Advanced Ballet
CBE: Mondays, 2nd-5th, 4:45-5:45PM
Focus is on footwork, posture and positions! For children who’ve taken a year of ballet before.
Advanced Gymnastics
CBE: Wednesdays, K-1st Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
For students who have taken two years or more of gymnastics training at CBE KIDS.
Advanced Swim
CBE: Thursdays, 3rd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
Intensive swim class for students on swim teams or who want to become better swimmers. Focus will be on strokes and endurance. No beginners. Supervised by a certified Water Safety Instructor.
Advanced Video Workshop: Greek Gods & Myths
PS 295: Mondays, 3rd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
What would happen if the characters from these myths were alive today? What stories would they tell? Filmmakers will make their own original video based on these classic stories. Students will learn to use equipment, as well as directing, acting, writing, and editing.
Adventures with Clay and Paper Mache
CBE: Fridays, K-2nd Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
Clay is a special kind of mud. We will explore some of the things you can do with clay. Pinch pots, coil method, slab, and others. We will look at pottery from other cultures. The second half of the semester will focus on paper mache. This practical craft form has been used for just about everything, from art objects, bowls to furniture.
Animals, Monsters and Creatures
CBE: Fridays, K-1st Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
PS 39: Tuesdays, K-1st, 2:45-3:45PM
PS 295: Mondays, K-1st Grade, 2:45-3:45PM
This class will include mixed media as well as a variety of materials. During the semester children will create a 3D model of their animal, creature and/or monster, as well as a group mural.
Art in Myths and Legends
PS 39: Tuesdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
These stories are filled with exciting plots and superhuman characters allowing the artist’s imagination to run wild. Using St. George and the Dragon, Medusa and lcarus, as well as other myths, students will create story boxes, mosaics, masks, flip books etc. The final project will be the student’s creation of his/her own myth along with an artistic form of representation.
Basketball Drills and Skills
CBE: Fridays, 2nd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
PS 295: Thursdays, 3rd-5th Grade, 2:45-3:45PM
Layups and dribbles- featuring drills, stretches, and exercises that contribute to developing better hand-eye coordination. Every week there will be a new dribble introduced. Students will learn how and when to properly execute.
Beginner Chess
CBE: Tuesdays, K-1st Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
Taught by a world class chess teacher. No previous experience necessary. Have fun learning all the moves and rules of chess, as well as how to win and lose gracefully. Good sportsmanship and creative thinking stressed. Weekly playing sessions.
Beginner’s Swim
CBE: Thursdays, K-2nd Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
Students are taught fundamental swimming skills including: breath control, kicking, and floating.
Beginning Ballet
CBE: Mondays, K-1st, 3:45-4:45PM; Wednesdays, K-2nd Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
Students will learn basic ballet positions and locomotor patterns in a creative and imaginative process. Students will explore ballet themes and folktales.
BitBots and Bytes
CBE: Tuesdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
PS 295: Thursdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
This is a series of classes run with the use of found electronics, littleBits, LEDs, motors, power sources (such as the sun), Arduino (an open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software) and batteries. Utilizing the electronics alongside recycled materials, kids create contraptions, kinetic sculptures, and creative objects that can move, make sound, and light up! (Extra $25 fee for this class.)
BitBots Basics
CBE: Tuesdays, K-1st Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
PS 295: Thursdays, K-1st Grade, 2:45-3:45PM
Your child will choose recyclables such as plastic bottles, cardboard, and paper to create sculptures that when combined with littleBits come to life and light up, twist, turn, buzz, blink, and shake! Through the process of designing and building, your child will experience the practical and cultural possibilities of new inventions! littleBits are simple electronic modules, each with specific functions, which can be snapped together magnetically to create large and elaborate circuits for prototyping and play.(Extra $25 fee for this class.)
Build It!
CBE: Fridays, K-1st Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
PS 39: Mondays, K-2nd Grade, 2:45-3:45PM
PS 295: Fridays, K-1st Grade, 2:45-3:45PM
Using Legos and other manipulatives, children will enjoy the hands on experience of creating patterns and shapes, while improving their number sense. Imagination and creativity are needed for this class.
Capoeira
CBE: Fridays, K-2nd Grade, 3:45-4:45PM; Fridays, 3rd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
PS 295:Thursdays, K-2nd Grade, 2:45-3:45PM; Thursdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
This self-defense class promotes self-confidence and builds self-esteem. You will learn ABADA-Capoeira techniques, Brazilian Portuguese language, music and songs, acrobatic movements, and how to have fun while being healthy. Each student will improve his/her concentration, reaction time, and problem solving ability. (The first five students to enroll receive a free uniform!)
CBE KIDS: News & Broadcasting
CBE: Thursdays, 3rd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
Have you ever wanted to be a reporter or news anchor? Taught by a former NBC News producer, News Broadcasting will teach students about news gathering, field reporting and studio production. At the end of semester, students will deliver a complete news package. Students will also learn how to operate a camera, ask the right interview questions and some basic editing skills. We will interview people on the street, shop owners and staff at CBE.
CBE NEWS: Movie Maker
CBE: Thursdays, 1st-2nd Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
Do you have a story that you want to turn into a movie and make it with your friends? This class will help students combine their favorite stories from children’s literature and fairy tales; they will combine their ideas into an original 8-10 minutes film. Students will learn how to use a video camera, sound equipment and write a script, as well as some basic acting skills. The filming will take place at CBE
Channel 39
PS 39: Wednesdays, 3rd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
Students will make programs that will be shown on the Beth Elohim website. Students will learn to use the video camera, and sound equipment as well as directing, acting, writing and editing as they make an original video.
Circus Arts
CBE: Wednesdays, K-2nd Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
PS 39: Tuesdays, K-1st Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
PS 295: Mondays, K-1st Grade, 2:45-3:45PM
Run away, join the circus and still be home for dinner! Learn tumbling, juggling, clowning, partner acrobatics, rope and plate spinning, clown makeup, human pyramids, and much more! This fun filled class allows youngsters to become circus stars!
Computer
CBE: Wednesdays, K-1st Grade, 3:45-4:45PM; Fridays, K-2nd Grade, 3:45-4:45PM; Fridays, 3rd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
Class is limited to 8 students.
Learn computer skills through the use of age appropriate math and reading programs, such as Reader Rabbit, Gizmos & Gadgets, Treasure Mountain and others.
Computer 2-6
CBE: Wednesdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM; Thursdays, 2nd-3rd Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
Class is limited to 8 students.
This computer class will increase a student’s comfort with computers. The programs used will combine and enrich reading, thinking, math and science skills.
Creative Movement
PS 39: Thursdays, K-1st Grade, 2:45-3:45PM
Children will explore movement through rhythms and music, develop physical skills and stimulate imagination. Fun dance games that introduce students to the components of dance, i.e.: time space and energy.
DIY Castles and Fairy Houses
CBE: Tuesdays, K-2nd, 3:45-4:45PM; Wednesdays, K-2nd Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
PS 39: Mondays, K-2nd Grade, 2:45-3:45PM
PS 295: Thursdays, K-2nd Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
Students will create their own inventive princess castles and fairy houses using boxes, cardboard, fabric, feathers, and other materials. They will construct both the interiors and exteriors of each house, designing and creating the wallpaper, rugs, furniture, lighting, window decorations, and accessories. They will also create their own tiny fairies, who will call these new places home.
DIY Imagination Playground
CBE: Wednesdays, 3rd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
Think Suessical Playground. Students will create their own inventive outrageous playgrounds using clay, cardboard, and lots of other materials. They will construct all the structures and features of the playgrounds that they imagine.
Exploring Doll and Pillow Making
CBE: Wednesdays, K-2nd Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
PS 39: Wednesdays, K-1st Grade, 2:45-3:45PM
Explore making dolls stuffed and wrapped based on early American apple head dolls (only we will use model magic instead of a dried apple for the head). Also have fun pillow making, weaving, decorating cloth in the manner of Adire Eleko (Nigeria).
Fashion
CBE: Mondays, 2nd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
PS 39: Fridays, 2nd-5th Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
Design your very own clothing line. Work with a designer on all stages of the fashion process; draw your ideas, cut your patterns, choose a fabric, and make a miniature sample of your fashion line.
Flag Football
CBE: Mondays, 3rd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
PS 295: Mondays, 2nd-5th Grade, 4:00-5:00PM
Flying Spacebots from Code Advantage
CBE: Mondays, 3rd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
PS 39: Mondays, 3rd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM (held at CBE)
Using Lego robotics, students construct and program space rovers that will lead us on a journey through the solar system. As students explore the planets of our galaxy, they will need to conquer the changes in gravity, orbit around objects, deal with the atmosphere, and more! The students will learn about how we can use our knowledge to stimulate many real-world problems and that parts, time, and other factors can become a huge problem when working on a design project! (There is an extra $300 fee for this class.)
Fun en Espagnol
CBE: Mondays, K-2nd Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
Learn basic Spanish through the spoken word, simple phrases, games, and songs. Explore the culture through games, food, and learning about Spanish customs.
Fun with Physics: Roller Coasters and Racing Cars
CBE: Thursdays, K-2nd Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
PS 39:Tuesdays, K-2nd Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
PS 295: Wednesdays, K-2nd Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
Explore the ideas of gravity, force and motion. Create a crazy roller coaster with foam and marbles. Students will explore inclined planes, wheels, and axles. They’ll make toy cars and a mini-race track with different surfaces to learn about the effects of friction on moving objects. Read-aloud with books such as Sheep in a Jeep will reinforce concepts and create excitement about science learning.
Group Piano
CBE: Mondays, 1st-2nd Grade, 3:45-4:45PM; Mondays, 3rd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
Class is limited to five students. Children will learn the basics of piano playing through exploration of a vast repertoire. We will go through the first steps of ensemble playing, musical aural training, and the foundations of different styles, such as Classical, Jazz, Rock and Pop. Children will acquire knowledge about rhythm, harmony and musical structure, as well as correct hand position and finger dexterity. There is an extra $50 fee for this class.
Gymnastics
CBE: Mondays, K-1st Grade, 3:45-4:45PM; Mondays, 2nd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM; Tuesdays, K-1st Grade, 3:45-4:45PM; Tuesdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM; Wednesdays, K-1st Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
PS 39: Mondays, K-1st Grade, 3:45-4:45PM; 2nd-5th Grade 4:45-5:45PM
PS 295: Tuesdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
This class is designed to help children become well-rounded gymnasts. A focus on graceful tumbling, strength, flexibility and more! Safety precautions are taken in all areas.
Hoop Dancing with Bklyn Hooper
CBE: Thursdays, 1st-2nd Grade, 3:45-4:45PM; Thursdays, 3rd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
Hula Hoops are way more than just a toy. They incorporate a range of motion unlike most other forms of exercise. Hoop dance is learning how to do tricks and move with a hula hoop to music. It helps with rhythm, balance, timing, coordination and stamina!
Imagination Theater
CBE: Tuesdays, K-1st Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
PS 295: Wednesdays, K-1st Grade, 2:45-3:45PM
In this class, students are able to explore different characters through movement and music. We may take a magic elevator to another universe and walk on the moon, become aliens, cowboys, or robots. Each class will focus on a different theme.
Improvisation
CBE: Tuesdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
PS 295: Wednesdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 23:45-4:45PM
Students will learn the basics of improvisation. They will explore how to create a scene from nothing and act out many different characters. This class will teach students how to think creatively on their feet and how to structure and improvised play.
Instructional Swim
CBE: Mondays, K-1st Grade, 3:45-4:45PM; Mondays, 2nd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM; Tuesdays, K-1st Grade, 3:45-4:45PM; Tuesdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM; Wednesdays, K-2nd Grade, 4:45-5:45PM; Wednesdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 3:45-4:45PM; Fridays, K-1st Grade, 3:45-4:45PM; Fridays, 2nd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
PS 39: Wednesdays,K-2nd Grade, 4:45-5:45PM; Wednesdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 3:45-4:45PM; Fridays, K-2nd Grade, 3:45-4:45PM; Fridays, 2nd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
PS 295: Wednesdays, K-1st Grade, 4:45-5:45PM; Wednesdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 3:45-4:45PM; Fridays, K-2nd, 3:45-4:45PM; Fridays, 2nd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
Students are taught fundamental swimming skills including: breath control, kicking, and floating. Swim focuses on stroke and rhythmic breathing. Must sign up for a full day. Students are picked up from PS 295 and brought to CBE (8th and Garfield Pl). Limit five students per class.
Intermediate Chess
CBE: Tuesdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
Classes taught by a world class chess teacher. For students who know the game and want to improve their skills and critical thinking.
Jazz/Hip Hop
CBE: Wednesdays, 3rd-5th Grade, 4:45PM-5:45PM
Jewelry Making
CBE: Mondays, K-1st, 3:45-4:45PM; Thursdays, K-1st Grade, 3:45-4:45PM; Thursdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
PS 39: Fridays, K-1st Grade, 2:45-3:45PM
Children will be creative while exploring key math concepts such as one-to-one correspondence, pattern recognition and measurement. Children will make their own beads using recycled materials while focusing on color and texture. Great for improving skills in eye/hand coordination.
Kickball
PS 39: Thursdays, 1st-2nd Grade, 2:45-3:45; Thursdays, 3rd-5th Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
PS 295: Tuesdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 4:00-5:00PM
Students will use strategy based board games to explore the use of role playing adventures; this class stresses critical thinking, logic and cooperation in developing their favorite heroes and/or villains. Students will invent and create their own board games.
Kids Cook!
CBE: Mondays, K-1st Grade, 3:45-4:45PM; Mondays, 2nd-5th, 4:45-5:45PM; Tuesdays, K-1st, 3:45-4:45PM; Tuesdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM; Wednesdays, K-1st Grade, 3:45-4:45PM; Wednesdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM; Thursdays, K-1st Grade, 3:45-4:45PM; Thursdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM; Fridays, K-2nd Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
PS 39: Wednesdays, K-1st Grade, 2:45-3:45PM; Wednesdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 3:45-4:45 Fridays, 3rd-5th Grade, 3:45-5:00PM; Fridays, K-1st Grade, 2:45-3:45PM
PS 295: Wednesdays, K-1st, 2:45-3:45PM; Wednesdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 3:45-4:45PM; Fridays, K-5th Grade, 2:45-3:45PM
Is there a difference between an herb and a spice? What is a whole grain? Cooking classes take a healthy approach as children learn the connections between the food we grow and what we put on the table. Baking techniques and basic nutritional concepts will be emphasized. Learn to cook old favorites, as well as new dishes. Max of ten students.
Kid Fit
CBE: Fridays, K-1st Grade, 3:45-5:00PM
A lively, energetic and vigorous exercise program designed just for kids. The children will participate in a warm-up, aerobic exercises and a power walk in Prospect Park. Nutrition will be discussed. Tribute games will be included.
Kids Publish!
PS 39: Mondays, 3rd-5th Grade, 3:45-3:45
PS 295: Thursdays, 3rd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
Students will use the writing process to conceptualize, write, illustrate, and produce their own books. We will use games and activities to hone students’ writing and storyboarding skills. Each student will learn how to create a visual short story as a precursor to illustrating and designing their own book. At the end of the semester, we will print each student’s book.
Legos
CBE: Wednesdays, 1st-2nd Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
Students make small simple machines using set plans and create their own Lego world.
Magic
CBE: Wednesdays, 3rd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
PS 39: Tuesdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
PS 295: Mondays, 2nd-5th Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
Make things appear, disappear and all sorts of magical things! We will learn amazing tricks with everyday objects, and build secret devices. Basics of magical trickiness, including sleight of hand, misdirection, and optical illusion will be covered. Get ready to make your friends marvel, gasp, and laugh!
Mask Making
CBE: Fridays, 2nd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
Travel to new and mysterious cultures with this exciting class. Masks have been produced and used throughout history and by many different cultures. We will create 3-dimensional masks using a variety of media, paper mache, cardboard, recycled materials. Africa, Native Americans and Japan are some of the places and cultures we will explore!
Mini Musical Beauty and the Beast with Child’s Play NY: Acting on Imagination
PS 39: Thursdays, K-1st Grade, 2:45-3:45PM
Self-expression and artistry are the name of the game in our Mini Musical program! Kids work in-depth on Beauty and the Beast and use its plot as a springboard for our own mini-plays. We will explore a magical castle as Belle, create our own Beast language and then help to translate it into English, become members of the castle with special house-work powers. We’ll learn multiple versions of the classic French fairy tale, “La Belle et la Bête” and create our own new take through story-telling. Sing songs from the B’way version and learn how to dance at a ball! There is an extra $100 fee for this class.
Mini Musical Rapunzel & Flynn with Child’s Play NY: Acting on Imagination
CBE: Wednesdays, K-1st Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
Venture to the top of the tower with us as we get “Tangled” up in the classic Grimm fairy tale, Rapunzel! We’ll sneak into the witch’s garden to eat the forbidden flowers, practice our singing atop the tower, and adventure across the fairy tale kingdom with best friends, true loves, and trusty steeds. We learn songs from the latest film version as well as Sondheim’s “Into the Woods.” There is a $100 additional fee for this course.
Monster Mash Movie
CBE: Tuesdays, 1st-2nd Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
Students learn the basics of using video to tell stories in this program. They will make a short video based on favorite ghouls of their own creation using animation, live action, and interviews. They will learn to use the video equipment and basic editing.
Ninja Challenge
CBE: Thursdays, K-1st Grade, 3:45-4:45PM; Thursdays, 2nd-3rd Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
PS 295: Tuesdays, K-1st, 2:45-3:45PM
Learn strength, agility, and endurance while mastering fun obstacle courses! Each class consists of conditioning and action-packed obstacle courses: jumping, climbing, vaulting, tumbling, and parkour style moves. The Ninja Challenge class inspires teamwork as well as athleticism.
Open Studio: Mixed Media Art
CBE: Thursdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM; Fridays, 2nd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
PS 39: Thursdays, K-1st Grade, 2:45-3:45PM; Thursdays, 2nd-5th Grade 3:45-4:45PM
PS 295: Mondays, 2nd-5th Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
An exciting experimental art class in a studio atmosphere. The students will be using various materials and media related to themselves, their world and interests. We will emphasize creativity and personal interpretation.
Papermaking: Pulp and Sculpture
CBE: Tuesdays, 3rd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
Let’s get your hands dirty playing with pulp! Students will create recycled paper and learn techniques to emboss, embed designs, paper molding, block printing, and 3D pulp paper sculpture. We will create beautiful mobiles, tables, lampshades, White Boards, picture frames, huge bowls and many other things. Students will also build wood frames to design large-scale projects.
Puppetry: Mythical Creatures
CBE: Thursdays, K-2nd Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
PS 295: Tuesdays, K-1st Grade, 2:45-3:45PM
Enter the world of shadow, stick, hand, and paper mache puppets. Explore techniques of creation and the rich tradition of making puppets from all over the world. Using everyday materials to create your own unique characters.
Robo Zoo – Anibots
CBE: Mondays, 1st-2nd Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
PS 39: Mondays, 1st-2nd Grade, 3:45-4:45PM (class located at CBE)
Why do giraffes have long necks? Why are so many fish shaped differently? Why do cheetahs need 4 legs? Students will learn about animals and how their bodies help them perform specific tasks. The class gets to use LEGO robotics to create animal robots and make them move. They’ll also learn concepts like torque, and angular velocity make designing these “Anibots” trickier than it may appear. Welcome to the jungle! There is an extra $300 fee for this class. This class is held at CBE.
Sewing
CBE: Thursdays, K-1st Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
PS 39: Wednesdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
PS 295: Tuesdays, K-1st Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
Learn basic sewing techniques while creating a doll of your own design or a pillow or beanbag creature.
Sewing/Quiltmaking
CBE: Wednesdays, 3rd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
PS 295: Tuesdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
Learn how to sew by hand piecing together a small quit. Basic patchwork technique using fun and colorful prints on squares of fabric. Design a quilt and sew it.
Shakespeare in Play with Child’s Play NY: Acting on Imagination
CBE: Wednesdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
PS 39: Thursdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
Welcome to a theatre class that introduces kids to Shakespeare’s dramatic masterpieces in a way that is accessible, enriching and fun! Students will learn the plots of famous plays and act out the salient points of character and through long-form improvisations. They will also commit to memory short passages and scenes from these Shakespeare’s plays. This instills the children with cultural references from the wisdom of plays like, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest, Macbeth, and Romeo and Juliet that they will utilize for years to come. Games surrounding the characters and their incredible conflicts, desires and stories make the class an incredibly joyous exploration of both theater and Shakespeare. There is an extra $100 fee for this class.
Soccer
PS 295: Wednesdays, K-1st Grade, 2:45-3:45PM; Wednesdays, 2-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
Learn basic skills and rules of the game, as well as coordination skills and teamwork.
Soccer Mania
PS 39: Mondays, K-2nd Grade, 2:45-3:45PM; Mondays, 3rd-5th Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
Children will be active in learning rules and skills, enhancing eye- feet coordination, body awareness and so much more. Put it all together and join the semester long tournament! Prospect Park will be used in nice weather.
Sports Sampler
CBE: Mondays, K-2nd Grade, 3:45-4:45PM; Wednesdays, K-2nd Grade, 3:45-4:45PM; Wednesdays, 3rd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM; Fridays, K-1st Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
PS 39: Fridays, K-1st Grade, 2:45-3:45PM; Fridays, 2nd-5th Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
PS 295: Fridays, K-1st, 2:45-3:45PM; Fridays, 3rd-5th Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
A little bit of everything – soccer, basketball, and kickball. Each sport for one month. Focus is on skill building, rules of the game, coordination, and teamwork.
Super Soccer Stars
CBE: Tuesdays, K-1st Grade, 3:45-4:45PM; Tuesdays, 2nd-5th, 4:45-5:45PM
Get the ball rolling and join Super Soccer Stars right here at CBE! Dynamic international coaches work with every student to develop skills, self-confidence, and teamwork in a fun, non-competitive environment. Positive reinforcement and low child-to-coach ratios ensure that each child will improve his or her soccer skills through engaging activities and games–while having endless fun! Each child receives a t-shirt on the first day of class. There is an extra $55 fee for this class.
Tap Dancing
CBE: Tuesdays, K-1st Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
PS 39: Thursdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
Tap shoes required. This class stresses the basics of tap. Students will develop combinations that are great to watch and delightful to hear. Boys are encouraged to join. Spring performance.
Tap/Jazz
CBE: Tuesdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
PS 39: Thursdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
This class stresses the basics of tap. Students will develop combinations that are great to watch and delightful to hear. Boys are encouraged to join. In Jazz students will focus on across the floor movements, center combination work, beginner leaps and turns. Tap shoes required.
Tennis
CBE: Thursdays, K-1st Grade, 3:45-4:45PM; Thursdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
Classes feature interactive drills and games that teach the fundamentals of tennis: forehand, backhand, volley, serves and overhead. Students will develop fine and gross motor skills as well as eye/hand coordination skills crucial to tennis. Sneakers and a water bottle are required. Racquets are provided, but if you have your own racquet you can bring it.
Textile Design
CBE: Thursdays, 3rd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
This advanced course will combine sewing, weaving fabric applique on clothing as well as landscape design. (2nd grade eligible with permission from instructor.)
Thingamajigs, Gizmos, and Gadgets
CBE: Mondays, K-1st Grade, 3:45-4:45PM; Mondays, 2nd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
PS 295: Tuesdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
Students will enter into the world of kinetic building. They will learn to make moving structures, simple DIY machines, and even fidget spinners! From winding clocks in a time machine to toy vending machines, students will work with materials like metal, wood, wire, rubber bands, and more, while learning the basics of architecture and engineering in a fun and creative environment.
Video Workshop: Monster Mash
PS 39: Wednesdays, 1st-2nd Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
PS 295: Mondays, 1st-2nd Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
Students learn video basics to tell stories in this program. Children will be encouraged to make a short video based on their favorite ghouls, monsters and creatures. Children will use live action, animation and interviews. Use of equipment and basic editing will be included.
What’s So Funny?
CBE: Tuesdays, 3rd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
Students will learn the art and skills used to make an original comedy. They will explore various types of humor and they write, direct, perform, and edit an original video comedy.
What’s the Story with Slime? (And other gooey stuff!)
CBE: Thursdays, 3rd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
PS 39: Tuesdays, 3rd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
PS 295: Wednesdays, 3-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
Find out the science behind slime. What makes it so flexible, gooey and fun? What kind of substance it anyway? (Think “polymers”) In this class you’ll make multiple types of slime; edible, fluffy and glowing slime, to name a few. You’ll test and compare the attributes of different slime types by cutting, stretching and pounding them. Then you’ll use this scientific process to create and test other substances like glue and chalk. This class introduces concepts in the areas of materials science and engineering.
Word Drumming
CBE: Mondays, K-1st Grade, 3:45-4:45PM; Mondays, 2nd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
This drumming course is an eclectic and enriching way for your child to learn rhythms from Africa, Cuba, and Brazil. The class includes fun warm-ups with body rhythms and chants.
Yoga
CBE: Thursdays, K-1st, 3:45-4:45PM; Thursdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 4:45-5:45PM
In this exciting new approach to teaching yoga, kids will learn how to relax and soothe their bodies and minds through a series
of yoga poses and breathing exercises. Ellie will use nature and Hebrew words to explore poses in a fun and exciting way.
Yoga and Children’s Story Telling
PS 39: Wednesdays, K-1st Grade, 2:45-3:45PM
We collectively tell stories through physical storytelling, drama techniques and other creative expression formats. Each child has a part to play every week and stories are always new and exciting!
Yoga and Meditation
PS 39: Wednesdays, 2nd-5th Grade, 3:45-4:45PM
Our yoga program focuses on physical activity, breathing techniques and relaxation practices in every class. Enhancing flexibility and coordination, building strength and self-confidence, developing body awareness, cultivating focus, and encouraging quiet contemplation. Class is structured to balance individual expression and growth while building positive group dynamics and conscientious friendships.