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

Acts of Wonder

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.

This program offered by: Acts of Wonder

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Details

Program Model: In Class

Art Form: Theatre

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

Grades: 1, 2, K

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, with Acts of Wonder, is a licensed teacher for K-12 who has worked through the creative lens with thousands of students from all walks of life for over 20 years. Specializing in Creative Dramatics Arts Integration with a particular focus on social emotional and group dynamics and connection, she nurtures an environment where students find joy through creating and playing together, while honoring their instincts. Nikki believes that any day she is helping young people use their imaginations and create a story is a good day. As an Elementary Drama Teacher some of her most memorable moments were working in tandem with the Art teacher to create various group projects and installations including a walk-through sensory rainforest experience. Other projects included a full body puppet parade, shadow puppets, and adapted stories for Enchanted India. Nikki has been a member of Right Brian since 2010 and was part of Right Brain’s Colloquium series of featured artists. She has worked with a variety of after-school, in-school, and grant-funded programs serving students in all sorts of demographics and socio-economic backgrounds.

"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

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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 Method	Type	Cost	Description
In Class	Mileage/Travel Costs		Travel Expenses of standard IRS rate of $.56/mile applicable if location exceeds 15 miles from Acts of Wonder's outer SE Portland homebase.
In Class	Prep Hours	71.00	Time spent on activities in support of the program (e.g. setting up/cleaning a classroom, research, curriculum development, etc.)
In Class	Additional Planning	71.00	Additional planning time with teachers or volunteers, etc.
In Class	Planning Meeting	71.00	An in person planning meeting with partnering teachers is required for residencies.
In Class	50 min Workshop Session	110.00	A one session program with students- 50 minutes.
In Class	Teacher Workshop	143.00	A 90 minute workshop for teachers.
In Class	Residency Session	110.00	Residency session prices are based on a 50 minute session. Some artists may prefer different session lengths and will pro-rate the cost.