Tag: Teaching Artist


Four Simple Arts-Integrated Strategies to Promote Early Literacy
Feb 25, 2025

Four Simple Arts-Integrated Strategies to Promote Early Literacy

Arts integration is a valuable tool educators can implement to facilitate language and literacy goals in the classroom while boosting engagement. Simply, music, movement, storytelling, and puppetry help words leap off the page and encourage children to explore what those words mean. For example, in “What Does That Say?” Wolf Trap Teaching Artist Morgan Sendek uses dramatic movement to interpret signs and symbols. Throughout the...

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Wolf Trap Welcomes a New Class of Teaching Artists
Feb 20, 2025

Wolf Trap Welcomes a New Class of Teaching Artists

Puppetry and music have gone hand-in-hand in storytelling even before “Sesame Street.” Andy Furgeson takes this medium to a whole new level with his bard-like persona, Red Yarn. In his folk-rock music, whimsical online video content, and boot-stomping live performances, Red Yarn strives to create inclusion and unity for future generations. ...

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