This post is from Open Dream Ensemble artist Julianne Harper. This is Julianne's fourth season in Open Dream and as you can see from the photo, she is a pro at working with children during our residencies!
Our Teaching Artist training began this week, and let me be the first to tell you, I've had a few "Are you Smarter Than a Fifth Grader" moments while brushing up on K-5th grade science curriculum. Relearning information old and discovering information new, has my curiosity and imagination fully engaged! There are so many exciting parallels to the arts and sciences. We are hard at work developing ways to use music, theater and dance to help further the understanding of earth's life cycles, ecosystems and fossilization processes. The hope is that an observer of our class will gain new understanding of creative thought and performance art while solidifying lessons learned in this year's Science curriculum. The student will leave the class with an equally enhanced understanding of each!
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