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OWL is in the process of opening a Winter PlaySpace & Children's Musuem on Main Street in Oneonta! We will be open Tues, Thurs, Sat, & Sun starting January 18th, 2014. This is a short term experiment (thru April.) If we meet our fundraising goal before then, we may extend the lease for another year. This project serves the dual purpose of providing families a warm place to play during the winter, while determining if a brick & mortar space is a viable option for OWL's future.
Oneonta World of Learning (OWL) is an all-volunteer registered 501c3 not for profit organization and is registered with the New York State Board of Regents.
For this endeavor, we need:
-cash donations
-volunteers! click here to get involved
-primer & (white) paint
-brushes, rollers, & trays
-laminate flooring
-gift cards to Lowes, Home Depot, Price Chopper, Walmart, OfficeMax
Please contact us at WorldofLearning@live.com or via Facebook with questions/comments.
Pictured above (left to right): OWL board members Caitlyn Davey, Aaron Sorenson, Ariann Tubia w/ Tanner Tubia, w/ Palace Cigar owners Tom & Karen Oliver @ 277 Main Street.
Thanks so much for your support!!
We were honored during today's pictures with Santa fundraiser event when Santa's own dear mother popped in!
We'll be at The Southside Mall through the 24th of December, offering more opportunities to make a Christmas wish and get your picture taken!
-ALL PROCEEDS GO TO OWL-
Saturdays from 11am - 2pm
Sundays from 2pm - 5pm (through Dec 18th)
Saturday Dec 24 9am - noon
I'd also like to thank our local Hannaford super market in Oneonta for donating ALL of the candy canes for these events!!!
Look for OWL at the Southside Mall on weekends this December! We're very grateful for this opportunity to offer pictures with Santa for $5 each. All proceeds go to Oneonta World of Learning!
Santa's hours are 11am-2pm on Saturdays and 2pm-5pm on Sundays through the weekend of December 17th and 18th. Additionally, Santa will be on site from 9am to noon on Saturday December 24th!
We also really enjoyed joining Oneonta's Holiday parade on November 19th. Thank you to everyone who walked and to the Southside Mall for their generous support! Happy Holidays everyone!
Many of OWL's friends have been trying geocaching—a large scale treasure hunt the whole family can enjoy. If you have a portable GPS system you have everything you need to get started! Learn more at www.geocaching.com.
If you don’t have a GPS, try letterboxing. Visit www.atlasquest.com and register—it's free. Then, type in your zip code and start discovering the treasures! Instructions on how to complete the quests are listed on the site. There are a surprising number of letterboxes in our own community. It is possible that you have passed many of them every day and not even noticed them. Happy hunting!
Here are a few of the photos from our 4th Annual Paintfest! This year's theme was Paintfest: Around the World. There was a fantastic variety of painting activities to choose from revolving around art in various countries. Over 160 children participated this year! Yet it never seemed crowded and I want to really thank all of those who spent the past two months planning this event and especially those who were able to join us and pitch in the day of the event.
A huge thank you goes, as always, to The Arc Otsego for the loan of their building (and for allowing us to get crazy with the paint in their rooms and hallways)! They've baked a lot of cookies for the kids and a big thank you goes to them on that account as well.
We had a lot of enthusiastic help from Oneonta Job Corps volunteers and the OHS Art Honor Society! One volunteer left us a note: 'Today I felt like a child again and I never thought that it would ever happen, thankyou.'
Of course, we couldn't do this without our Paintfest veterans, core volunteers and local artists - thanks again!
Our Paintfest sponsors this year include:
www.joeruffinos.com
A & D Transport
The Arc Otsego
Directive
Central New York Radio Group
CSEA Workers through-out Otsego County
In Memory of Susan T. Miller
Insurance Professionals of Chenango Valley (IPCV)
Tom and Amy Pondolfino
The Rissberger Family
Friedman LLP
Bella Michael’s
The Tubia Family
Unitarian Universalist Society of Oneonta
Catskill Mountain Embroidery and Screenprinting
Donated funds and services made it possible to provide t-shirts to all of the participants, and to keep our dream alive. Thanks for making all that we do possible!
4th Annual Paintfest: 'Around the World'
Featuring washable fun for the whole family.
Discover Australian Aboriginal Painting, Nez Pierce Sand Painting, Japanese Cherry Blossom Painting and more.
No registration required; come any time between 10am-2pm. T-shirts will be given to participants while supplies last. Suggested donation $5 per child.
DIRECTIONS: From Chestnut Street in Oneonta, turn onto Cepperly Avenue. Turn right onto Lower River Street. Oneonta Day Services is just past Lutz Feed.
If you like what we're doing THANK OUR SPONSORS: The Arc Otsego, Directive, Central New York Radio Group, CSEA Workers Through-out Otsego County, In Memeory of Susan T. Miller, Insurance Professionals of Chenango Valley (IPCV), Tom and Amy Pondolfino, The Rissberger Family, Friedman LLP, Bella Michael's, The Tubia Family, Unitarian Universalist Society of Oneonta, Catskill Mountain Embroidery and Screen printing.
Explore the wonders of the universe when Oneonta World of Learning again teams up with The Science Discovery Center to present Science Saturday. Children with their grownups are invited to view a planetarium show on the night sky, build a take-home telescope and a planisphere, and more. Activities will be appropriate for children aged 2 through 13.
Saturday Oct 15, 1-4 pm
Science Building #1
SUNY College at Oneonta
$5 Suggested Donation
Directions: Enter the campus from Ravine Parkway. Science Buidling 1 is on the left, past the Morris Conference Center.
The West Kortright Centre brings you Tunes ‘n’ Tomatoes on Sunday, September 4 from 11AM–5PM.
Make your own musical instruments with Oneonta World of Learning (OWL), learn wacky science from the Dirtmeister, enjoy live music throughout the day and dig into some fabulous local food. There will be a silent auction and an antique appraiser on site ($5 fee for appraisals).
Tickets are $15 adult or $5 under age 19 and each ticket purchase includes a free 2011 admission to Hanford Mills Museum. For more information about Tunes ‘n’ Tomatoes at The West Kortright Centre call 607-278-5454.
The West Kortright Centre is located at 49 West Kortright Church Road, East Meredith, NY 13757.
Just in case, here is a link with driving directions from Oneonta NY to Pine Lake (1894 Charlotte Creek Rd, Davenport, NY 13750): CLICK HERE.
Registration links and full details are the previous two posts. See you there!
Here are the sign up links from the previous post, which has all the juicy details:
Sprouts A: Sign up a 3-4 year old
Sprouts B: Sign up a 3-4 year old
Saplings: Sign up a 5-7 year old - sorry, the Saplings section has been filled. However, you can sign up your 5-7 year old for either the older or younger group, whichever seems most appropriate.
Poplars: Sign up a 8-9 year old
Oaks: Sign up an 11+ year old
There will be two groups of 3-4 year olds. Caregivers with children in more than one age group will be asked to stay with the youngest child in their group. Lunch will be provided for the children only. Call 431-8543 or email WorldOfLearning@live.com if you have any questions or concerns.
Events are scheduled for 11:00am to 3:30pm Sunday July 17th at Pine Lake (1894 Charlotte Creek Road, Davenport NY) but participating families are encouraged to spend the entire day enjoying the Pine Lake Environmental Campus. Dine at the nearby Tally Ho Restaurant on July 17th and if you mention OWL, 10% of your purchase will be donated to OWL.
Children with their grown-ups are invited to participate in a day of immersion in nature and the patterns that surround us, Sunday July 17th.
Oneonta World of Learning (OWL) invites you to join in workshops with internationally renowned photographer Michael Forster Rothbart, Bhala Jones, a nationally recognized artist, and local favorites Mary Peterson and Cindy Ketchum at the Hartwick College Pine Lake Environmental Campus. The day's activities will include photography, leaf printing, hiking, teleidoscope crafts and dance. Younger children will also enjoy storytime. Optionally, families can stay, explore and even swim in this beautiful setting, minutes from downtown Oneonta.
Activities will be tailored for children aged 3 through 13.
Expect to arrive at Pine Lake, 1894 Charlotte Creek Road, Oneonta NY after 10:30am and stay until 3:30pm. Registration is required, although late comers will be placed in workshops on a space-available basis. The cost is $25 for the first child, $10 per additional child and includes lunch for the children and admission to Pine Lake. This program is made possible by a grant from the Chenango County Council on the Arts.
When you look at a picture in a frame, where do your eyes naturally wander? What are the patterns they follow? During the photography session, children will explore how to look into a camera and the effects of centering and off-centering a composition. Composition of flower and leaf collections will be considered during the floral pressing activities. Everything changes when viewed through a teleidoscope, which is similar to a kaleidoscope. The dance portion will highlight how native peoples used nature as an inspiration to move.
"This event ties directly into our mission in three ways," says Aaron Sorensen, board member and OWL enthusiast. "It is immersive play and learning, identification of community resources and a great opportunity for children to interact with their grownups."
Events are scheduled for 11:00am to 3:30pm but participating families are encouraged to spend the entire day enjoying the Pine Lake Environmental Campus. Dine at the nearby Tally Ho Restaurant on July 17th and if you mention OWL, 10% of your purchase will be donated to OWL.
Sign up online:
Sprouts A: Sign up a 3-4 year old
Sprouts B: Sign up a 3-4 year old
Saplings: Sign up a 5-7 year old
Poplars: Sign up a 8-9 year old
Oaks: Sign up an 11+ year old
There will be two groups of 3-4 year olds. Caregivers with children in more than one age group will be asked to stay with the youngest child in their group. Lunch will be provided for the children only. Call 431-8543 or email WorldOfLearning@live.com if you have any questions or concerns.
OWL would like to thank our sponsors: Directive, Central New York Radio Group, The Arc Otsego, CSEA Workers Through-Out Otsego County, Insurance Professionals of Chenango Valley (IPCV), Tom and Amy Pondolfino, The Rissberger Family, Friedman LLP, Bella Michael's, The Tubia Family.
Oneonta World of Learning (OWL) is teaming up with archaeologists from Hartwick and SUNY Oneonta to present Dig Dirt Day at Hartwick's Pine Lake Environmental campus, Friday June 24th.
Visit an actual archaeological dig in progress! Get your hands dirty and learn about archaeology!
Pine Lake is located at 1894 Charlotte Creek Road, Oneonta NY.
Drop in any time between 1-5 pm.
This event is free and appropriate for all ages.
Oneonta firemen, policemen and high school students served over 3,000 scoops of ice cream Sunday June 5th as part of the 4th Annual Ice Cream Social, brought to the community by Oneonta World of Learning (OWL).
Despite a morning of cloudy skies, volunteers gathered in Oneonta’s Wilber Park Sunday morning hoping that the weather would improve, which it did. Mild breezes and gentle sunshine encouraged participants to linger, enjoying an afternoon of fast paced dance performances and music in the park. Even the Taekwon-Do demonstrations were choreographed to upbeat music.
When not building towers, coloring the sidewalk or devising creations out of PVC pipe and connectors, children played with a magnetic accelerator, mock up Maglev Train and other science activities. One station that was never empty was next to the bubble soap. “This is always the most popular activity,” said Mary Peterson, long time OWL volunteer and founder of Amazable Science Adventures, who was eager to share her favorite recipe for bubble soap.
Even after the last scoop of ice cream was served and tents were being taken down, children kept on dancing on the mobile stage, in an impromptu dance party to the music of MTC DJ Service.
Ice cream for this free event was provided at cost or gratis by Pie in the Sky, Friendly’s Ice Cream, The Golden Guernsey, Stewarts Shops, and Schwan's.
The organizers would like to thank ALL of their generous sponsors. Without them, none of these events would be possible.
The long list includes Directive, Central New York Radio Group, The Arc Otsego, The Daily Star, The City of Oneonta, SUNY College at Oneonta, Hometown Oneonta, Five Star Subaru, CSEA Workers Through-Out Otsego County, Insurance Professionals of Chenango Valley (IPCV), Tom and Amy Pondolfino, The Rissberger Family, Friedman LLP, Bella Michael's, The Tubia Family, NYCM Insurance, Otsego Automotive, Tri County Glass Company, Springbrook, The Sorensen Family, Oneonta Community Christian School, Exit Realty, Hartwick College and BJ’s Wholesale Club of Oneonta.
The Fourth Annual Ice Cream Social in Oneonta's Wilber Park with be Sunday, June 5 from 1 to 5pm!
For the fourth year in a row, the public is invited to Wilber Park for a city-wide Ice Cream Social brought to you by Oneonta World of Learning (OWL).
As in past years, families are invited to enjoy delicious free ice cream and take part in children's games, learning activities, live entertainment and pleasant conversation.
Ice Cream merchants from across the city have contributed ice cream at cost or gratis for the afternoon social, including Pie in the Sky, The Golden Guernsey, Friendly's, Schwan's and Stewart's Ice Cream. Volunteers will scoop a wide variety of flavors for the public.
Admission is free and the ice cream is free.
Rain location will be the Alumni Field House, SUNY College at Oneonta.
There will be free live performances by Oneonta Taekwon-Do, Stanley and Wade School of Dance, Schenevus A cappella Choir, The Farrell School of Irish Dance, Damhsa Beatha and Kennedy Performing Arts Center.
Also in Wilber Park will be the Leatherstocking R/C Buzzards Airplane Flyers, Magic of Magnets, The Science Discovery Center, and Hasu Ranch Alpacas.
In the event of rain, the event will be moved to the Alumni Field House at SUNY College at Oneonta.
This is a community-wide celebration and all are welcome to enjoy a great afternoon in the park.
This event and all OWL events would not be possible without the support of Directive, Central New York Radio Group, The Arc Otsego, The Daily Star, The City of Oneonta, SUNY College at Oneonta, Schwan’s, Hometown Oneonta and Five Star Subaru.
Ice cream sundae sponsor: CSEA Workers Through-Out Otsego County;
3-scoop sponsors: Insurance Professionals of Chenango Valley (IPCV), Tom and Amy Pondolfino, The Rissberger Family, Friedman LLP, Bella Michael's, The Tubia Family;
2-scoop sponsor: NYCM Insurance;
1-scoop sponsors: Otsego Automotive, Tri County Glass Company;
Supporters: Exit Realty and Hartwick College
The CDO STEM Leadership Council has announced a Summer 2011 GO Green Institute for current 6th grade students in our area. The institute is held at SUNY Oneonta and offers a week-long exploration of “green” topics and how scientists think and work.
The dates are July 18 through 23, 2011 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each day.
Applications must be subitted to the Catskill Regional Teacher Center by May 20, 2011, and space is limited.
Please visit their website for more information: CDO Workforce - STEM.