Creative Dramatics: How to be a friend/neighbor/upstander/community member

Students learn Creative Dramatics to collaborate and practice kindness, using social and emotional skills and teamwork to create stories about helping. How to be a kind human.
(Grades k-2)

This 3-5 sessions residency incorporates basic creative dramatics skills that involve body movement, vocal exploration, creative storytelling, and problem solving through ensemble, partner, and independent activities. Students investigate these tools and how they are useful in communication, speaking, and creatively bringing ideas to life and story.

Body and spatial awareness, coordination, and balance techniques will be introduced through exercises and activities, encouraging safe and creative physical ways of movement while building community and enjoying imaginative social play.

How do I affect those around me? What choices can I make to be a friendly, kind, and responsible member of my community?
Personal Interactions and community interactions.
Students will build listening skills and an appreciation of each other while being encouraged to have an active voice and an awareness of respect for self and others.
Students will contemplate deeper meaning perspectives and connection to self and world.
This connection will encourage problem-solving, decision making, and emotional understanding.
Students will practice retelling selected stories while community building and gaining social group skills and comprehension.

Details

Program Model: In Class

Art Form(s):

Curriculum Connections: Community Building, Social-Emotional Learning, Character Education

Grades: K, 1, 2

Program Requirements: One designated classroom where students come to sessions, or can float from classroom to classroom.

Instruction Language(s):

Min. Residency Sessions/Classroom: 3

Acts of Wonder

About the Artist

Acts of Wonder

Nikki, licensed K-12, specializes in Creative Dramatics Arts Integration with focus on social emotional, group dynamics and connection, she nurtures an environment where students find joy through creating and playing together, honoring their instincts.

"What Nikki did in my classroom is literally the most amazing thing I have ever seen. It has totally changed my perspective on my own teaching." - Megan Smith, 1st Grade, Oregon Trail

Learn More about Acts of Wonder

Program Costs

Please note that the cost of a program is determined based on a variety of different factors including number of sessions, planning hours needed and material costs. Please contact Arts for Learning NW for help determining the actual cost of your programs. Email us at [email protected] or call 503-225-5900, ext 705

Delivery MethodTypeCostDescription
In ClassMileage/Travel CostsTravel Expenses of standard IRS rate of $.56/mile applicable if location exceeds 15 miles from Acts of Wonder's outer SE Portland homebase.
In ClassPrep Hours71.00Time spent on activities in support of the program (e.g. setting up/cleaning a classroom, research, curriculum development, etc.)
In ClassAdditional Planning71.00Additional planning time with teachers or volunteers, etc.
In ClassPlanning Meeting71.00An in person planning meeting with partnering teachers is required for residencies.
In ClassWorkshop Session110.00Workshops can be one or two sessions per class. Each session is 50 minutes long.
In ClassTeacher Workshop143.00A 90 minute workshop for teachers.
In ClassResidency Session110.00Residency session prices are based on a 50 minute session. Some artists may prefer different session lengths and will pro-rate the cost.
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