For more information about registering for our programs have a look at our enrollment page. If you would like to sign up for any of programs or would like us to run a program on a different theme or on a different date, email us at partsandcrafts@gmail.com – we’re very flexible and are interested in working with as many parents and kids this summer in as many different ways as possible.
Our weeklong programs run from 9am - 3pm, monday through friday. Early and late care (from 8am to 5:30pm, respectively) are available for families that require it.
Most everything that we’re doing this summer will be based out of the Brookline Church of Christ, 416 Washington St, Brookline, MA 02446.
Schedule of Programs
When: Monday August 17-Friday August 21, 9am-3pm
Where: Brookline Church of Christ
Who: kids 11ish - 15ish, with the possibility of a simultaneous class for kids 8ish-10ish
Cost: suggested: $250, sliding scale
We’ll work with a couple of different tools to make programmable
objects with microcontrollers. Our source-texts will be, according to
what directions interest goes in, Tom Igoe’s Making Things Talk and
pretty much the entire Machine
Science curriculum. Also lady ada aka limor fried.
We’ll design and prototype circuits with breadboards and program them
with basic and c, and see whether we can take these prototyped designs
and embed them in constructed objects.
When: Saturday August 22, 12pm-ish-4pmish
Where: Brookline Church of Christ
Who: anyone 8ish and up with the manual dexterity to operate a
soldering iron
Cost: suggested: $20-$40, sliding scale (for materials – you get
to take home a finished drawdio at the end)
Learn the basics of electronics and soldering by building an awesome
music toy!
From ladyada’s kit description:
Drawdio is an electronic pencil that lets you make music while you
draw! It’s great project for beginners: An easy soldering kit with
instant gratification. Essentially, its a very simple musical
synthesizer that uses the conductive properties of pencil graphite to
create different sounds. The result is a fun toy that lets you draw
musical instruments on any piece of paper.
-Runs on a single AAA battery for many hours (even ‘nearly dead’
batteries will work)
-Ridiculously fun for all ages
For more information about drawdio, look at Jay Silver’s
page.