Mayo Street Arts Summer Program

Morning Program: 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM for Ages 5 - 7

Afternoon Program: 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM for Ages 7 -11

Dates: July 11 - August 19
Location: Kennedy Park

Program Description: "Morning program provides tutoring, reading, games, and lunch. The program will integrate arts and fun!"

Afternoon program #RAD! (#ReadingArtDance) provides a #literacy-rich environment with a focus on #reading and the #arts. Students receive reading and writing instruction, lunch, and daily arts enrichment activities like #music, #dance, and #PuppetTheater.

Transportation: There is no transportation at this time.

"School-based programs are by invitation only. Schools will send out an invitation letter for students invited to attend their school-based programs."

https://sites.google.com/portlandschools.org/summerschool/community-partner-programs/mayo-street-arts?authuser=0

#SolarPunkSunday #ArtsLearning #ReadingAndWriting #SummerPrograms #PortlandMaineSchools

So, one of my sister-in-laws made a firm decision NOT to give her kids phones until they were 16, and instead did crafts with them, encouraged them to be in plays, and gave them dance and music lessons (all the same things my own grandparents did with me). Both kids are in college now and are still very creative! And yeah, they have phones, but aren't addicted to them. Now my other sister-in-law gave her 9-year-old a smart phone, and tbh, I'm a little wary to interact with her. She used to spend a lot of her time outdoors and was very artistic, but now is on the phone all the time, and only cares about what other "mean girls" think. I've seen first-hand the damage smartphone addiction can do to young minds. IMHO, both smartphones and marijuana should be allowed only AFTER young minds have developed, and only after their owners have developed good lifelong habits -- like reading, creating, using their brains, etc.

#SmartPhones #TechAddiction #NatureBasedLearning #ArtsLearning #Creativity #Imagination #SmartPhonesAreDumbingUsDown