Celebrating Youth! - Activities

We are still finding the perfect activities for Celebrating Youth! 2011.

Here is a sampling from 2010:

Wisconsin Youth Company, host of Celebrating Youth!
"Weave the web" at our hands-on activity area and explore many types of weaving! While you're there, check out our many summer camp, after school, and year enrichment program offerings for youth in grades K-8. We also offer a teen drop-in program for youth on Madison's southwest side.

Visit with eco-artist Nicole Klinge and create beautiful woven art from garbage. Learn finger weaving and straw weaving at After School's area. Join After School's World Language Immersion Program and weave world cultures through instrument making. Wander Wisconsin presents the Spider Web – come learn a few fun facts about spiders and their webs and create your own web to take home! We'll also have our ever-popular "Speed Stacking" area up and running for generation-weaving family fun! www.wisconsinyouthcompany.org

Dean & St. Mary's - Healthy Kids Area

Everyone loves Crash Helmet and Happy Heart, Dean & St. Mary’s huggable and educational mascots.  Check out their booth for lots of kid-friendly activities with a message – good health and safety!  www.deancare.com and www.stmarysmadison.com

Global Villages

Visit the Global Villages area and learn about arts and culture from all over the world!  Visit the Latin American square created by Centro Hispano, make a Norwegian heart basket with the Sons of Norway, see Hmong story cloths brought by the Hmong American Student Association of UW-Madison, and spell your name in Arabic at Habiba Chaouch's display.

Insect Ambassadors

Some arthropods are masters of web weaving. Many of us can remember seeing beautiful spider webs, but did you know that there are some insects that weave webs too? Come learn about the insect web weavers and other types of insects! www.entomology.wisc.edu/insectam

Procession of the Species
Decorate fabric leaves to add to the Procession of the Species tree of life and make rubbings from Wisconsin species woodblocks to take home with you. Puppets and masks from Procession of the Species will be on display. www.madprocession.org