Full Day Camp - Mystery at the Museum and Creative Music: Peter & the Wolf - Ages 5-7
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Join us for a full day of camp with “Creative Music: Peter & the Wolf” camp in the morning and “Mystery at the Museum” in the afternoon! Full-day camp includes lunchtime care between 12:30-1:00pm at no extra charge!
Creative Music: Peter & the Wolf (9:30am-12:30pm) Discover a beloved tale where animals and music come to life! Learn how dance and music concepts help us tell stories. Bring your imagination for a week of improvisation, composition, and dance-making inspired by the sounds and story of Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev. Musicians use movement, body percussion, voices, and instruments to create their own musical story, shared in an informal performance on the last day of camp. No previous musical training required.
Mystery at the Museum (1:00-4:00pm)
A world of imagination and intrigue awaits! In this fun-filled drama and dance camp, children bring the playful whodunit Mystery at the Museum to life. Throughout the week, campers explore creative drama and movement activities that build confidence, collaboration, and storytelling skills. The week culminates in a lively performance of this clever and original play for family and friends—it’s a week of creativity, discovery, and theatrical fun!
Tuition includes $40 non-refundable registration fee.
Cancellation Policy: CDC Administration must be notified 2 weeks prior to the start of your camp to receive a refund, minus non-refundable registration fee. No refunds given less than 2 weeks before camp.
- • Full-day camp includes lunchtime care between 12:30-1:00pm at no extra charge! Campers will bring lunch and eat in our waiting room with supervision, followed by activities if time permits.
• Looking for a half-day camp? View our full list of camp offerings HERE.
• Financial aid available based on need. This is a limited community resource supported in part by individual donors. Click here to complete our online financial aid application. An application must be received by CDC before you register.
• Payment Plans available. This flexible option allows families to split their balance into two installments. No application is required, but a payment plan must be arranged in advance by contacting registrar@creativedance.org. Placement in the camp is not ensured until your first payment is received.
- Clothing: Dress for comfort and ease of movement. Dance clothes such as leotards, footless tights, sweatpants/shorts, leggings, t-shirts, dance skirts, etc. Students dance in bare feet.
Food: Full-day campers, bring 2 nut-free snacks and a nut-free lunch to eat in our waiting room with supervision, followed by activities if time permits.
Franny Finstrom
Franny Finstrom (she/her) is an educator and musician who specializes in early childhood music education. She believes it is the birthright of every human to express themselves through music and dance. Franny graduated from Northern Illinois University with Bachelor's of Music degrees in both music education and piano performance. She continued her music studies in Hungary at the Kodály Institute of the Liszt Academy of Music with emphasis on early childhood music education, piano pedagogy, and research on the influence of music on language development in young children. In 2013, Franny presented her lecture entitled, "Expanding the Kodály Vision: Folk Music and Whole Child Education" at the International Kodály Symposium in Kecskemét, Hungary. From 2022-2024, she was an associate director for Seattle Children’s Chorus, teaching their Early Childhood Music classes in Shoreline. In addition to her experience teaching piano lessons, music theory, and early childhood music, Franny also has classroom experience as a Montessori preschool teacher as well as experience teaching integrated curriculum with music and other subjects. Her passion for developing high-quality, developmentally-enriching music lessons brought her to Creative Dance Center where she is integrating her own expertise and experience in teaching music with Brain-Compatible Dance Education and BrainDance. Franny attended CDC’s Summer Dance Institute for Teachers in July 2024. She lives in Seattle with her husband and two children.
Jennifer Reif
Jennifer Reif (she/her) has been teaching, performing, and directing around the northwest for decades. She has taught drama and movement to children in both public and private schools and currently enjoys writing plays and lesson plans for Drama Notebook. Dancing with Anne and the 40+ group at Creative Dance Center has served as an inspiration for several years. Jennifer holds her BA in Theatre from Morningside College and also studied at Oxford University in England. She aims to bring a spirit of play to her work and believes our greatest learning comes when we are having fun.