Friday, December 5, 2014

Day 337: Kids Can Decorate Christmas Trees

These preschoolers enjoyed decorating their Christmas tree crafts. Their favorite parts of the Holiday season are candy canes and Christmas trees!

Thursday, December 4, 2014

Day 336: Kids Can Mentoring Party

Mentoring matches decorated cookies at the Holiday Party and competed against each other in a minute-to-win-it marshmallow game.  

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Day 335: Kids Can Create Artwork

Why Arts? showed the 3rd-6th graders how to create abstract art using their names. They will continue this project for the next few weeks !

Monday, November 24, 2014

Monday, November 17, 2014

Day 333: Kids Can Make Cats

The after school kids made cats out of construction paper during their Why Arts?activity today!

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Day 331: Kids Can Make Play-Doh


The students from Creighton FLP helped the after school kids make play-doh with flour, salt, oil, and kool-aid!

Monday, November 10, 2014

Day 329: Kids Can Use Ipads

Ms. Shae's class practice letters on Ipads as part of the Handwriting Without Tears curriculum. 

Friday, November 7, 2014

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Day 327: Kids Can Pass the Plate

The preschoolers practice dishing up their food and passing the plate on in their family-style setting dinner table. 

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

Day 325: Kids Can Go Running

The Pre-K class got up and moving with the Ipad game, NFL Play,  from the American Heart Association.

Monday, November 3, 2014

Friday, October 31, 2014

Day 323: Kids Can Goes Trick-or-Treating


The Preschool and Pre-K kids trick-or-treat at Southview Heights across the street. 

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Day 322: Kids Can Make Paper Roller Coasters


The after school kids had a blast making paper roller coasters with the help of the Creighton volunteers! 

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Day 321: Kids Can Make Bat Silhouettes

The preschoolers have been busy creating fall-themed crafts. Today they painted bat silhouettes!


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Monday, October 27, 2014

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Day 317: Kids Can Do Handwriting Without Tears

The Pre-K kids work on building letters with wooden shapes as part of the Handwriting Without Tears Curriculum.

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Day 316: Kids Can Make Slime


With the help of volunteers from the Creighton University Freshman Leadership Program, the after-school kids made slime! It was messy, but the kids had a blast!

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Day 315: Kids Can Learn About Germs

 A student from UNMC teaches the Pre-K kids about germs and how to properly wash their hands. After washing their hands, he used a special laser light to show them the germs left on their hands. 

Monday, October 6, 2014

Day 314: Kids Can Enjoys Why Arts

Every Monday from 4:45-5:45 a volunteer from Why Arts will come in to do activities with the kids. The activities include a variety of theatre, visual arts, movement, writing, and storytelling. This is a fun and educational activity for your child to participate in.