WOLF TRAP PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WEEK: JAN 22-27, 2024

Jan 09, 2024

A Full Week of Programming Designed to Support Early Childhood Educators with Customizable Arts-Centered Strategies

Join Wolf Trap Jan 22-27, 2024 for Wolf Trap Professional Development Week: Supporting and Celebrating Early Childhood Teachers Through the Arts. The week-long event will include a series of FREE arts-integrated professional development webinars designed for early childhood educators and teaching artists.

SESSION SCHEDULE

Learning Through Movement for Infants and Toddlers: Baby Beat, Baby Feet

Jan 22, 2024, 7:00 PM ET

Explore arts-integrated motor experiences that can be adapted for families and children from the prenatal period through young childhood. Try out movement strategies that support the healthy growth and development of children of all abilities and comfort levels and the adults around them! With Krissie Marty, Wolf Trap Master Teaching Artist.

Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsd-mvpzgjHNLqVXEi9b_oDCGgHj3CnliV

The Beat of Your Own Drum: Music and Drama Strategies for Children with Special Learning Needs

Jan 23, 2024, 6:00 PM ET

Learn performing arts strategies designed to enhance the development of social-emotional skills for children with special learning needs. Arts strategies such as call-and-response singing, creative movement with steady beat, guided dramatic play, and the exploration of books through music are effective with children with many learning styles, and inspire enthusiastic interaction. Explore life skills like listening and turn-taking and how to be independent while also being part of a group. With Valerie Bayne Carroll, Wolf Trap Master Teaching Artist.

Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMldeiqqj0qGdNtSiybr1U-8Nq6G2JXFODn

Moving from Concept to Choreography: Harnessing the Movement Potential of Any Lesson

Jan 24, 2024, 5:00 PM ET

Experience the power of movement to engage student learning and creativity across the curriculum. Discover how movement makes abstract concepts concrete and deepens children’s learning and ability to acquire new vocabulary. Using movement and choreography, identify, organize, and facilitate the potential for authentic child engagement and assessment. With Kimberli Boyd, Wolf Trap Master Teaching Artist.

Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEqd-yprjwjG9PPIAUdygLE8eY-UfvYWqv1

Finding Drama Everywhere: Bringing Nonfiction to Life

Jan 25, 2024 4:00 PM ET

Every nonfiction topic is an exciting story waiting to happen. Children gather research everyday through books, media, and sensory observations. Discover strategies for collecting, sharing, and celebrating this research as a classroom community. Telling and acting out stories encourages teamwork, fosters creative thinking, reinforces vocabulary, and helps children make connections in their learning. Engage in drama games that connect the concepts of character, setting, activity, and plot to virtually any curriculum topic. With Melissa Richardson, Wolf Trap Master Teaching Artist.

Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtdu-oqDopHdRF6x8FnVpsBrk49oMPyDJT

The Beat of Your Own Drum: Music and Drama Strategies for Children with Special Learning Needs

Jan 27, 2024, 9:30 AM ET

Learn performing arts strategies designed to enhance the development of social-emotional skills for children with special learning needs. Arts strategies such as call-and-response singing, creative movement with steady beat, guided dramatic play, and the exploration of books through music are effective with children with many learning styles, and inspire enthusiastic interaction. Explore life skills like listening and turn-taking and how to be independent while also being part of a group. With Valerie Bayne Carroll, Wolf Trap Master Teaching Artist.

Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAvcOuvrD4tG9UYnSmMNP8hTJKKneAduIeK