FEATURED CLASSES AND CAMPS

Soneritos - Spanish Through Play and Adventure for 2-4 year olds
Taught by Lisa Marie Martinez
Class dates: Tuesdays, 10am-10:45am, September 20 to December 20 (no class 11/8 or 11/22)
FREE DEMO CLASS Tuesday, September 13th, 10am (register here)
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¡Así aprendemos español! Come discover the world of Spanish through play and adventure. Lisa Marie will lead this experiential musical play space for children ages 2-4 with an adult.  Let’s sing, pretend and explore the world around us while developing the foundation for a lifelong Spanish learning experience. Come ready to stretch, dance, paint or play as each week we will have a full sensory engagement together.

Let's Get Exploratory in the Laboratory - Art and Science class for 3-5 year olds (drop off)
Taught by Kate Daley of Whistle Pig Studio
Class dates: Tuesdays, 11am-11:45am, September 20 to December 20 (no class 11/8 or 11/22)
FREE DEMO CLASS Tuesday, September 13th, 11am (register here)
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Young scientists and artists unite! Perform science experiments that are also works of art. In this interdisciplinary class, we'll learn about simple chemical reactions using everyday materials. We'll sculpt our own volcanoes that erupt, concoct milky paint explosions and more!

Rumberitos - Spanish Through Music and Play for Children under 2 years old & a Caregiver
Taught by Lisa Marie Martinez
Class dates: Fridays, 9:30am-10:15am, September 23 - December 16 (no class 11/11 or 11/25)
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Vamos a bailar y cantar juntos! Come and explore the world around you with your little one in Spanish. This music and movement series will give you the vocabulary and tools to incorporate Spanish in your child’s daily activities. Children under 2 with an adult will cuddle, sing, dance, and play with familiar children’s songs, and music and rhythms from Latin America as well.

¡Garabatitos! Spanish Exploration Class for 3-5 year olds
Taught by Lisa Marie Martinez
Class dates: Fridays, 10:30am-12pm AND 1pm-2:30pm, September 23 to December 16 (no class 11/25)
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¡Garabatitos! is a NEW hour and a half drop off Spanish class for preschoolers age 3-5 at Compass Arts. This session ¡Garabatitos! will be all about the exploration of sounds and materials that inspire sentimientos, feelings! What does it feel like to paint with the tides of the ocean? What might it look like to sculpt in a buffalo stampede? How might a flamenco dancer sound if she danced to the rhythm of the berimbau. We will talk about all of this and more at a weekly drop off play and exploration space led by Lisa Marie on Fridays.

Sign and Sing for Babies and Toddlers with a Caregiver
Taught by Lydia Adams Davis
Class dates: Mondays, 9:30am-10:15am, October 17 to December 19
FREE DEMO CLASS, Monday, September 26, 9:30am (register here)
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Moms and pre-language little ones learn to communicate through basic sign language! Included are lively, cuddly songs, guitar and puppetry. Learn American Sign Language together with your baby or toddler, understanding your child's needs, wants, and feelings in a sweet and supportive morning breakfast class.

Pompatom Ensemble for 9-13 year olds
Taught by Gina Samardge
Class dates: Tuesdays, 5pm-6:30pm, September 20 to December 13 (no class 11/22)
Dress rehearsal and performance over the weekend of December 16-18 (exact date and time TBD)
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To discuss joining this ensemble, please contact Gina@CompassArts.org prior to registering. A vocal, instrumental, and creative ensemble for students ages 9-13, this ensemble draws heavily from Orff-Schulwerk and Kodaly pedagogies, and includes singing, movement, speech, drama, and instrumental play + improvisation on xylophones, recorders, and drums. Students who play another instrument may have an opportunity to bring it in to the ensemble as well. Over the course of the 12 week trimester, students will explore an eclectic mix of material, from world music pieces on percussion instruments to musical theater; poetry and movement to pop and rock, in each 90 minute class. The end performance will weave together these various explorations and pieces into a magical journey of music, humor, theater, mystery, dance, and joy. There is nothing out there quite like this!

Graphic Novel I for 10-14 year olds
Taught by Deb Lucke
Class dates: Wednesdays, 5pm-6:30pm, September 28 to December 14 (no class 10/12 or 11/23)
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Learn how to turn a funny drawing into a story. Students will develop an understanding of narrative through an accordion book method created by Deb herself. Through the use of fun exercises in character development, relationships, conflict escalation, and sequence, stories will emerge. Often times they will be quite hilarious. With Deb's method, stories can be edited and developed over time, allowing students to have a true experience of what it takes to develop a graphic novel, comic strip, storyboard, or just to tell a really good story. At the end of the trimester, an anthology of the resulting student comics developed in the class will be published for students to take with them.

Cartooning I for 4-7 year olds
Taught by Ed Murr
Class dates: Thursdays, 4pm-4:45pm, September 29 to December 15
FREE DEMO CLASS, Thursday, September 22, 4pm
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Learn the basics of drawing cartoon characters! Using shapes as a foundation, students will experiment with creating their own characters for comics. Attention to beginning technique will be given while fostering students' creativity and character ideas!

Cartooning II for 8-12 year olds
Taught by Ed Murr
Class dates: Thursdays, 5pm-6:15pm, September 22 to December 15
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For both returning and new students! Explore the fundamental process of character creation using shape construction to develop the form of the character, while considering the personality of the character and how it informs the shape. Students will turn these characters into a cartoon drawing with a world created entirely by them.  A full character has a world in which they live and students will explore perspective as a tool to build their character's individual world. From there they will introduce these characters into a story of their own creation as they explore the language of comics and sequential storytelling. Perfect for kids interested in comics, cartooning, animation and storytelling!!

Imagination Playhouse Music and Theater Class for 5-8 year olds (K-2^nd)
Taught by Gina Samardge
Session dates: Thursdays from 5pm-6pm, September 22 to December 15
Performance over the weekend of December 16-18 (exact date/time TBD)
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A wonderful introduction to the world of acting and role playing merged with music and movement, Imagination Playhouse nurtures the the vast, creative minds of 5-8 year-olds. Through the use of improvisation games, creative play, singing, instruments, movement and props, students will bring well loved stories to life, create dances and music, and learn new songs to be performed at the end of the course for family and friends.