Kids Programs at Womanspace

Corky Crafts | Safe Sitter® | SpaGirlz | S'mores Party

Corky Crafts
Ages 9–Adult. Spend a morning making practical and attractive hot plates (trivets) or a small bulletin board using a large supply of wine corks. First Norm will show “Recycled/Re-seen” a brief documentary about world-wide efforts to recycle utilitarian goods into art to create good jobs and help the planet. Then Norm will lead this fun exploration of recycled cork art.

Norm is a recycling artist and works with themes and images from Buddhism, kitsch, and collections of nostalgia and American culture. He enjoys preserving the past in color and textures that soar as visionary, or dive deep into metaphor. Norm has extensively exhibited his work locally, nationally and also has international patrons.

Course #: AW09-13
Dates: August 7
Time: Saturday, 9:00a–Noon
Instructor: Norm Knott
Location: New Dimensions Studio
Cost: $25 (includes all materials) Register by August 5

Safe Sitter® Program
For ages 11–13. Womanspace is partnering with Rockford Health System to bring the national Safe Sitter Program to our campus. Medically oriented instruction teaches students proper childcare skills, plus how to handle minor and major medical emergencies. This fourteen-hour, two-day curriculum covers care for a choking infant or child, injury management, the business of babysitting, basic child care (feeding, diapering), safety for the sitter, injury prevention, infant and child CPR (not certification), and first aid. There is an exam at the end of the program and a graduation ceremony for parents. Bring a sack lunch both days.

Debby has taught Safe Sitter for two years and is very committed to the philosophy of “Better Sitters Today...Better Parents Tomorrow.” She started babysitting at the age of twelve and is now a mother of a tween with special needs.

Marge began babysitting when she was eleven for a family with three toddlers. She worked for the Illinois Department of Human Services providing childcare to a family for over six years. She has been teaching Safe Sitter for over two years and is also a Girl Scout Troop Leader. She has two young children.

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Course #: JM09-26
Dates: August 17 & 18
Time: Tuesday & Wednesday, 9:00a–4:00p
Instructor: Debby Gaines & Marge Blake
Location: Womanspace Library
Cost: $60 Register by August 12

SpaGirlz
For ages 9–13. Before you head back to school, spend a girls’ night out with your friends at Womanspace! This special spa night is just for Jr. Members and their friends (girls age 9-13). Julie will teach foot massage, beginning with tootsies wrapped snugly in hot moist towels, followed by relaxing massage (no tickling!) and ending with Peppermint Pedango samples to take home. Pam will share helpful information on skin care, proper nutrition to prevent acne, plus good hygiene. There’ll be a goodie bag to take with you.

Julie trained at East-West Healing Arts Institute in Madison and was named Rookie of the Year by the American Massage Therapy Association-Illinois Chapter. She offers massage at Womanspace and is Co-owner and Director of Education of Prairie Creek Therapeutic Massage and Education Center, LLC in Sycamore, IL.

Pam is an Independent Beauty Consultant for Mary Kay Cosmetics and a licensed cosmetologist with over 20 years experience. Pam loves to see the beauty within women of all ages, and pours passion into enriching lives by promoting healthy skincare, the basics of physical grooming and wellness habits that start from within.

Course #: JM09-27
Dates: August 18
Time: Wednesday, 6:30–8:00p
Instructor: Julie Maffei & Pam Ward
Location: Womanspace Library
Cost: $10 Register by August 17

S'mores Party
For ages 9–13. Come spend a fun night to celebrate the end of summer and the beginning of a new school year. Bring your friends and maybe even the rest of your family! We’ll have graham crackers, marshmallows and chocolate bars to make S’Mores on our fire. You bring lawn chairs or blankets and maybe some other snacks and drinks to share. Then we’ll sing songs, tells stories (not TOO spooky!) and have a fun night together around the fire.

Rain location: Fountain View Room.

Course #: JM09-28
Dates: August 27
Time: Friday, 7:00–9:00p
Location: Fire Pit next to parking lot
Cost: $5 Register by August 26

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