Information on summer vacation workshops is now available!

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Registration is now open for various Kids Creative Institute summer camps! We’re offering workshops on animation, programming, and dialogue!

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Rough & Peace Mother Online School has launched a new “Unlimited Online Classes” service! We also offer plenty of classes to help with your summer vacation independent research projects!

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Registration is now open for the “7th National Elementary and Junior High School Programming Contest” and the “1st National High School Programming Contest”! As long as your entry is an original creation—whether it’s software that runs on a PC, smartphone, or tablet, or hardware such as robots or electronic projects—there are absolutely no restrictions on the programming language or format used. There are no specific themes either, so feel free to let your imagination run wild.

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Thinking of the “person inside” (who can see you from all 360 degrees—up, down, and all around), poke holes in a box to create stars. What constellations? What kind of light? Who is it, and where are they? When it comes to the SDGs, there are many projects that involve repurposing scrap materials, but this workshop places special emphasis on the act of “thinking of someone you cannot see.” *The artwork created in this workshop will be submitted to “My World 360°.”

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“INSECT PARK” is an indoor playground facility born from the world of the nature education anime “Insect Land,” produced by Teruyuki Kagawa. canvas has organized two workshop programs—“Adam’s Glowing! Firefly Field Guide” and “Eden’s Fluttering♪ Bracelet”—in the creative area titled “We’re All Little Artists—The Insects’ Workplace”!　

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Is the office a place for play and learning!? Under the theme “Let’s all gather at Kokuyo’s Summer Festival—adults and kids alike!”, we’re offering special workshops where everyone from adults to children can have fun while learning, in addition to a summer festival corner and office tours. You might even be able to finish your summer homework—like independent research projects or book reports—right here! CANVAS will be hosting “Feel and Create Kanji with the Homework Motivation Pen”!

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We’ll be inviting various experts and artists who collaborate with us on the Kids Creative Institute’s workshop programs to serve as guest speakers. Centered on their personal stories of how they became who they are today, they’ll engage in a dialogue with participants. Our guest this time is Hiroshi Sasaki, a “Professional Naturalist.” In the relaxed atmosphere of the historic Nakamachi House, surrounded by lush, natural gardens, what if we took a peek into the process of one person’s journey to adulthood…? It might just provide some hints for thinking about “how I create” both now and in the future.

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An introductory session for the Kids Creative Institute, where “Feeling, Thinking, Creating, and Communicating” come to life! Join a scientist from Thermo Fisher Scientific and take on some experiments together! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience it for free. We hope you’ll join us!

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Our highly popular Kids Creative Institute 3-Month Series is back! Try sound experiments, draw acorns, erase them, and create something new…!? How will everyone’s discoveries and flashes of inspiration spread throughout the institute?

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This is the Kids Creative Lab’s 3-month online series, “Secret Hideout in Our Home”! The setting for “Secret Hideout at Home” is right where you are right now. We’ll try creating a cool atmosphere together and play with our notebooks!? Our goal is to enrich and transform your daily lives through these workshops and your own “exploration.”

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Just as you measure length and weight, have you ever measured electricity? Let’s take a close look at the invisible world of electricity using a digital multimeter (tester). Light up LEDs, build switches, make motors run… Use the electronic circuits you’ve assembled yourself, along with various materials and tools, to freely create your own projects!

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Do you know why factories need robots? The world of factories is something we rarely get to see in our daily lives. Their layouts and the robots that work there hold incredible secrets of technology and efficiency… This project-based inquiry workshop is adapted from a class that Kawasaki Heavy Industries conducts at technical colleges, designed so that even elementary school students can enjoy it.

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Children are artists. Using the various materials and tools displayed at the “Museum Just for Kids,” they create freely. Artworks, objects before they become artworks, the passage of time, and the movements that emerge—these are the essence of this museum. What will you discover today? What can you create…? No matter how many times you visit, this is a space for play and learning that always sparks that sense of excitement.

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We’ve started accepting applications for the 2022 program! The Green Workshop (GREEN WORKSHOP) operates in the lush natural setting of Ark Garden.Co-supervision is provided by Ms. Akemi Sugii, Ark Garden’s dedicated gardener, and CANVAS, the program fosters children’s vibrant senses, creativity, and rich sensibilities through activities that involve playing with, learning from, and nurturing nature throughout the four seasons. *We are also currently accepting applications for special summer workshops in August.

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This workshop series, which has been running since 2018, features six diverse workshops centered on “design” for elementary school students, led by professional creators. The works created during the workshops will be exhibited at an exhibition held at the G8 Gallery in Ginza. Registration opened on August 1!

>>Try Your Hand at Textile Design >>Design a Graphic Poster >>Build a Responsive Robot with Electronics >>Create Merchandise Using Silk-Screen Printing >>Make a Stop-Motion Animation >>Create Your Own Maneki-Neko

Take on the missions in the “challenge letter” sent by Professor Black Lab! Five mysterious contraptions—including a floating table and sand that moves without being touched—are waiting for you…?! Hosted by comedian and science communicator Professor Black Lab, this is Shibuya’s hottest science exhibition where you can play, laugh, and learn!!

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A live show featuring a lineup of popular comedians, themed around “skits the whole family can enjoy,” is set to take place! The program is packed with more than just standard comedy routines—it includes science experiments, pantomime, and much more. Kaiketsu Zorori will also appear as a special guest!

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This summer’s “Online Summer Break Events” are packed with exciting programs! As we do every year, we’ve prepared classes to help children and parents who struggle with independent research projects and homework! We’ve also arranged special classes featuring popular comedians!

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The LEGO classes, which were a huge hit when held in March, are back with an upgraded curriculum! This time, the theme of the classes is “Clips.” Join comedian “Makkon”—one of only 25 people in the world to be appointed a “Master Model Builder” at LEGOLAND® Discovery Center—and learn how to build with LEGO bricks! At the end, you’ll create and present your own original creation based on the theme! The winner will receive an original LEGO creation made by Makkon!

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“Digital Ehon” is a general term for digital expressions created for children. The Digital Ehon Award was launched with the aim of pioneering and advancing “Digital Ehon” that foster enriching encounters between children—who will shape the future—and the digital world. We are once again calling for submissions from around the world for “Digital Ehon” that evoke reactions like “This is fun!”, “I’ve never seen anything like this!”, and “It broadens my world!”—works born from our rapidly changing society.

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Digital Ehon are coming to the Setagaya Education Comprehensive Center in Setagaya Ward! Enjoy Digital Ehon across a variety of genres, including words, colors, and music!

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