Being a Screenwriter: Generating Ideas for a Screenplay

Get students excited about creative writing while learning how a movie is written!

Being a Screenwriter 2: Writing Your Screenplay

Move from a great pitch to a full-blown movie script!

Playing with Percussion: Making and Playing Instruments

Hands-on music program that teaches how the sounds are made in addition to great technique!

The Cookie Jar Mystery: A Study in Forensic Science

A Best Seller! CSI, forensic science program that kids and teachers love!

The Missing Money Mystery: An Introduction to Forensic Science

Love the Cookie Jar Mystery? Then you'll also enjoy this scenario for your younger students.

Being an Artist: A Cubism and Collage Experience!

Tap students' creativity by learning from the masters and exploring this very accessible form of art!

The Cookie Jar Case: A Role-Play Mock Trial

The jury is in on this exciting follow-up to our best seller!

What Customers Are Saying

"This is the perfect kind of activity for afterschool. It's fun; students learn by getting involved. Everybody wants to be a part of it!"

K. Luce - Program Leader, Child and Adolescent Treatment Services, NY

"Screenwriting was awesome, our kids really loved these activities. It was also really nice to provide such a creative curriculum that addresses the standards in such a fun way. This gave our staff a break from coming up with new programming ideas and allowing them to get back to building relationships with kids."
-H. Sanderson, Director, After School, City of Fairfield, CA

Having taught at the high school and college level, I was impressed with this curriculum. The materials and guidance were well put together and very thoughtful."

-M. Lynn, Artist, Shea After School, Syracuse, NY

The Cookie Jar Mystery has proven to be a wonderful, interactive program for my after-school program students. I love that it is so easy to use. This amazing program has enabled my students to comprehend the process of forensic science as well as the sophisticated vocabulary encompassed in the program's lessons.

-E. Troy, Freehold Public Schools, Freehold, NJ

"This is a well organized course that I would highly recommend to other programs."
C. Shoals - Teacher, School #18, Buffalo, NY

"The program is awesome!  I'm doing it as part of an after school enrichment time.  Our kids really enjoy the projects and it's wonderful to use as everything is provided."

-K. Strobel, Teacher, Olympic Middle School, WA

"They love it…it's awesome.  Kids are dying to get in it!"

A. Akers, Teacher, Clifford Marshall Elementary School, Quincy, MA

"The Missing Money Mystery was very easy to follow. The children had such a great time at it, we even allowed our group to re-enact the entire mystery. This mystery was fantastic, and we are looking forward to our next exercise!

J. Jones-Ford, Director/Detective, Hempstead P.A.L., Hempstead, NY

"The students were engaged and enjoyed the experiments. The story keeps the activities meaningful and provided an interested way to connect Florida Standards. The teacher's manual was easy to follow and materials in the kits made it very convenient for set up. Overall, this is a great thing to do in afterschool and during the summer!"

B. Clark, Teacher, Genesis Center, Leesburg FL

"Playing with Percussion offers an exciting doorway to exploring percussion, communication skills and learning about different cultures."

-S. Kalkbrenner, Site Leader, Accord Corp, Youth Services Division, Belfast NY

"Our kids enjoyed making their own instruments, especially sanding. Playing all those grooves at the end was a lot of fun! "

-N.Peterson, Music teacher, Napa, CA

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About Community Learning

Community Learning provides academically rich programming for schools and community centers. Programs are provided through thematic Course Kits designed to assist and support program directors and staff as they lead learners through active, hands-on and minds-on learning.

This approach builds engagement through a sustained story-experience for learners. Thematic presentation of the course material holds learners' attention and activates their learning with simulated drama worthy of their natural curiosity. Learn more

What's in a Course Kit?

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Our Course Kits offer site leaders an in-depth learning experience that's easy to implement!