Sunflower Creative Arts
Notes from the Garden

July 2012  
In This Issue
On our blog
FREE Class! Find out how...
Register for Fall!
Circle of Song Every Friday
Important Dates for Seedlings Families
Essay: We have to move. You might hate it.

 
Susan Caruso
Artistic Director 
  Jennifer Ligeti
Managing Director
Jaime Greenberg 
 Communications Director
Victoria Green
PR and Development Director
Dorota Salas
Bookkeeper
Carol Vogt
Quickbooks Consultant 
Ellen Stone 
Cultural and Environmental Consultant
 
 
Sunflower Board of Directors 

Crystal MacLean
President 
Claire Teller  
Secretary/Treasurer
Ani Smith  
Sharon Baker
Bill Epstein
Lora McCoy
Edgar An
Keith Richardson
Russell Parker
Susan Caruso

International Mud Day-now that's a holiday we at Sunflower can definitely get behind! As any child (or adult) who's found themselves elbow-deep in sand and water on the Seedlings playground can attest, we appreciate a good dirty mess. But mud? That just takes it to a whole new level! Check out the links below for [...]...»

 

Check out these fantastical crocheted playgrounds that recently caught our fancy! The project began as playful public art by Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam, in Hakone sculpture park in Sapporo, Japan, and was turned into an actual children's playspace after the artist observed children playing on the sculptures. Of course children were playing on the sculptures! Could [...]...»

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 Join us this week for a FREE theatre class!
Banana Faces?  Playtopia? Interested in Fall registration, but want to learn more about Sunflower's fun, playful theatre programs?

Try a FREE visiting day at our summer theatre camp! Call 561 482-3412 for more information.

 

Hurry! Offer only available this week, July 16-20. For children ages 3-8. 

 

Classes taught by Sunflower Creative Arts teacher Whitney Stange, who has a BFA in acting from the University of Colorado, a Masters in Educational Theatre from NYU and experience teaching theatre to children of all ages.

Read about Week 1 of Summer Theatre Camp:

Sunflower's approach to theatre is a lot like our approach to everything else: it's all about play, process and fun. Parents got to see this firsthand today, as students from Sunflower's Summer Theatre Mini Camp presented the play they've been working on all week. The script, inspired by a drawing from The Mysteries of Harris [...]...»

  

kids in a play   
Theatre camp students, ages four to seven, wrote and performed the short play, "Uninvited Guests" 

 

Register Now for Fall Classes
20th Anniversary Logo We've got lots of fun classes in store for the fall! Check out our new offerings for young children, tweens and children with special needs here. We have exciting topics planned for our Parenting Support classes, as well. Check them out here.
 
Download the registration form on our website or call 561 482-3412 to register today!
New for Fall: Circle of Song is Every Friday
Join us every Friday, 9:30--10:15 am, for Circle of Song, our signature family sing-along for infants to age five, with adult. Class starts Aug. 31. To register, call 561 482-3412 or download the registration form on our website.

Circle of Song is a great opportunity for families to share music together! On our blog, Susan recently wrote about the inter-generational bond one family shares through music.

by Susan 

The skin-draped bones touch the corners of his mouth Lids softly shut, eyelashes pale wisps We chatted with his son Like parents do. A child playing at their feet His foot stretches from beneath the starched hospital sheet Toes echo fingers The gentlest micro movements of body exploration Heel pressing Toes open Finger slow motion [...]...» 
Important Dates for Seedlings Families

Thursday, Aug. 23
7:00--8:30 pm
Seedlings Parent Kick-Off

Saturday, Aug. 25
10:00 am -- 2:00 pm
Seedlings Family Work Day and Potluck Lunch
messy fun
Tuesday and Wednesday Aug. 28 and 29
10:00 am -- 12:00 pm
Seedlings Helper Training

Thursday, Aug. 30
9:30 -- 11:30 am
Seedlings Open House

Tuesday, Sept. 4
First Day of Seedlings
boy and moving van
We have to move. You might hate it.
by Victoria 

 

Late last year, our landlord decided to sell the house we were renting. We had to move, and quickly. We'd been living in the same place for nearly three years, and my two boys, then ages 5 and 2, only knew this one home. I don't embrace change easily, and I didn't relish the task [...]...»

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Playfully yours,

Susan Caruso
Sunflower Creative Arts