Look beyond coffee mugs, gift cards, and chocolates this holiday season: give teachers something they can use in the classroom to bring arts learning to life! We checked in with some Wolf Trap Teaching Artists for suggestions for joyful holiday gifts—which double as great ideas for children to extend their learning at home! Scarves & Streamers Besides looking beautiful, scarves and streamers can help children...
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Wolf Trap Teaching Artist Morgan Sendek Uses Her Theatrical Training to Help Early Childhood Educators Enhance Children’s Social-Emotional Skills Through Arts Integration Morgan Sendek, a Teaching Artist with Wolf Trap Institute since 2016, is passionate about her dual career as an actor and arts educator. “My love for teaching deepens as I grow as a performer and acquire new skills,” she says, “and in turn,...
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Here are music-inspired New Year's resolutions to add to your 2024 bucket list....
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Long before the lights dim and a hush comes over the audience, The Barns’ nearly 300-year-old timber walls are infused with life. From backstage setup and soundchecks to food preparation and usher briefings, it takes a small army to get each artist and the space ready for a performance. Take a behind-the-scenes look at a day in the life of The Barns. 9 AM: Wolf...
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Advice from Wolf Trap Teaching Artists on How to Set the Stage for Arts Learning Arts integration is a powerful tool that can be used to create deeper, more meaningful learning experiences for young children. Research indicates that it can build stronger child-teacher interactions,1 increase language development,2 support social-emotional development,3 expand math learning,4 and improve teacher practice.5 But for some teachers, incorporating the arts into...
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Long-Standing Partnership Provides Backdrop for Central Indiana Wolf Trap and Its Work with Indiana Head Start Educators Ploi Pagdalian, senior director of programs for Arts for Learning Indiana, was first approached by Indianapolis-based Family Development Services (FDS) to bring children’s performances to its schools 20 years ago. What began as a one-year engagement has expanded to a multi-year partnership that each year helps support more...
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It’s a familiar refrain among early childhood providers, whether they are brand new to the profession or in their tenth year: “How can I meet the needs of a classroom full of active students?” Providing guidance for a classroom full of busy young children can be challenging–especially at the start or end of a school day, snack time, nap time, outdoor playtime, or during transitions....
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When music moves inside at Wolf Trap, fabulous food awaits you! The Barns menu helps to make a great night out even better. From bowls to burgers to beer, there’s something for everyone to enjoy before a performance....
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Whether it’s an artist you fell in love with, ballads belted out after heartbreak, or an album that became a vacation soundtrack, music can unlock countless memories. Songs remind us of treasured moments and mark some of life’s greatest transitions from graduations and weddings to losses and life lessons. As personal as the music is to us, the creators have their own connections which are...
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Born in 1948 in Tel Aviv, Israel to newly arrived refugees who had survived the Holocaust, Pinchas Zukerman began studying music with his father (a musician in Poland before World War II) and renowned Hungarian-Israeli violin teacher Ilona Fehér. In 1962 he came to America with the help of Isaac Stern, Pablo Casals, and the America Israel Cultural Foundation to eventually study at The Juilliard...
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