ART & STEM CLASSES

LEARNING EVERY DAY

Our Y provides opportunities for children to learn and explore. In our preschool arts and enrichment classes, kids learn, play and grow with other children under the careful guidance of specially trained staff.

Classes are offered every session, with rotating topics and curricula for toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children in the following areas. Please see the registration schedule for current class listings.

Art

Expand your art knowledge and grow in creativity while using a variety of materials to create great arts and crafts projects.

Kindergarten Prep

Children are given the opportunity to learn through exploration in a variety of activities like art, games, and much more! Focus is on educational enrichment such as shapes, sounds, letters, numbers, fine and large motor skills, as well as social skills.

Pottery

Create pottery masterpieces as you learn techniques in hand building, pinch, coil, and slab techniques. Your product will be transformed as it fires and glazes in the kiln.

Youth Theatre

The Y makes sure that every child has an opportunity to envision and pursue a positive future and our popular drama program–run at the Mansfield Arts & Education Center–allows kids’ lights to shine. In our Broad-Y Academy, for ages 7-14, and our Theatre Institute, for high school students, kids become part of a cast, hone acting, singing, and stage production skills, and grow as artists. Auditions take place in January or February for our April show; in March for our June show; in September for our November show; and in November for our February show.

Cooking

Kids get the lowdown on kitchen safety, good eating habits, and how to make healthy, delicious snacks and meals for their families!

Music

Learn new songs, sing popular songs you love, and have fun actively participating in creative movement, dance, and finger plays.

Science

Children gain hands on experience through experiments in a variety of science related topics.

Bloxbuilders Series (STEM)

This 7-week course focuses on building, constructing & engineering games and toys using the Goldiblox kits. Participants will catch the engineering bug and love playing with the models they create! Participants will even take home their very own pet project.

Fairy Tales Series (STEM)

This 7-week course brings the fairy tails of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, and The Three Little Pigs to life! Participants will spend two weeks on each story. Participants will create and build in order to problem solve ways for characters to find their happy ending.

Robo Challenge Series (STEM)

Have you ever wanted to make your own robot? For seven weeks, we will create and experiment with BristleBots! First we will create and assemble a micro robot. Then, over the following classes, we will create and experiment with the BristleBots; a new challenge each week. At the end of the course, participants will get to bring their BristleBot home!

Rockets Series (STEM)

This course focuses on building a rocket and learning about space, aerodynamics, force and much more! Participants will partake in a rocket launching competition during the last session. The winner will be entered into the Reach for the Stars: National Rocket Completion and all participants will take home a rocket and certificate.