CHILDREN’S CLASSES    

Native American & Nature Camp

Come explore Native American culture and the beauty of nature through art, music, stories, and games.  Children will be engaged in active, hands-on learning and fun through creating Native American crafts such as making a coup stick, learning chants and making a drum, hearing traditional stories, and playing games such as the stick game. The week will be full of opportunities to learn from the wisdom of Native Americans and to enjoy the beauty of Poplar Grove. 

 June 29 - July 3; July 27 - 31

The Art of Storytelling Camp
Sherry Lovett, teacher

Sherry Lovett has been an educator for seventeen years and has loved stories and nature since she was a child.  She is now a professional storyteller and continues down the path of education by working with small groups of children including her own whom she home schools.  She considers learning to be a lifelong endeavor and subscribes to the idea that education is the lighting of flame, not the filling of a pail.

Everyone loves a story!  Come hear many different kinds of stories and learn how to tell your own.  We will use art, music, and games to bring out the storyteller in each child. They will have the opportunity to create their own stories as well as learn well-known stories.  They will learn how to use their voice and body language to make a story come alive, so that they can perform their own story at the end of the week. 

 June 15 – 19; July 13 – 17; Aug. 10 - 14
Camps are 10:00 am – 12:00 noon, each day
Ages 7 – 10 years (with some flexibility, contact us for questions)
Fee: $80.00 per week, per child
Native American & Nature Camp has an optional of drop-in daily rate of $16.00 per day, per child
(Storytelling Camp is only by the week)

Etiquette for Children
Laurie Wierse, teacher

Laurie Wierse worked for 14 years as an elementary school counselor in New Hanover County .  After being a "stay-home" mom for several years, she has gone back to work as a teacher-assistant at South Topsail Elementary School , working with Special Ed. children. 

This class teaches children to be courteous and respectful at home and in public places; includes dining etiquette at home, at a guest’s house and in a restaurant.  Also manners for things we say and do, ranging from telephone etiquette to meeting and greeting others and respecting diversity.  Classes for 2 age groups are available.

4/5 year olds:  Tuesday June 23; Friday July 10, 10:30 – 11:45 am
6 – 11 year olds: Wednesday June 24; Wednesday July 22, 10:30 am – 12:00 noon
Fee:  $25.00 per class, per child

Digital Photography Basics for Kids
Barbara West, teacher

Barbara is a free lance photographer as well as an artist in various mediums.  She enjoys both taking and teaching classes, working with digital art and Photoshop.

Bring your own digital camera and learn photography pointers while taking photos on the grounds at Poplar Grove.

Thursday June 25, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon, ages 10 – 14 years
Fee: $15.00 per child

Mosaic Initial Craft
Susan Tharin, teacher

Susan, owner of Airlie Art Glass, has been a stained glass artist for 15 years.  She teaches art camp and sells her work at Blue Moon and the Poplar Grove Farmers’ Market.

Decorate and personalize a wall initial for your door or room with paint and tumbled glass pieces.  When registering for the class be sure to tell us the initial letter you want to decorate.

Thursday July 9, 9:00 am -12:00 noon, ages 7 – 12 years
Fee: $25.00 per child, includes materials