The art of improv is the art of saying yes. In other words, whatever is offered up during the performance by the audience or fellow actors, the main ingredient to success is to go with it.

Sounds like a sound philosophy for life or at least for getting through the tough, or merely odd moments, that pop up each day. And what better time in one’s life to embrace this message than when we are young.

Enter, stage left, IMP improv for kids.

Beginning Feb. 1 IMP starts their new season of after-school classes for grades three and up. In May all students will perform in a show of their own makng. Classes for grades six through eight are held on Wednesdays from 4:45 to 6:15 p.m. at the Space in Edgartown. Classes for grades three to five are held on Thursdays from 3:30 to 5 p.m at the Edgartown School. The cost for the camp is $240.

To get a sampler of the improv life there will be a one-day camp on Saturday, Feb. 5. The camp will take place at the Space in Edgartown and is designed for children ages six to sixteen. The class runs from noon to 4 p.m. and costs $30.

For older students or anyone interested in improv there will be a screening, also on Feb. 5 at the Space, of the improv documentary film Second to None. This Emmy-nominated movie is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of a Second City show, the famed improve group out of Chicago that brought us John Candy, Harold Ramis, Eugene Levy and Catherine O’Hara, to name just a few of its alumni. The cast of this film includes Tina Fey, Scott Adsit and Rachel Dratch all at early stages in their careers. The movie is free.

For more information or to register, contact imp4kids@gmail.com.