Hastings Community Education

{YEL!} Junior Robotics For 1st-5th grades 21st Century Robotics Enrichment using LEGO® bricks. Each {YEL!} Junior Robotics class follows four basic components •Teach It!…Each class students are taught the basic STEM engineering concepts behind each project. •Build & Program It!…Students use LEGO® bricks to build an alligator, race car and more. •Program It!…Then they program the project to race, chew, make noise and more using drag-and-drop icon-based software. •Play It!…Finally they play with their project, modify it, create extensions and have fun working with it. Sign up today to THINK, LEARN and PLAY WELL with {YEL!}. For more details about {YEL!} STEM classes, visit YouthEnrichmentLeague.com. LEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO Group of companies which does not sponsor, authorize or endorse this site or program.

What rules supreme in your child’s world? Art projects that glitter or glow-in-the-dark? No need for your child to choose when you sign them up for this art camp! We will work with a variety of art supplies including clay, glow-in-the-dark paint, and of course, lots and lots of glitter! The kids will create snow globes that glow-in-the-dark, butterflies that shimmer and glimmer, an Eiffel Tower with stars that twinkle, and so much more. Glitter and glow… here we go! Please pack a nut free snack and drink for your child.

Back by popular demand! Sign up early for this popular class! It’s silly and slimy and insanely fun. Messy Time is one of our most popular activities, and that’s exactly what we’ll be doing all class long! We’ll get silly with silly putty, messy with muck and so much more! This is going to be a messy one, so please dress your child appropriately. Please pack a nut free snack and drink for your child. Min. 7/Max. 15

We’ll use plaster, paint, and more simply sloppy supplies to make a project that’s way too messy to do at home! We’ll become masters at making a mess, learn some pretty cool stuff– and have lots of fun as we create these messy monsters on a canvas board!

Let your child dig their hands into some ooey, gooey clay and experience the art of play! Sparkly ice cream cones, proud ponies, colorful dragons and silly self-portraits are just a few of the incredible creations your child will construct as they learn basic terms and techniques of working with clay. We’ll use air-dry clay, Model Magic® and paint during this fun-filled (and messy) camp. Please pack a nut free snack and drink for your child each day.

This camp is packed full of fan favorites! From papier mache bowls, projects that glow-in-the-dark, and messy clay masterpieces, these are the Kidcreate projects our littlest students love the most! All of them put together in one very popular camp. This is the stuff the kids can’t get enough of and guaranteed to be an artsy good time. Register early before this camp fills up! Please pack a nut free snack and drink for your child each day.

ALL NEW MODELS and projects using the Lego WEDO Robotics systems! Designed by the experts at MIT, this unique system teaches students about simple machines, engineering, programming and so much more. Working in pairs, students will create Star Wars, and Space inspired robots. This course builds knowledge of simple machines, engineering, programming, and teamwork in an environment full of Galactic Fun! Your students will build LEGO models featuring motors, tilt sensors, motion detectors, & USB Robotics Hub. Models include AT-ST Biped, Spinning Tie Fighter, Cannons, and other out of this world models. Please bring a drink & snack.