45 minute class incorporates 30 minutes of art stations followed by 15 minutes of music and story time. Explorers is a class where your baby/toddler will have the opportunity to explore different textures and mediums and discover how colors and shapes make up the world around us.

Kids Crafts

Kids Crafts (3 to 5 years)
Is your child ready to go a step beyond crayons? Have them join our hour long Kids Crafts art class, where they will be able to create, built, cut and paint while tackling open-ended projects. Entering the class one project will be presented with both group and individual components for children to explore along with a story component. This is a drop-off class with no prior experience required. The class is designed to encourage creativity, imagination and peer encouragement.

Science Art

Science Art (3 to 5 years)
Is your child interested in art and science? Have you ever had an egg that hatched into a dinosaur that grows? Let your child explore the magic of art by combining, mixing and playing with different materials. From dying fruits to making a volcano that erupt, this class is designed to boost children's curiosity and make them more aware of our environment. This hour long class is drop-off and no prior experience is required.

Explorers Elem 1

Explorers Elem 1 (6 to 8 years)
Is your child ready to go a step beyond boxed art projects? Have them join our hour long Explores Elementary 1 Art class, where they will learn the basics of drawing, painting, sculpting, collage and more. This class focuses on artists and architecture from around the world and uses various materials including wood, metal, canvas, chalk, paper mache and more. No prior experience required. The class is designed to encourage independence, imagination and peer encouragement.