| Program Description: |
In this program Teachers/Students learn about "‹the best ways to COMMUNICATE, with each other, and situations. Using engaging physical movement techniques, drawn from Asian Mindfulness practices, Ta... Read more
In this program Teachers/Students learn about "‹the best ways to COMMUNICATE, with each other, and situations. Using engaging physical movement techniques, drawn from Asian Mindfulness practices, Tai chi, Mime, and Theatre, children work together and individually to achieve a desired group or individual objective that they constructed. We engage in role-playing activities, and exercises that convey how our body language can translate moods, judgment, curiosity, interest, intelligence, surprise, et al.. In this program, Linda unpacks a toolbox for students and teachers to draw from, where children are given a framework to work from, and then are able to design, construct and deliver ideas that bring aha moments. Children can see and become aware of new behaviors, and methods of interacting and communicating that will benefit them. These activities are a springboard for consciousness for both children and teachers. As Artificial intelligence gives us models on how to apply information we will take ideas like being powerful but not forceful, and create physical movement models to unlock how these ideas can be used for each of us. Mindfully moving both mind and body, students and teachers will work with art and science concepts, for example, time-space ideas, and concepts around layered thinking, and translate these into movement and simulations. This program engages students and teachers on many levels.An important takeaway is remembering how to respond, not react, and changing habits that are not working to new patterns of communicating that will.
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| Cost Per Student: |
$10 |
| Available to Grade(s): |
K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Program Can Serve: |
Theater, Dance, Visual Art, Phy. Education |
| Art Form: |
Theater |
| Curriculum Focus: |
Social Studies, English Language Arts |
| Program Type: |
Grade Level Program |
| Integration Continuum Level: |
Alignment |
| # of Visits: |
1 |
| Length of Visit: |
60 min |
| Length Info: |
This program can be for all grade levels or all the classes in one grade level. It is an informance that has both workshop, hands-on and a performance component. |
| Location: |
In-School |
| Program Format: |
In-School Performance & In-School Workshop |
| Program Format Info: |
This can be an experience for either or both the entire grade level together or individual classes or grade levels. This is a workshop/ demonstration. |
| Availability: |
All year |
| Total Number of Classrooms can Serve: |
100 |
| Program Requires Prior Meeting: |
no |
| Meeting Method: |
Email, Phone |
| Materials Arts Provider Provides: |
Props/ Stories/ Movement and mindfulness lessons. Lessons about self-awareness, response not reaction, putting space between response, focus and clarity of thought, embracing differences in each other... Read more
Props/ Stories/ Movement and mindfulness lessons. Lessons about self-awareness, response not reaction, putting space between response, focus and clarity of thought, embracing differences in each other, using movement techniques.
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| Materials School Provides: |
Large Poster Board,black board or White Board to write some key factors down for mindful techniques to use both in the classroom and outside of the classroom |
| Space and/or Set Up Requirements for Program: |
Classroom or multi-purpose room with open space desks pushed back so students can move throughout the room safely. |
| Program Learning Objective: |
I can: Connect movements with stories that help bring centered awareness, and self-awareness to change (self-regulate) responses to situations that arise in school./Using expressive movement to mindfu... Read more
I can: Connect movements with stories that help bring centered awareness, and self-awareness to change (self-regulate) responses to situations that arise in school./Using expressive movement to mindfully communicate thoughts and ideas from a story. Understand abstract concepts like motion in stillness, critically thinking through the connections within both elements.
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| Additional Notes: |
n/a |
| Parent Engagement Opportunities: |
Children watch their teachers and emulate them. So I involve teachers in active learning as well by asking them to participate in the creation of a piece through expressive movements, story and mindfu... Read more
Children watch their teachers and emulate them. So I involve teachers in active learning as well by asking them to participate in the creation of a piece through expressive movements, story and mindful listening, and creating.
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