Sunflower Creative Arts
Notes from the Garden

July 2013   
In This Issue
Fall classes
Buy Susan's CD
Dates to remember
Being vs Buying
Summer Playdates!
All about play
Susan's Grandparent Adventures
Fall Classes   
Young Children read more & register
Sunflower Babies
Circle of Song
Sunflower Saturdays
Little Sprouts
Seedlings
Lightning Bugs

After School read more & register
Dragonflies
Roots & Shoots club
We ♥ Shakespeare!

Teens read more & register
Teen Improv
Roots & Shoots club
Shakespeare High School Intensive

Parents read more & register
Parent Toolbox
Share & Learn Park Playdates 

 
Artistic Director 
  Meade McCoy
Managing Director
Jaime Greenberg 
 Communications Director
Dorota Salas
Bookkeeper
Carol Vogt
Quickbooks Consultant 
Ellen Stone 
Cultural and Environmental Consultant
 
 
Sunflower Board of Directors 
Jennifer Ligeti
President
Tayler Mariner  Treasurer
Edgar An
Bill Epstein
Elizabeth Hoffman
Crystal MacLean
Lora McCoy
Russell Parker
Susan Caruso 

Support Sunflower, Buy Lullabies in the Garden
Lullabies in the Garden: Celebrating 20 years of music with Sunflower Creative Arts
Susan's new CD is a great gift for babies and young children, and they give it rave reviews! Read more about it here. 
 
To order, send us an email. $15. All proceeds benefit the play, nature and arts programs of Sunflower Creative Arts. 
2601 Saint Andrews Blvd.
Boca Raton, FL 33434

561 482-3412
Greetings!

Susan Caruso In less than a month I will be back home in Florida, ready to begin a fresh new Sunflower year.

Now is the time Martin and I try hard to squeeze in every last bit of Chicago fun. Last night we were groovin' in a Blues Club. Tonight as the full moon rose over the fierce waves of Lake Michigan we trekked through a forest surrounded by a prairie overflowing with black eyed susans and sunflowers. I'm sure you too are savoring the last freely spent weeks of summer before school starts.

Like the sunflowers on my prairie walk, you can count on my sunny face greeting you at the gate as you come back home, or find your way to Sunflower for the first time this fall. I'll be waiting for you! 

With love and peace,
Susan
Have you registered yet for fall? 
Thank you to everyone who has already registered and paid for classes through our new webstore. If you haven't taken advantage of this easy way to register online, check it out!

Early Bird Registration - Hurry! Register and pay for the whole year by this Thursday, July 25, and receive 5% off the full year tuition price!

 

Online registration

Visit http://sunflowercreativearts.gostorego.com/ to register and pay with credit card or PayPal.    

 

Register by mail
Rather register the old-fashioned way? Download a registration form and send us your check by regular mail.

 

Spread the love!
We really appreciate all you do to share Sunflower with your friends. Know a family who could use a little Sunflower in their lives? Be sure to forward them our fall registration info or invite them to check out a class with you! 

Important Dates  
Early registration deadline
Save 5% on annual tuition
Thursday, July 25

Seedlings Work Day 
Saturday, Aug. 24
Seedlings parents, see calendar and class email from Susan for specifics on all your beginning of year events.

Fall semester classes begin
Monday, Aug. 26
See calendar for specific start dates for each class.

Seedlings First Day
Tuesday, Sept. 3
"Who you are, and not what you have, is important." There are so many reasons parents and grandparents might be tempted to buy stuff, stuff and more stuff for the kids they love. Susan reminds us there is a better option...

"In life one must decide whether to conjugate the verb 'to have' or the verb 'to be.'" Franz Liszt- It's a hot and sticky day in Chicago... Read More '...»

mom and daughter in the pool Friends + Summer = Fun
This summer our Meetup group has visited water parks, Morikami, Gumbo Limbo, the beach, the library...

What are you waiting for? Join the fun at one of our weekly playdates! Sign up here.

Upcoming playdates:
George Snow Park
Thursday, July 25
10:30 am

Gulfstream Park Beach
Monday, Aug. 5
9:30 am
Play for all!
This summer we're revisiting some of our favorite Sunflower blog posts from the past.

July's featured posts are all about play:

Grandparent Adventures
Susan shares ideas for unplugged quality time with kids.

 

I really love my time with my grandchildren, ages 7 and 5. This summer we have planned Camp Susan on Mondays and Wednesdays. We are together from around 9:30 in the morning to 3:30 or so. Being with children of all... Read More '...»

 

children playing in nature

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All the best,

Susan Caruso
Sunflower Creative Arts