MAKE/BELIEVE ON A PARENT IN SILVER SPRING

Thanks so much to wonder woman Jessica McFadden for sharing my little list of summer activities for kids on her blog A Parent In Silver Spring.  Jessica writes about resources for families and activities for kids in the Washington, DC area on A Parent in Silver Spring, A Parent In America, and elsewhere - check out all of her great work via the links above, and see the Make/Believe post here!

SUMMER "READING": ART21

from a Gabriel Orozco segment

Not all of the videos in PBS's fabulous art21 series are 100% appropriate for kids of all ages, but a lot of them are, and they're great little gems for exposing young people to so many fantastic contemporary artists and unexpected approaches to creativity. Check out the archive online.

SAINT PAT'S SUMMER SESSIONS

Saint Patrick's Episcopal Day School has a great series of 3 summer camp sessions, each of them with a particular theme. We at Make/Believe are happy to be working with them on art projects that correspond with each of the sessions. For the first one, they dubbed the theme "shark sensation diving destination", e.g. all things ocean, and above you'll find some quick snaps of a few of the projects the kids have been working on, including floating treasure boats, and interactive ocean "theaters." I filled in for fantastic Make/Believe teacher Sarah last week, and had a lot of fun working with the campers. 

You might be wondering if the campers also had a chance to take field trips, and if so, were they able to make it to the aquarium to pet sharks and have seahorses wrap tails around their fingers? The answers to these questions are yes and YES. Treasure-boat-ocean-theater-seahorse-handshake? Check, check, check!

RED TRICYCLE "TOTALLY AWESOME" AWARDS

I was excited to see Make/Believe show up on a list of finalists for the Red Tricycle 2013 Totally Awesome Awards in the "Art Classes for Kids" category, along with some other, very excellent DC-area programs. We're happy just to have made it on the list, but if you like, you can vote for us on the Red Tricycle Awards site by clicking next to "Make/Believe" and submitting.

If you voted for us or are planning to - hey, thank you! And if not, no worries. We still think you're totally awesome.