Farmington Continuing Education

This course will help students learn about infant/child CPR, basic first aid, and how to handle a medical emergency by assessing the scene and calling 911. The course fee includes an American Red Cross babysitter training book and a certificate that is mailed out within a month of successful completion of the course (student attendance is mandatory to receive a certificate).

Taught by an American Red Cross instructor, this course will prepare boys and girls to be responsible babysitters. Topics include supervision of children, accident prevention, first aid, caring and feeding of infants and children, and what to do in an emergency. Most importantly, your new knowledge and skills will make you a more confident babysitter - which is sure to be good for your business. The course fee includes an American Red Cross babysitter training book and a certificate that is mailed out within a month of successful completion of the course (student attendance is mandatory to receive a certificate).

Have you ever wanted to build a mobile app all by yourself? With the MIT App Inventor, you can develop your very own mobile app! MIT App Inventor is an intuitive, visual programming environment that uses blocks to create fully functional Android applications. The block-based environment facilitates the creation of complex, high-level applications in significantly less time than traditional coding environments, like Android Studio, Swift Playground, or React Native. Students should bring a device that runs iOS or Android, a laptop or Chromebook, a notebook and pencil, and a water bottle.

Scratch is a block-based visual programming language developed by MIT and is an educational tool used for coding. It allows you to create interactive stories, animations, and fully functional games. By developing an understanding of this language, you are awarded the perfect opportunity to become introduced to the advanced world of coding and Computer Science. Students should bring a laptop or Chromebook, a notebook and pencil, and a water bottle.

Connecticut is teaming up with wondrous wildlife! In this course, learn how to draw wild animals in Connecticut! Students will learn how to draw the features including eyes, noses, and fur as well as learn practical methods of drawing to capture anatomy and gesture. Pencil drawing techniques learned will give students the tools they need to improve their approach to drawing. We will focus on Chipmunks, Cottontail Rabbits & Bobcats in June; Skunks, Racoons, and Fox in August. Materials needed: pencils (4B or similar), erasers (recommend kneaded & vinyl erasers), drawing paper/pad (9x12 or 11x14). A PDF of our subjects will be shared after our first class for convenience printing. Instruction will take place through Zoom. Registrants will receive an email from Farmington Continuing Education (ferraria@fpsct.org) containing a link and instructor information before the start of the course.

Designed for children in Kindergarten and 1st grade, this playful introductory STEM program ignites young students' natural curiosity and builds their habits of learning with hands-on activities in the classroom and at home using LEGO® DUPLO® bricks. Join FIRST® LEGO® League Playmakers as we explore activities we can do in different spaces for play and how we can ensure that our games and activities are fun and accessible for everyone involved. What activities can we do in those spaces? How can the games and the places where we play change to reflect the people playing or the equipment we have? Under the instruction of the Farmington Robotics Enforcers, students will work together to solve fun engineering challenges and build models using LEGO® DUPLO® bricks, gaining habits of learning, confidence, and teamwork skills along the way. Students will receive a LEGO® DUPLO® Classic Brick Set (65 pieces) they can take home at the end of the program.

In EXPLORE, students in grades 2-4 focus on the fundamentals of engineering as they explore real-world problems, learn to design, and code, and create unique solutions made with LEGO bricks and powered by LEGO® Education WeDo 2.0. Join FIRST® LEGO® League Playmakers as we explore activities we can do in different spaces for play and how we can ensure that our games and activities are fun and accessible for everyone involved. What activities can we do in those spaces? How can the games and the places where we play change to reflect the people playing or the equipment we have? Under the instruction of the Farmington Robotics Enforcers, students will work together to solve fun engineering challenges and build models using LEGO® bricks, gaining habits of learning, confidence, and teamwork skills along the way. Students will receive a LEGO® Classic Brick Set (500 pieces) they can take home at the end of the program.

Join Food Explorers for a week of cooking and learning about food from all Around the World! Learn about a different country and the different foods that they eat each day. Then, make two of those recipes, such as Greek Quesadillas, Tiramisu Cups, and summer Spring Rolls. Get ready to try some new recipes and have fun! Students should bring a water bottle. All recipes are nut-free and each student will make their portion. Food supplies are included in the course fee.

Join Food Explorers for a week of baking! Bake two recipes from scratch each day, and learn all about food while you’re at it, by playing games and activities about food and nutrition. Fruit tarts, garlic knots, pop-tarts, and dinner rolls are just a few of the fun recipes you'll be baking! Students should bring a water bottle. All recipes are nut-free and each student will make their portion. Food supplies are included in the course fee.

The Farmington Public Schools Orchestra Teachers and members of the Hartford Symphony invite you to join them for 3 weeks of intensive music-making and fun! The Full Day Program is offered to students enrolled in the morning program who would like to continue into the afternoon. Students will receive additional instruction on their stringed instruments and work on extended visual arts projects. There will also be time for basketball, four square, and other outdoor games. Suzuki Strings Academy is designed for students with at least 1 year of instruction on the violin, viola, cello, or string bass, no beginners, please! Students should bring their instruments, music books, and a water bottle. FULL DAY Schedule: 8:30-9:00 Small Group Lesson 9:00-9:30 Note-Reading or Group Class 9:30-10:30 Visual Art or PE 10:30-11:30 Orchestra Rehearsal 11:30-12:30 Lunch / Recess 12:30-1:30 Orchestra Rehearsal or Lesson 1:30-2:30 Art or Playground Games 2:30-3:00 Note-Reading or Group Class 3:00-3:30 Snack / Recess REGISTRATION DEADLINE: JULY 1

The Farmington Public Schools Orchestra Teachers and members of the Hartford Symphony invite you to join them for 3 weeks of intensive music-making and fun! Daily classes include mini-lessons on your stringed instrument, note-reading and group class, orchestra, movement, and visual arts. Advanced players may also have chamber music opportunities. Suzuki Strings Academy is designed for students with at least 1 year of instruction on the violin, viola, cello, or string bass, no beginners, please! Students should bring their instruments, music books, and a water bottle. HALF DAY Schedule: 8:30-9:00 Small Group Lesson 9:00-9:30 Note-Reading or Group Class 9:30-10:30 Visual Art of PE 10:30-11:30 Orchestra Rehearsal REGISTRATION DEADLINE: JULY 1

Summerstock comes to Farmington! Over the course of two weeks, students will have a true production experience from start to finish. Beginning with an audition workshop, students will hone their audition skills to try out for roles in a hilarious comedic play that will be produced at the end of the academy. Each day, students will participate in acting workshops, rehearsals, backstage production, and most importantly -- FUN! Join the summer 2020 Theatre Academy in the production of Happily Ever Before! The fairytale villains have had enough! For too long the Evil Queen, Wicked Stepmother, and Dark Fairy have been pushed into the shadows while princesses like Snow White, Cinderella, and Briar Rose get their happily-ever-afters. So, the scoundrels set out to change things. With the help of the sinister Rumpelstiltskin, the mischief-makers use their magic to travel back in time, planning to change the destinies of each of their princesses and send them down a new path that doesn’t end so happily. But as the villains set their plan in motion, a classic cast of fairytale extras — including the Big Bad Wolf, Hansel and Gretel, Goldilocks, and Robin Hood — unwittingly change the princesses’ stories and the course of the villains’ plans. Students should bring a water bottle. Daily Schedule: 12:30-12:45 Check-in and Warm-up 12:45-2:00 Workshop Rotation 2:00-2:15 BREAK - Snack / Recess 2:15-3:15 Workshop Rotation 2:15-4:15 Workshop Rotation 4:15-4:30 End of day Check-in and Game 4:30 Performance (7/30 - details TBD) *The second week of camp, the later afternoon schedule will shift to accommodate full cast rehearsals in preparation for the performance* REGISTRATION DEADLINE: JULY 14

In this beginner/intermediate class, learn vital techniques for creating gorgeous summer beach paintings! Color mixing, blending, brush strokes etc. will be explained, demonstrated and practiced. Students will create paintings of summertime watercolor beaches. Click HERE for a list of required materials for this course. Instruction will take place through Zoom. Registrants will receive an email from Farmington Continuing Education (ferraria@fpsct.org) containing a link and instructor information before the start of the course.