Kids & Caregivers
CLASSES, WORKSHOPS & EVENTS
SPRING 2024: April 1 - June 7
Busy Bodies
with Bethanne Margies
(18 mos - 3 years with caregiver)
with Bethanne Margies
(18 mos - 3 years with caregiver)
Thursdays in May
9:30-10:15AM
Come dance, sing and play music with Ms. Bethanne. For toddlers and their caregivers, this is an interactive movement class led by veteran dance educator Bethanne Margies.
Music, movement, stories, instruments, props and more and themed each week!
Limited to 12 spots
Register for 5-week series or choose-your-date
$75 for kid/cargiver for series
or $18 per class
Save the Songbirds
Stories & Crafts
with Anne & Izzy
Stories & Crafts
with Anne & Izzy
Join us for a fun learning experience about your backyard songbirds! We will do book readings, learn to identify birds, talk about migration, nesting habits, listen to bird songs, and create simple bird related crafts to take home. Each week we will focus on a different backyard songbird. Come "learn to fly" with Anne and Izzy this Spring!
Ages 1-5
3 Wednesdays- May 8, 22 and June 5
10am - 10:45AM
$54 for series (child/caregiver)
$18 per session (child/caregiver)
Additional siblings 25% discount; siblings under 1 free.
Anne Stabb is the Community Events Coordinator for Wild Birds Unlimited (Glens Mills, PA) a retail space for everything birding. Anne received her certification from Pennsylvania Master Naturalist Program in 2022
Anne's assistant is grandaughter Izzy. At 4 years old she knows plenty about the birds around us and she'll be on hand for all three workshops to help all the kids come to love birds like she does!
Zumbini is an early childhood education program that uses original music and movement to promote cognitive, social, fine/gross motor skill and emotional development for children ages 0-4, all while creating the ultimate bonding experience for families.
45 mins; Ages 0 - 4 with caregiver
Spring Session: April 5 - May 31 (no 5/24)
8 Fridays, 9:30-10:15AM
Register here
$160 per child/caregiver per session.
Sibling discount offers 25% discount off second, third child in the same family taking the same class. Discount is auto-calculated, no code needed.
(No additional charge for siblings under 6 months old)
Questions? Need Assistance?
Contact Lisa Oster at lisa@thecreativelivingroom.com
Spring Mornings: SENSORY PLAY
with Elizabeth Affleck
with Elizabeth Affleck
SIGHT, SOUND, TOUCH, TASTE and SMELL
Kids ages 1-5 and their caregivers will enjoy a fun morning of Sensory Play. Set up in both guided and independent play stations, kids will have full autonomy to move from one sense to another at their leisure. There will be a variety of materials appropriate for young kids to engage with to increase their sensory play! Each session is themed.
All children must be accompanied by a caregiver. Kids under 1 are included at no extra charge, but be sure that there are adult hands at the ready to participate.
Wednedsays 10-11AM
4/3, 4/17, 5/1, 5/15, 5/29
REGISTER HERE
$75 for the session, $18 per class (choose-your-dates)
$5 each additional child in the same family.
Questions? Need Assistance?
Contact Lisa Oster at lisa@thecreativelivingroom.com
Enchanted Dance
with Bethanne Margies
(ages 3-5)
with Bethanne Margies
(ages 3-5)
POSTPONED - will be back in Fall
Join Ms. Bethanne and her magic trunk!
Join us as we use songs, books, props and imagination to learn about dance, creative movement and ballet. Each week, we will peek into Miss Bethanne’s magic trunk to see what our theme is, and what special books and props we’ll be using for our class.
Max 12 dancers in the class.
Seasonal Stories
with Lisa Cocchiarale
with Lisa Cocchiarale
New Dates - TBA
Theatre educator and Director Lisa Cocchiarale loves to bring stories to life! Transforming into storybook characters, Lisa will weave a tall-tale to get you into the spirit of the season! Great for big and little kids who love stories! Geared for kids 8 and under
Lisa is a fan-favorite in our summer camp playing such memorable characters as as Mother Earth, Professor Trelawney and Bellatrix LaStrange!
Music Together® brought to you by the Philadelphia Suzuki Piano Academy
Music Together® is an early childhood music and movement program for children from birth through age eight—and the grownups who love them®! Music Together brings families of all kinds together in a warm, supportive environment where everyone feels comfortable singing, dancing, and jamming. Ms. Janet Kaido, licensed Music Together director and registered teacher for the Philadelphia Suzuki Piano Academy, invites you to join her weekly 45-minute fun-filled family music time.
The Philadelphia Suzuki Piano Academy, LLC is licensed by Music Together LLC
Stay tuned for upcoming dates
Questions? Need Assistance?
Contact Lisa Oster at lisa@thecreativelivingroom.com
In the Suzuki Method, young children ages 3-5 are able to learn piano by learning skills one small step at a time. Similar to immersing themselves in a foreign language, students are exposed to music first through listening, watching and imitating good tone and technique.
Over years of practice, these carefully developed technical skills become second nature, so that when Suzuki students reach the advanced repertoire, their good posture, relaxed hands, and control over the variety of sounds on the piano allow them to freely express their music deeply and without tension.
Stay tuned for upcoming dates
For more information about the Suzuki Piano Method and Teaching Artist Janet Kaido, click here
Playgroup @ PACC
Weekly; Day to be confirmed
Downstairs Playroom
$5 Drop in fee
RSVP is encouraged (to keep tabs on numbers), but drop-ins welcome! Sign up online to grab a spot or Drop in and pay in cash or online.
FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENTS
LOCATION
Park Avenue Community Center
Newly re-named, the Park Avenue Community Center is home to a variety of programs, classes, meet-ups, and events. As of January 2022, The Creative Living Room will join The PAC as our home for our year-round programs.
The PAC is partnering with Swarthmore United Methodist Church to bring the building back to life. Next door to the Swarthmore Library in the heart of Swarthmore Town Center, their motto is "We've Got Space For That!"
129 Park Avenue - Swarthmore, PA 19081