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  • Our Program
    • Specialty Classes
    • Online Homework Help
    • Game Room
  • Handbook
    • COVID-19 Policies
    • FAQ
    • Leadership
    • On-site class protocol
    • Payments and Registration
    • Scholarships
  • Register

Spring 2021 Classes

Registration is available on 6crickets.  Please be sure to sign up for your child's cohort for all in-person, on-site classes.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Creative Corner (1-2)
​*Feb. start
Art Naturally (1)
​*Feb. start
Art Naturally (1)
​*Feb. start
Cake Decoration (1-5)
​*​Jan. start
CinemaKidz Survivor (4-5)
​*Feb. start
Fairy House Building    (K)
​*Jan. start
Capoeira (1-2)
​*Feb. start
Capoeira (1-2)
​*Feb. start
CinemaKidz Survivor (4-5)
​*Feb. start
Circus (1-2)
​*Feb. start
Knitting & Needlework (1-5)
​​*Jan. start
French (1-2)
​​*Jan. start
Comedy Writing (3-4)
​*Feb. start
Circus (1-2)
​*Feb. start
Gardening (2-3)
​*Feb. start
Spanish (1-4)
​​*Jan. start
Play Pods (K-5)
​​*Jan. start
Play Pods (K-5)
​​*Jan. start
Gardening (2-3)
​*Feb. start
Play Pods (Pre-K-5)
​​*Jan. start
Alumni Track
​*​Jan. start
Musical Theater Glee (4-5)
​*Feb. start
Musical Theater Glee (4-5)
​*Feb. start
Play Pods (Pre-K-5)
​​*Jan. start
Track (2-5)
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Naturalist Club (3)
​*Feb. start

Naturalist Club (3)
​*Feb. start
Magic Performance (K-5)
*Jan. start
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​Track (1-5)
*Jan. start
Raise the Bar: Songwriting (3-5)
​*​Jan. start
 MIT Scratch (2-5)
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Track (2-5)
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The Art of Cake Decoration

Thursday - Online Starts Jan. 21st
2:45pm-3:45pm (1-3)   4:00pm-5:00pm (3-5)  

Our students will explore different ways to work with fondant, buttercream, candy melts, chocolate, tools, and techniques used by professionals of the cake decorating world.

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Art Naturally

Tuesday / Wednesday - In Person Starts Feb. 23rd
2:30pm - 3:30pm  (1)

Children will explore the natural world through their observation skills and senses, Noting and sharing their discoveries in their sketchbooks.  We will discover plants, animals, insects and what they are up this time of year.  Story, song, games and fun included!

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Capoeira

Tuesday / Wednesday - In-Person Starts Feb. 23rd
2:30pm-3:30pm (1)   3:30pm-4:30pm (2)  

Capoeira is a form of martial art developed by Africans in Brazil in the 1500s. Part martial art, part dance, part gymnastics, Capoeira will engage children in a mesmerizing and exhilarating physical dialogue practiced to the sound of percussive instruments, song, and hand clapping.

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CinemaKidz Survivor

Thursday / Friday - In Person Starts Feb. 25th
2:30pm-3:30pm (4)  3:30pm-4:30pm (5)

Immerse yourself in the natural world and test your survival, acting, and team skills at CinemaKidz!  Kidz start with a Survival Skills workshop, as they learn all about making shelters, building fires, and how to live in the wilderness. This class will meet outside at Prospect Park to act in, film, and create their very own Survivor Show. 

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Circus

 Thursday / Friday  - In-Person Starts Feb. 25th
2:30pm-3:30pm (1)  3:30pm-4:30pm (2)

Come join the circus! We will juggle, hula hoop, play movement games, spin plates, and clown around. Great for coordination, exercise, and lots of silly fun!

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Comedy Writing

Wednesday - Online Starts Jan. 20th
2:30pm-3:15pm (3-4)

Knock, knock?  Who's there?  Ms. Marybeth.... who doesn't want some time with fun, laughs, jokes, improv and did I say, laughs?

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Creative Corner

Monday  -  In Person Starts Feb. 22nd
3:00pm-4:00pm (1)

The creative corner is a place to motivate and inspire your child. Explore our creative corner with hands on projects and small class size that provides individual attention. Creating stimulates children's natural curiosity, cultivates patience and helps develop confidence.

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Fairy/Gnome & Animal House Building

Monday  - In-person Starts Jan. 25th
2:30pm-4:30pm (K) (rotating weeks)

Children will have a blast building animal house and fairy/gnome house building with nature items found in the park with Ms. Sivan. Originally from New Mexico with a BFA in Acting from Brooklyn College, she teaches outdoor classes at the Bronx Zoo and Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

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French

Tuesday - Online Starts Jan. 19th
4:00pm-5:00pm  (1-2)

Bonjour! Bienvenue!  Welcome to French classes online! Discover a new language while travelling around the world! Learn about music, food, cultural festivals and iconic places from French speaking countries. You are about to become a French speaking globetrotter without leaving home.

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Gardening

Thursday  -  In-person Starts Feb. 25th
3:00pm-4:00pm (2)  4:00pm-5:00pm  (3)

This Fall's gardening classes will mostly be located in Prospect Park, with possible field trips to a community garden. Class activities will cover a range of garden and plant-related topics involving science, arts, crafts. Rainy day virtual classes will include cooking demos and food activities. The kids will learn about planting, composting, seed saving, bugs, birds, trees...!

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Knitting & Needlework

Monday - Online Starts Jan. 25th
3:00pm-4:00pm (1-2)   4:00pm-5:00pm (3-5)

Children explore various needle arts including knitting, crochet, loom knitting, and weaving.  Needle arts use both sides of the brain to develop logic, creativity, fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination and focus. Children will receive supplies at the start of this class.

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Kindergarten/Little Explorers

Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday  -  In-person Starts Jan. 19th
2:30pm-4:30pm  (PreK-K)
Outdoor play, art and fitness are all part of this mini afternoon camp experience! Children will have a monthly focus of exploration to enjoy with their PS107 classmates and dedicated teacher. Children will remain in a "pod," with not more than 8 of their friends.

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Magic

Thursday - Online Starts Jan. 21st
5:00pm-5:50pm (1-5)

More than any specific tricks or talents, this class will seek to teach performance.  We will be constantly performing for one another. The emphasis will be on cultivating a performance that is grounded in the wonder one feels when first seeing an amazing trick performed. 

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MIT Scratch

Thursday - Online Starts Jan. 21st
3:00pm-4:00pm (2-3)   4:00pm-5:00pm  (4-5)

Students create animations and games with MIT Scratch. Scratch is a platform developed by MIT that is designed to teach kids to write code. We’ll learn programming concepts like loops and conditionals, and break complex ideas down into small steps.

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Musical Theater Glee

Tuesday / Wednesday  - In-person Starts Feb. 23rd
2:30pm-3:30pm (4)   3:30pm-4:30pm (5)

Sing, dance, and act your way through the semester as we learn music and choreography from multiple musicals! Through games and exercises, students will understand the fundamentals of becoming a musical theater performer.

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Coding

Coding Thursday - Online Starts Jan. 21st
4:30pm-5:15pm (1)

Are your kids missing some STEM time with Ms. Marybeth?  Here's the answer!  Coding using Code.org.  She will introduce drag and drop and block-based coding using the Code.org platform.  She will mimic what the 1st graders would have been learning in school if we had STEM/Computer Science this year.  Before you sign up, just check that Code.org will work on your student's device.  There is no app, so simply click on the Hour of Code link and try a few Dance Party activities to gauge device compatibility. Email Ms. Marybeth if you reach any snags so we can troubleshoot.  https://hourofcode.com/uk/learn

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Naturalist Club

Tuesday / Wednesday - In-person Starts Feb. 23rd
3:30pm-4:45pm  (3)

Children will explore the Park observing the natural world around them closely.  We will use field guides to name our discoveries and draw and write about them. 

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Raise the Bar: Hip Hop Songwriting

Wednesday - Online Starts Jan. 20th
4:15pm-5:15pm (3-5)

Raise The Bar is a cutting edge, virtual, hip hop music songwriting and recording class. Guided by a Billboard Chart and Rolling Stone Magazine featured artist, Mr. Marc, 10 lucky students will brainstorm, write, practice, and record a professional hip hop song. Students can choose to rap, sing, write, "ghostwrite", or go for it all!

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Spanish

Monday  -  Online Starts Jan. 25th
4:00pm-5:00pm (1-2)  4:00pm-5:00pm (3-4)

Hola! Bienvenido! Welcome to Spanish classes online from Brooklyn Beanstalk!
Discover a new language while traveling around the world! Learn about music, food, cultural festivals and iconic places. Our classes are led by experienced native teachers.

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Track

Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday/Friday - In-person Starts Jan. 19th
2:30pm-3:30pm (1-3)  3:30pm-4:30pm (4-5)

We will get your child moving and having fun in this fantastic fitness program in Prospect Park. We will maintain a ratio of 1 instructor to 9 children max, and children will remain within their individual "track pod" and will be socially distancing.

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