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Teaching Life Lessons through Art with Smiling Shamrock Art Studio and Characters of Character: 2 Week morning sessions, once
Looking for a unique way to teach your kids this summer? We are offering a morning Summer Camp teaching life skills and art!

Teaching Life Lessons through Art with Smiling Shamrock Art Studio and Characters of Character: 2 Week morning sessions, once a month!
Looking for a unique way to teach your kids this summer? We are offering a morning Summer Camp teaching life skills like being a friend, or good health, or good manners through activities and art!
All activities and Art are different each session, so a children may take this lesson 1 time or 3 times this summer. Best for Children 5 to 9 years old. $215 per 2 week morning session add $12 for an early drop off at 8:30
First session: June 6th through June 18th a Monday through Friday program, 9:30am-noon.
Second session: July 11th through July 23rd a Monday through Friday program, 9:30am-noon
Third session: August 1st through August 13th a Monday through Friday program, 9:30am-noon
To Signup, go to SmilingShamrock.com/calendar, look for your date and tag it to register.
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Life Skills through Activities & Art-Description:
Day 1: Mind your manners please, and thank you!
First we will discuss manners, and then each child will work on their own mini story about Manners Monkey to take home and share with the family. They will paint a monkey on canvas, take home a chart or poster to use at home and hang on the fridge as a daily reminder to use good manners. At the end of the session each child will be rewarded a Certificate of Achievement for using manners on this day!
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Day 2: Chime into being responsible like Responsible Rabbit!
First we will discuss what it means to be responsible, and then each child will work on their own mini story about Responsible Rabbit to take home and share with the family. ! Each child will make their own wind chime out of wood and each with metal chimes and about 11” in length. Each child will take home a chart or poster to use at home and hang on the fridge as a daily reminder to be responsible. At the end of the session each child will be rewarded a Certificate of Achievement for being responsible on this day!
All Classes will be held at the Smiling Shamrock Art Studio located at 9243 S. Rt. 31, Lake In The Hills, Illinois 60156
First session: June 6th through June 18th a Monday through Friday program
Second session: July 11th through July 23rd a Monday through Friday program
Third session: August 1st through August 12th a Monday through Friday program
Be sure to send your child(ren) with a snack and a drink as we will take a brief pause to replenish!
Contact Peggy Callahan at 847-421-1616 or Peggy@smilingshamrock.com or you can contact
Joni Downey at 815-403-0217 or joni@charactersofcharacter.org
Be sure to visit their websites at SmilingShamrock.com
and www.charactersofcharacter.org
Visit the calendar often to see what else is new and happening!
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