Rivers & Meadows Creative

Rivers & Meadows Creative ✨Process Based Art, Early Childhood Music, Drama Classes & Play Based Studio ✨Workshops For Adults

✨The Clubs ➡️➡️ Week 2🎭 Drama ClubIn Drama, our focus was on voice—the actor’s most powerful tool. Actors explored proje...
09/20/2025

✨The Clubs ➡️➡️ Week 2

🎭 Drama Club
In Drama, our focus was on voice—the actor’s most powerful tool. Actors explored projection, articulation, and resonance through games that encouraged them to feel strength in their bodies and release big, clear voices. We also practiced showing high-intensity emotions without screaming (a huge lesson —trust me 😅 in learning self-control and expression!).

✨ Why it matters: Voice work helps children build confidence in speaking, improves clarity and presence, and teaches them to channel emotions effectively while maintaining control. These skills support both performance and everyday communication.

🎨 Art Club
In Art Club we learned about still life through the work of Paul Cezanne. We touched on shape and form, as well as shading and perspectives. And, of course, the apples made a tasty snack once the artwork was complete!

✨ Why it matters: Exploring Cézanne’s approach to still life encourages children to see beauty in ordinary objects, strengthens focus and patience, and lets them experiment with pastels as a medium—blending observation with creativity (and a little fun at the end).

🥧🍎 NEW FOR FALL: Apple Pie Patch Sensory Kit! Cozy, crunchy, cinnamon-scented fun is here! This kit is packed with every...
09/15/2025

🥧🍎 NEW FOR FALL: Apple Pie Patch Sensory Kit!

Cozy, crunchy, cinnamon-scented fun is here!
This kit is packed with everything littles need to scoop, mix, and “bake” their very own apple pies—perfect for imaginative play all season long.

➡️What’s inside:
4.5 cups cinnamon-scented oats with hidden apple beads
Faux apples + dehydrated apple slices
Silicone pie tin + muffin liner
Felt pie topper
Pom poms, pipe cleaners & bows for decorating
Plastic scoop
7 oz taste-safe cinnamon playdough
Real cinnamon sticks
2 pretend recipe cards for little bakers

🏷️Cost: $28
👋Dough & filler are handmade—colours and textures may vary.
🧊 Refrigerate dough to keep fresh!

➡️Limited quantities—snag yours online or in studio before they’re gone!

✨The Clubs ➡️ First Week Back 🎭 Drama ClubIn Drama, our focus was on movement, a cornerstone of performance. Actors prac...
09/14/2025

✨The Clubs ➡️ First Week Back

🎭 Drama Club
In Drama, our focus was on movement, a cornerstone of performance. Actors practiced blocking, choreography, and body language through games and collaborative exercises that encourage expressive storytelling and teamwork.

✨ Why it matters: Movement work helps children build confidence, communicate emotion through their bodies, and develop collaboration skills that support both performance and everyday interactions.

🎨 Art Club
In art, we explored positive and negative space inspired by Keith Haring. Artists layered vibrant colours, then added a neutral background to create striking contrasts, practicing both creativity and design thinking.

✨ Why it matters: Learning about positive and negative space strengthens visual awareness, encourages creative problem-solving, and empowers children to bring their ideas to life in unique ways.

🎡Fall Fair 🎡The cow didn’t want to ride the Ferris wheel because it was udderly scary! Check out our weekly fun below ⬇️...
09/14/2025

🎡Fall Fair 🎡

The cow didn’t want to ride the Ferris wheel because it was udderly scary!

Check out our weekly fun below
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Tuesday:
Happy Campers ⛺️ 6-18mos
Art & Music
➡️ SPACE AVAILABLE

Art Club 🎨 6-10YRS
After-school program
4-30-5:30PM
➡️SPACE AVAILABLE

Wednesday:
Rhythms & Melodies 🎶 0-4yrs
Music + Story-time + Open Play
➡️SPACE AVAILABLE

Drama Club 🎭 6-10YRS
After-school program
4-30-5:30PM
➡️SPACE AVAILABLE

Thursday:
Creative Cubs 🐻18mos-4yrs ➡️SPACE AVAILABLE
Happy Campers ⛺️ 6-18mos ➡️ SPACE AVAILABLE

Friday:
Lil Explorers 🔎
10:30am: walking-4yrs
➡️SPACE AVAILABLE

Saturday:
Rhythms & Melodies 🎶 0-4yrs
Music + Story-time + Open Play
➡️SPACE AVAILABLE

✨Dress for creative mess
✨1 caregiver per child (unless previously discussed)
✨Provocations: light play, themed loose parts

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🍎Apple Picking🍎WE ARE BACK! Join us and the 🍎 of your eye this week for SO many fun things in store! See our weekly prog...
09/08/2025

🍎Apple Picking🍎

WE ARE BACK! Join us and the 🍎 of your eye this week for SO many fun things in store!

See our weekly programming below ⬇️ ⬇️⬇️

Tuesday:
Happy Campers ⛺️ 6-18mos
Art & Music
➡️ SPACE AVAILABLE

Art Club 🎨 6-10YRS
After-school program
4-30-5:30PM
➡️SPACE AVAILABLE

Wednesday:
Rhythms & Melodies 🎶 0-4yrs
Music + Story-time + Open Play
➡️SPACE AVAILABLE

Drama Club 🎭 6-10YRS
After-school program
4-30-5:30PM
➡️SPACE AVAILABLE

Thursday:
Creative Cubs 🐻18mos-4yrs ➡️SPACE AVAILABLE
Happy Campers ⛺️ 6-18mos ➡️ SPACE AVAILABLE

Friday:
Lil Explorers 🔎
10:30am: walking-4yrs
➡️SPACE AVAILABLE

Saturday:
Rhythms & Melodies 🎶 0-4yrs
Music + Story-time + Open Play
➡️SPACE AVAILABLE

✨Dress for creative mess
✨1 caregiver per child (unless previously discussed)
✨Provocations: apples , water

For more details
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🍂☕ A Very Gilmore Workshop ☕🍂Calling all Stars Hollow fans! It’s officially (almost!) coffee-in-hand, sweater-weather se...
09/03/2025

🍂☕ A Very Gilmore Workshop ☕🍂

Calling all Stars Hollow fans! It’s officially (almost!) coffee-in-hand, sweater-weather season—which means it’s the perfect time for a cozy, Gilmore Girls inspired crafting session!

Join us as we celebrate the beginning of fall with miniature polymer clay charms inspired by your Gilmore Girls favorites, including:

📚 Rory’s beloved books
☕ Luke’s classic coffee cups
🛍️ Doose’s Market bags
🧢 Baseball caps

If you saw our “La Dolce Vita” clay charm workshop this summer, then you know how much fun it was! is a great teacher and we can’t wait to host another fantastic event together!

🗓️ Date: September 17th
📍 Location: Rivers & Meadows Studio 168 Ottawa St N
🛠️Everything needed to create 4+ charms as well as supplies to make them into a keychain/bag charm
🍿Snacks and refreshments!

Whether you’re a Lorelai, a Rory, a Luke or a Kirk this workshop is the perfect way to celebrate the beginning of fall in Stars Hollow - er, Hamilton!

🎟️ Spaces are limited—sign up now and let’s kick off autumn, Gilmore style!

✨ Everything you need to kick start your child’s creative future ✨At Rivers & Meadows, every class is play-based at hear...
09/01/2025

✨ Everything you need to kick start your child’s creative future ✨

At Rivers & Meadows, every class is play-based at heart—because play is where imagination, creativity, and learning begin.

⛺️Core Classes (Memory Makers)
Happy Campers 6-18M & Creative Cubs 18M-4YRS: Process art, music, stories + picture days for families wanting meaningful community connection in a sensory rich environment.

🎶 Music Class (Budding Musicians)
Rhythms & Melodies 0-4YRS:
A joyful, immersion into rhythm + sound for little and big music lovers.

🌈 Messy Play (Adventurers)
Lil’ Explorers walking-4YRS:
Hands-on, sensory, art exploration designed for curious kids.

🎨 Art Club + Drama Club (After School) 6-10YRS:
Playful pathways into creativity for the future artists + actors. Foundational skills, confidence & collaboration building

💫 Early art immersion through play builds confidence, sparks joy, and creates the core memories you and your child will carry forever.

👉Swipe through to find the class that feels like home for your family.

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Slow sips, garden mornings, and soaking up the last long weekend of summer break. 🍂 Back-to-school energy is here, but w...
08/31/2025

Slow sips, garden mornings, and soaking up the last long weekend of summer break.

🍂 Back-to-school energy is here, but we’re holding onto these golden moments a little longer.

7 days till we kick off our fall classes 🎶🎨 — the coziest way to start a new season with your little one.

👉 Tap the link in bio or head to RiversAndMeadows.com to grab a fall class spot before we’re full!

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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