Staff Development and Parent Workshops

A Creative Approach to Music and Movement in Early Childhood Classroom

Participants explore creative movement activities, finger plays, and rhythmic songs/ chants to enhance the language arts curriculum.

Teachers learn different participatory storytelling strategies using drama, movement, and song to bring the picture book and the oral tale to life.

Educators explore how creative drama strategies can actively involve both teacher and student in a shared literature experience.

The three elements of active storytelling are explored using favorite stories from children's literature. We will discuss what makes an oral tale and how the 3 R's influence story selection.

Creative behavior management strategies using drama and song are shared through an interactive approach; Important guidelines for structuring arts based lessons with young children are also explored.

What does imaginative oral and kinesthetic language mean? Why are the kinesthetic and imaginative intelligences so important for young children? Along with delving into these questions, participants will explore hands-on drama and movements activities to help foster this type of language expression in ourselves!

Parents and teachers explore spring boards for storytelling using objects, memory, and drama games. 

This workshop is an opportunity for parents and their children to play!  (See previous description.)  Many games, much movement, and lots of laughs!

We explore stories that involve repetitive gesture, chant, and song.  We find the music and dances in the stories we love, and explore how we can make our favorite stories more dramatic and alive