Story and Libretto Creation for Kindergarten and other Lower Grades

K-2 Story and Libretto Creation Tips Kindergarten Note: There is flexibility in the story sentence structure for the Kindergarten class to create a 3 sentence story structure if the class needs it to be VERY simple!! All younger grades: Story: Setting, Character, Plot: ·         Always begin with setting!!!!!!! ·         Characters may associate with the setting,…

Staging For Kindergarten and Other Lower Grades

 K-2 Staging Integrate movement as soon as they begin to learn the music:   ·         Allow the students to explore movement with their hands while singing at their desks ·         Do their daily activities as they learn the music ·         Move as they sing like the characters Introduce the Areas of the Stage: Draw the areas…

Kindergarten Blessings

Susan,I want to share with you a brief window of our class today. I have a student who is displaying what the social worker calls “trauma play”. Her mother is in rehab and her father, recently released from jail, is doing his best to put a life together for this girl and her two siblings….