National Poetry Month: Idea and Movement Strategy Application

Strategy: Idea and MovementAudience: Students and families, teachersParticipants: This activity is for two or more people Instructions: Gestures are made with our fingers, hands, and arms and communicate a clear idea. Choose one line of a poem that you love. Read that line over and over and talk about it with a caregiver or a …

I am a Part of an Ensemble: Gesture Recipe

Do you or your family have a favorite recipe? Maybe this recipe was passed down in your family for many generations. Does it have a secret ingredient? This week's prompts focus on exploring our ensemble. We form community and share our culture through the making and eating of food. And, as NPR wrote in an …

I am a Part of an Ensemble: Photo Gesture and Movement Prompt

In the last month, the arts world has lost giants in music and theatre, who enjoyed long careers and still had a lot more to teach us. As we grapple with the novel coronavirus and its impact on certain members of our population, some people have expressed a cavalier attitude about protecting and valuing elders. …

One Two Three: How-To

Basic Instructions  Have students get into pairs. Choose which student will be A and which student will be B. Have students count to three back and forth with one player saying each number after the other. Example: A - "one" B - "two" A - "three" B - "one" A - "two" Ask student A …