Friday, October 29, 1999
Parents and kids learn together at UC's Communiversity
BY ANNE MICHAUD @body:
Enquirer contributor @body:
When Ann Lampe was bored in college, she and a friend would hang around the dorm and juggle. Years later, Ms. Lampe found herself frustrated in trying to teach that skill to her 8-year-old son, Christopher.
Enter the University of Cincinnati's community education school, Communiversity. For the first time in January, Communiversity began offering a handful of classes for adults and their kids. One of the classes was juggling.
“I thought it would be a good opportunity to spend some one-on-one time and do something we both enjoy doing,” says Ms. Lampe, who lives in Wyoming.
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COURSES
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One course offering for parents and kids is still open for enrollment this fall:
• Internet Connection: Family Connection. Begins Nov. 18.
More classes begin in January:
• Sho-Do: The Japanese art of calligraphy.
• Alaska: Planning a family trip.
• Internet Connection-Family Connection.
• Winter Milky Way: Observing the winter sky.
• Stepping Stones: Basic stained glass crafting.
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• Parents must register with their children, who must be 10 years old to participate. Each child younger than 16 pays half-price.
• To register, call (513) 556-6932 and have your credit card ready. Or in person at the Information/Registration Center in French Hall, open 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m.-noon Saturday. Or print and mail (or fax) a registration form downloaded from www.uc.edu/cece/Com-ref.htm
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The idea to have parents and children learn together began with Donna Burns, director of Communiversity, which is in the College of Evening and Continuing Education at UC. Ms. Burns says she wanted to try something different, and she knew as a parent that time together is at a premium.
“We're forever arranging car pools and dropping kids off and picking them up at the end,” she says. “I thought, "Aren't there some fun things that we could explore and learn together?' ”
Choosing a vegetarian diet was a topic of one class. When teen-agers decide to become vegetarians, the choice worries some parents who wonder if their child will get the proper nutrition, Ms. Burns says. If they can learn about it together, that eases the tension.
This fall, Communiversity is offering classes in reading the constellations in the night sky, using the Internet, planning a trip to Australia and New Zealand, genealogy, bicycling and relocating the family overseas.
Charles Jones of Delhi Township and his 12-year-old son, Chuck, took a one-day course in reading the night sky last summer. The class was held mostly at the Cincinnati Observatory Center in Mount Lookout, using its telescope. Students also learned how to read a star chart.
“My son was currently taking (astronomy) in school, so I thought it would be something nice we could both do together,” he says.
Did Chuck cherish the time with his dad? “We do a lot of things together, so I think he just took it for granted, actually,” Mr. Jones says.
Normally, the classes include children 10 and over, but Communiversity and the teacher made an exception for Christopher Lampe. His mother had taken a class from the same teacher years ago.
Christopher was thrilled to take a class with adults who were at his same skill level, his mother says. “He thought he was hot stuff.”
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