Your first day
What happens on your first day at the Rainbow DJ Lab, step by step.
Before you come
- Your grown-up signs you in. You don't come in alone.
- Eat something and bring a water bottle.
- If you feel sick or have a fever, stay home and rest. You can come next time.
When you get there
Your grown-up signs you in with a coach. Then you get your Passport. It's a card where you collect stamps for new skills.
What happens in class
A class is 90 minutes. That's an hour and a half. Here's the plan:
| Part | What you do |
|---|---|
| Drop In | Music is playing. Find the beat! Clap on 1, stomp on 4. |
| Mission Card | Find out today's mission. Guess what will happen. |
| Watch Me Think | A coach shows you how a DJ thinks. |
| Deck Time 1 | Your team takes turns on the controller. |
| Move Break | Get up and dance! |
| Deck Time 2 | Try again. You pick Mild, Medium or Spicy. |
| Wordplay Lab | Silly word games with song names. |
| Spotlight | Kids who want to play for 60 seconds on the big speaker. You only play if you raise your hand. |
| Check Out | Rate yourself. Collect your stamps. |
Your team and your jobs
You're on a team of 4 kids. Your team shares one controller. Every few minutes, you switch jobs:
- DJ: Hands on the decks. You try the mission.
- Co-pilot: Headphones on. Count the beat out loud. Ask the DJ, "Did it work?"
- Hype: You are the crowd! Practice saying one line on the beat.
- Logger: Write down what happened in the Mix Log.
Everybody gets a turn at every job.
At the end
You give yourself a traffic light:
- Green: I got it!
- Yellow: Getting there.
- Red: Not yet.
Red is OK! It just tells you what to practice. Then you finish this sentence: "Next time I'll…"
There are no grades and no tests.
Going home
You only leave with a grown-up on your family's pickup list. A coach checks their ID. You don't walk home alone unless your grown-up said yes in writing first.
Feeling nervous?
That's normal! Lots of kids feel that way on day one. Tell a coach. They'll help you.