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Motion and Op Art

by Jeff April 11, 2011 Art

Ms. Krista’s kindergarten class has recently been working on a unit exploring motion. Last Friday, week we celebrated the art of Victor Vasarely and one of his contemporaries, Marcel Duchamp. We explored how we could create art that “moved”. Optical art concerns the interaction between illusion and picture plane, between understanding and seeing. When the [...]

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Holiday Camp at The DDC

by Steve November 10, 2010 Camp

Make plans now to attend our Holiday Camp, December 20-23, and December 27-30. The Digital Discovery Center is a fun before and after school program for K-6 school age children. Join us for filmmaking, legos, slot car racing, cool art projects and more. Click here for more information.

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Before & After School Care Begins Tuesday, 8/24/10

by admin August 20, 2010 News

We hope everyone is ready for a new school year. The DDC will be open for before and and after school care beginning Tuesday, August 24. Spaces are still available. Visit our after school page to learn more!

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Sign Up Now for Before & After School Care!

by admin July 27, 2010 News

Make plans now for Before and After School Care for your school age children!  Avon Lake buses will pick up in the morning and drop off in the afternoon. For costs, an application, or to learn more, visit our after school page here.

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10,000 Caps!

by Jeff April 23, 2010 News

Good news! We have packed our 7th box of caps and it is all ready to be shipped off to the Aveda Cap Collection. This box brings our grand total to over 10,000 caps! Each cap collected helps protect the wildlife near our ponds, rivers, streams and Lake Erie. Visit the Ohio Department of Natural [...]

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ECBI at The DDC – Open House April 14

by Jeff March 18, 2010 News

Want to learn more about the Elyria Comic Book Initiative? Check out this article in the Morning Journal. And plan on signing up for an 8-week “Make your own comic book” workshop at The DDC, Tuesdays and Thursdays,  April 20 – May 20 from 4:30-6:00pm. Grades 5 and up. The cost is $79. Get details [...]

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Gone Fishin’

by Jeff March 16, 2010 News

Spring is in the air, so that means it’s time to get out of the DDC and into the field, creek and woods at Pembroke Kids. Parents please send some old shoes and a change of clothes for our excursions in wild.

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Create Your Own Comic Book at The DDC

by Jeff March 16, 2010 Comic Books

The Digital Discovery Center and the Elyria Comic Book Initiative have teamed up for a fun new program this spring! Would you like to create your own comic book? The Elyria Comic Book Initiative is bringing its “make a comic book” process to you.  A team of trained comic book enthusiasts will guide you through [...]

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Michelangelo and the 16th Apple

by Jeff March 11, 2010 News

MICHELANGELO DI LODOVICO BUONARROTI SIMONI (b. March 6, 1475, Caprese, Republic of Florence [Italy]–d. Feb. 18, 1564, Rome), Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art. Michelangelo took the commission to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (1508–1512). This was how I introduced the [...]

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Picture This: Storytelling & the Arts

by Jeff March 2, 2010 News

On Monday, March 1st, I had the pleasure to accompany Ms. Kelly and represent Pembroke Kids and the DDC at the Cleveland Museum of Art‘s mini-conference Picture This: Storytelling and the Arts. The mini-conference was developed for early childhood educators to learn how to help students grow up great through the art of telling stories [...]

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