We are currently accepting registrations for our winter programs. If you discover us after the start of classes, no worries - we are happy to pro-rate our fees and are staffed so as to allow for individual help to catch up.
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Programs for Home Learners 2011-2012
Join us at the Lyceum for workshops designed for home learners. Five-week modules offer youth the opportunity to engage in challenging ideas while being supported in their own writing and art by some of the best children’s literature in the world today. Our small class sizes and co-constructed model of curriculum development mean that no matter what your children’s interests or abilities, the Lyceum is a safe and inspiring environment for them to explore their own creativity.
Ages: 5 to 12
As always, we will adapt our delivery to meet the needs of individual students. When necessary, the group will begin with an introductory study session, and then break into smaller age-appropriate groupings.
Registration Fee
Half Day: $185 for 5 weeks (15 hrs of class time)
Full Day: $340 for 5 weeks (30 hrs of class time)
In recognition of the cost of homeschooling three or more children, the Lyceum offers a special discount to larger families. If two students attend our programs at full price, we will give a 50% discount for each additional family member. All art materials and healthy snacks are included in the price of the class. Students staying for the full day are welcome to bring a packed lunch and enjoy some supervised quiet time in the Lyceum’s living room or library between classes.
January 3 to January 28, 2012
Shakespeare Study: The Winter’s Tale and Print MakingTuesdays 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Friendship, jealousy, oracles, and shepherds will be our focus at the Lyceum, as we begin the new year with a study of Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. We’ll begin with picture book adaptations of the play, and work our way to more sophisticated tellings that incorporate Shakespeare’s text, ensuring that all students will know The Winter’s Tale story, characters and famous lines. As we go, we’ll learn print making techniques and over the course of the workshop, we’ll work to create posters of the play which we can hang in our bedrooms as a reminder of our reading and discussions.
February 7 to March 6, 2012
Valentine and Orson and Shadow Boxes
Tuesdays 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
The story of Valentine and Orson, twin brothers separated at birth and raised as a knight and wild animal respectively, has been the inspiration for numerous pieces of writing and art. We’ll read one adaptation, Nancy Ekholm Burkert’s folk play in verse, and use it as a jumping off place to create our own writing and art pieces. We’ll collect these together to fashion beautiful shadow boxes.
March 27 to April 24, 2012
Cranes: A Symbol of Peace, Longevity and Ecological HealthTuesdays 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
We’ll discuss cranes both the birds themselves, and the various symbolic meanings they take on in literature. Using stories that feature cranes such as Grandfather’s Dream by Holly Koller, Sadako by Eleanor Coerr and Peace Crane by Sheila Hamanaka, we’ll look at what cranes mean in various parts of the world, and in various storytelling traditions. We’ll also discuss how the destruction of the earth’s wetlands has impacted the crane population. As we go, we’ll learn to fold origami cranes.
Exploring Diversity and Mosaic TilingTuesdays 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Our explorations about the meaning of diversity will begin with a literature study. Throughout our study, each student will fashion a unique mosaic tile garden stone, a touchstone of our conversations to plant in their garden at home.
May 1 to May 29, 2012
Arthurian Legend and Glass PaintingTuesdays 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Heroic
quests and chivalrous deeds will be our focus as we delve into Arthurian
Legend. We’ll share some of the most famous legends of Arthur and his
knights, and discuss the personal qualities they celebrate. Then, using
faux lead and link techniques, students will create four scenes from the
legends on glass coasters.
Walk, Shoot and Jot: Exploring Perspective by Playing with Context
May 1 to May 29, 2012
Tuesdays 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM 
We’ll venture out into the area around the Lyceum with notebooks and cameras in hand, capturing the usual and unusual that we observe in our travels. With these fragments, we’ll return to the Lyceum and turn them into more polished pieces. We’ll discuss the role perspective plays in our observations, and what our photographs might look like taken out of context. Our final product will be an accordion book that captures our various experiments with perspective, both in photos and text.
Home Learners' Writers Workshop
Term A: January 5 to February 2
Term B: February 9 to March 8
Thursdays 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Cost: $125 + HST
Our writers' workshop designed specifically for home learners gives young writers to tools they need to see projects through from beginning to end. Inspiring prompts, publishing projects, positive feedback and the support of a generous group will give your child the confidence to say, "I'm a writer" - a simple declaration that can be life-altering.
Types of writing covered may include:
• expository and persuasive writing
• short story
• zines
• poetry
• graphic literature
Previous Programs
Shaun Tan Study
September 27 to October 24, 2011
9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Join us for a five-week, in-depth look at the work of Shaun Tan. The author of graphic novels such as The Arrivaland Tales from Outer Suburbia is not only an inspiring visual artist, he’s also an incredible thinker about topics as varied as immigration. Throughout the course, we’ll engage in a close reading of a number of our favourite Shaun Tan books including The Arrival, The Lost Thing, The View, The Red Tree, and Tales from Outer Suburbia. We’ll also work on a full-canvas, mixed media collage and a written response inspired by Tan’s work.
Oral Literature and First PeoplesNovember 1 to November 29, 20119:00 AM to 12:00 PM
During this course we’ll look at the importance of storytelling. We’ll hear some traditional First Nations stories, and
then try our hand at telling some stories of our own. We’ll look at how
we know our relations through their stories, and how knowing stories
builds respect for others. Throughout the course we’ll also work on a
wood carving - a way of keeping stories through symbol.
Mythology and Sculpture: Persephone, Arachne and AthenaNovember 1 to November 29, 20111:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Join
us for a five-week look at three of our favourite Greek myths. During
our investigation we’ll explore both the stories themselves, and what
they say about the natural world, the nature of heroism and the
importance of the arts. From our discussions, we’ll each make a
mixed-media statue, using wire, cloth and clay.
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