 partners  Together our individual programs create a multisensory learning experience like no  other. Stories in Motion offers an innovative approach to teaching dance to children that links creative movement and story telling. Our classes create a nurturing, non-competitive learning atmosphere where dance skills and the creative process are combined into a dynamic physical and imaginative experience for children. Stories come to life through dance!For more information, go to www.storiesinmotion.org. Ann Biddle (Founder, Director) has been a professional dancer, choreographer and dance educator for the past 20 years. Ms. Biddle has taught dance and dance education extensively in the New York, New Jersey region in both private and public schools and at the University level. 
MATH FOR LAUGHS is a playful approach to math practice. Children have fun doing all sorts of group activities: crafts, active games, and much much more...all with a math twist! The Math for Laughs program features more than a dozen fun-and-games classes including “Math With Snack,” “MFL for Builders,”“Fantasy League Baseball,” and “Time Travelers”  – which we’ll feature this winter in Red Rainbow. More than 20 Math for Laughs classes are currently running in after-school enrichment programs in schools all over New Jersey; we also run a local summer camp program, birthday parties, children’s events at corporations, in-school teacher training, and more.For more information, go to www.mathforlaughs.com. Math for Laughs is the brainchild of Susan Dillon, who has worked in the publishing field for more than 20 years as a writer and marketer. She writes workbooks, trade articles, textbook chapters, web sites, and various materials for education publishers. She wrote “A Big Book of Holidays Around the Year” (2003), “Flashcard Games” (2004), and “Fast Facts” (2006), all published by Scholastic Teaching Resources. She writes math games and activities regularly for the Quick Ideas series in Instructor Magazine. 
Plus we invite other arts and educational programs to join us in Red Rainbow! Come join trombonist Ben Williams and special guests for MUSIC WITH TBONE & FRIENDS, as we explore the many joys of music in this unique hands-on class. Using live and recorded examples, the students will experience the inner workings of music in a relaxed atmosphere, and will get in some music making (and instrument building!) fun of their own. Some sample activities include rhythm games, instrument demonstrations, hearing stories of music and musicians, exposure to music both new and unfamiliar, and how to "think like a musician." Each student will receive a CD of the music we will cover for the whole family to enjoy!
The class is led by musician and educator Ben Williams, a professional jazz trombonist who has been teaching his innovative approach to music to children of all ages and abilities for more than 20 years. He gives private brass lessons out of his home in Maplewood to students ages 5-21. He leads group and individual instruction at the Hudson School in Hoboken, Newark Academy in Livingston, Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel Iris Preschool in South Orange, among others. He co-created and produces educational programs including the “Music for Kids” series in Maplewood, the in-school music education series “Taking Chances,” and HiTops jazz education and improvisation instruction series, and Instrumental Music Camp run by Maplewood Community Music.
In this hands-on and engaging program SCRAP HAPPY JR., children will create with their own hands a beautiful keepsake journal of their lives to be treasured for years to come. This class integrates language arts with tactile arts and crafts based activities. We'll use the children's own experiences as a
focus of creative expression. The class is theme based to encompass learning from movement, math, and music components of the whole Red Rainbow program.
Lorraine Labonne-Storch (M.S. Elementary Ed.) has taught for 10 years at the preschool, elementary, and college level. She has worked as a New York City public school special education teacher and staff developer, and has served as a visiting lecturer at Hunter College. Ms. Labonne-Storch has also worked as a training consultant and Marketing Director in the corporate arena. With Scrap Happy People, she has developed a unique and creative approach to teaching, promoting children's self expression and self esteem through an innovative combination of arts and crafts and traditional learning disciplines.
Ms.Labonne-Storch lives in Maplewood with her two girls, Samantha and Alycia.
Join us at Red Rainbow! If you have questions, write us at info@redrainbowkids.com. |