PictureBook Plays

My daughter came with me while I taught. She’s only 14 months old, but she still participated in the movement exercise, Guided Imagery. Here they are being wind together:

The students of ECE: Creative Experiences and I had a lovely time playing last week. We started out with some wiggly warm-ups to loosen everyone up, played some grown-up improv games to get everyone in the story-telling mind-set, played some kids improv games, and then finished up with some Plays.
Here they are as the [...]

I stumbled across The Happy Egg a couple of years ago. It was written by Ruth Krauss and  illustrated by my old favorite Crockett Johnson (creator of Harold and the Purple Crayon).
The pictures are deceptively simple. I say deceptively because I, at first, thought it would only be appropriate to use for two [...]

I discovered this easy-to-read article about the benefits of arts education, specifically, in early childhood education. Here’s a pertinent excerpt:
A Harris Poll taken in 2005 measured American’s attitudes toward arts education and found that an astounding 93% agreed that the arts are a vital part of a well-rounded education, while 86% believed that children’s [...]

I will be teaching a workshop at Greenfield Community College for early childhood teachers as part of their “Creative Experiences” class.  For many of them, it will be their first and only exposure to theatre.  Hopefully, it will inspire them to learn more so they can include it in their curriculum.
I have been visiting this [...]