New classes for kids at High Point Community Center

Browsed through the winter “combined brochure” for West Seattle’s community centers? (You can get it online as a PDF, or pick up the paper version at any of those centers.) If not – you might have missed this – lots of new classes for kids @ High Point Community Center, particularly for those 18 months (with parent) to 5 years, and a few for 5-11. HPCC assistant coordinator Rebecca Hall shares the list:

Classes are between 30 minutes to 1 hour in length and meet once a week. There are art, movement, music, and education classes plus a 4 hour Parents’ Day Out program! There are 2 sessions of class offerings this quarter and the first classes begin during the next two weeks.

Classes:
Monday
9:15-10 am Messy Masterpieces (3-5 yrs)
10:15-10:45 Sing, Play & Learn (2-4 yrs/parent)
10:45-11:30 Mommy & Me Storytime & Crafts (18 mths-3 yrs/parent)
11:30-12:30 Red Light, Green Light (3-5 yrs)

Tuesday
9:15-10 Mom & Me Art Express (2-4/parent)
10:15-11:30 Fun on the Farm (3-5 yrs)
11:30-12:30 Kiddie Chefs (2-4 yrs/parent)

Wednesday
9:15-1:15 Parents Day Out (3-5 yrs)

Thursday
10-10:45 Messy Masterpieces (3-5 yrs)
10:45-11:30 Science Why’s (3-5 yrs)
11:30-12:30 Storybook Cooks (2-5 yrs)
3:15-4 Sing, Play & Learn (2-4 yrs/parent)
4-4:45 Storybook Cooks & Crafts (5-7 yrs)
4:45-5:30 Balloonimals (7-11 yrs)
5:00-6:00 Ballroom Dancing (8-18 yrs)

For complete descriptions and pricing information please check out class.seattle.gov/parks or our Winter brochure.

Side note: When you’re inquiring about one of these classes or anything else at your local community centers, ask if it’s part of the Try It for $2 program that’s currently being advertised on WSB and other community news sites – explained here.

4 Replies to "New classes for kids at High Point Community Center"

  • sam January 10, 2010 (10:46 am)

    I am hoping that the ‘Mom and Me’ is just a name, and that a “dad and Me” could sign up for the class as well if they wanted to.

    …I’ll leave the rest of my editorial out for now….

  • Diane January 10, 2010 (11:52 am)

    thanks sam for the alert; I was so focussed on what the activities are that did not notice, but this is a big issue with me as a long-term early childhood specialist; it makes me crazy to see how often, most of the time, the dads are not included, even when now many dads are the primary caregivers; how can we ever hope to have dads more involved with their kids if everything is mommy-oriented? c’mon, get with the times

    • WSB January 10, 2010 (12:12 pm)

      Guys, this is a city program. I will check with Rebecca, who is sharing this information in hopes of boosting participation, but I don’t believe anyone is excluded. Maybe a lesson in languaging for the city brochure writers – TR

  • sam January 10, 2010 (12:52 pm)

    I doubt anyone is excluded, I was just commenting on the choice of the name for the class.

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