DAI Children’s Library, Storytime and Story Craft children of all ages Saturdays & Mondays 4:30 PM Amricani & Yarmouk Cultural Centres      

Family Day Once a month 2 PM – 6 PM Amricani Cultural Centres   This season families have several opportunities to come and explore the Amricani Cultural Centre and their own creativity. Once a month, from 2 PM – 6 PM, activities are created to encourage families to have an adventure together. Sometimes the activities are quiet, but not often; sometimes the activities are competitive, but only in a friendly fashion; often the activities are a bit silly, but everyone needs to be silly every once in a while. What is constant is that the activities work for ages 2 – grandparents, all the participants learn something, and everyone has…

Experience Science children ages 13 – 9 Saturday 4:30 PM Amricani Cultural Centre   Chemisty, robotics, physics, optics and engineering are some of the subjects shared with participants who experience science Saturday afternoons at the DAI’s Amricani Cultural Centre. Created to highlight the contributions of Muslim scholars to today’s scientific world, Experience Science, Experience Science: Advanced and Experience Science: Hybrid encourage the kids have fun with science and learn something at the same time.

DAI Minis ages 18 months – 3 One Saturday per month 9:30-11AM Amricani & Yarmouk Cultural Centres   The DAI Minis programme is for children between the ages of 18 months and 3 years old, with a family member. Each monthly session will include exploring objects of art, storytelling and some kind of play/craft activity. The kids, and the participating parent, will have fun at the sessions will be held throughout the season.

CAW Tots: ages 3 – 5 Saturday 9:30-10:30AM Amricani Cultural Centre   CAW Tots, Amricani Cultural Centre’s programme for potty- trained children ages 3 – 5, takes one subject and concentrates on it for four weeks. This season the kids will explore, the art of Arabia Felix, imagination and contemporary artists. They will use objects in the collection, other art, children’s books, and discussions to reinforce key ideas. Built around the Harvard University Graduate School of Education “Artful Thinking Palette”, the kids will learn by observing and describing, comparing and connecting, questioning and investigating, finding complexity, exploring viewpoints, and reasoning.

CAW & CAW Jrs: ages 6 – 12 Saturday 9:30-11AM Amricani Cultural Centre   DAI volunteer Maha alEssa has big plans for the Children’s Art Workshop (CAW), for children ages 9 – 12 and CAW Jrs for children 6 – 8, this season. October – May, with a break for Ramadan, the children will execute one big project. We know it won’t be an exhibition, but we don’t know exactly what the kids will be doing. Maha has ideas; the kids have the choice. Regardless, the programme is designed to help participants further develop leadership, critical thinking, collaboration, creativity, and communication skills.