Experience the hypnotic pulse of the melodic claves, majestic congas, ringing timbales, and the call of the raspy guiro, sleek bata and beaded shekere, as tropical African percussion instruments mesh with the classical instrumentation of European music. The Roberto Ocasio Latin Jazz Project musicians provide an energized interactive demonstration, from the roots of Afro-Cuban Music to today's Latin Jazz. A fun way to learn about this popular musical genre while learning a little Spanish and maybe even dancing the mambo!

Follow a Buckeye Picnic performance with this residency, where Susan works with individual groups of students gathered around her glowing campfire. Susan teaches storytelling skills and relates Ohio stories to curricular concepts such as timelines, maps, cause and effect, fact vs. opinion, immigration and factors of production. Teachers may select a songwriting approach, where students work with Susan to create a song to celebrate what they have learned about Ohioans.

Susan Weber's handcrafted quilt depicting Ohio's people, geography, and official symbols is the backdrop for her interactive stories and songs. Ohioans of diverse cultures come to life in students' imaginations along a rich timeline of Ohio heritage. Susan's stories begin with Native American and European settlers and continue with canal diggers, farmers, entrepreneurs, freedom fighters, immigrants and astronauts. Students listen and respond through movement, imitation, sound effects, and voice to stories of Ohioans whose actions made a difference in Ohio's development.

This program for the classroom examines the people, places and events that created the steel-pan and its role in the modern day Carnival in Trinidad. One or two members of the renowned group 7 Mile Isle teach students about the history of the steel drum; provide a glimpse of Trinidad's varied landscape; offer unique insights about Trinidad's famous Carnival; and provide musical examples that bring it all to life. Video, audio, demonstration, and participation are included.

Join "Steam Engine Hal" on a playful journey through the world of unique musical instruments that fit in your pocket. Just wait till you see the traditional African "Ba-na-ku-las!"

Storyteller, songwriter and musician Susan Weber wants teachers to harness the power of a storyteller's movement and sound to teach phonemic awareness, word recognition, fluency and vocabulary acquisition. In this workshop, teachers learn how to tell captivating stories by making the most of body language, facial expression and vocal expressiveness. Susan gives teachers ample experience with stories, songs, movement and chants that are chock full of rhyming words and patterns, rhythmic movement, sound effects, the repetition of shared phonemes and rich vocabulary.

Develop student listening skills and comprehension. Teachers explore and model drama activities, ideas and techniques to improve student focus, attention and responses to oral presentations.

How lucky we are to have five wonderful senses with which to explore our world! Through the story Planting A Rainbow by Lois Ehlert, students use the concepts found in the natural world-- line, shape, warm and cool colors-- to learn about the five senses. Each then creates their own beautiful rainbow painting to represent and communicate their observations about flowers and their sensory interactions with the natural world.

Teachers discuss sensory words and why and how a writer uses them to create literary works. They learn about sensory art elements and how visual artists use them to create their works. Teachers explore a physical object from nature, record sensory details about it, write a poem, and create a visual work of art using the object from nature as the subject. The visual artist studied is Georgia O'Keeffe, and the art project is either twig and ink or paint on paper.

Students replicate and create rhythms of increasing complexity while learning to play rhythm sticks. Exploration of addition and subtraction, patterns, collecting data, and making predictions is enhanced through music and movement in this arts-integrated learning experience. This residency may include drum making, where each student creates their own percussion instrument. At the end of the residency, students play their drums, sing songs, and dance at a performance enjoyed by the school community.

Through training conducted by Young Audiences staff, any teacher can learn dynamic arts-integration techniques in theater! The Arts for Learning curriculum that accompanies this session provides teachers with 9-12 hours of classroom lessons and activities designed to enhance classroom teaching. Through theater, students explore how a shift of perspective changes a story and then rewrite and perform a fairy tale from another character's point of view. Primary texts include The Three Little Pigs and The Cat and His Master. The From the Page to the Stage residency has been created to accompany the unit.

Through training conducted by Young Audiences staff, any teacher can learn dynamic arts-integration techniques in visual art! The Arts for Learning curriculum that accompanies this session provides teachers with 9-12 hours of classroom lessons and activities designed to enhance classroom teaching. Engage all your students in reading cartoons which will captivate even the most reluctant of readers. Creating their own graphic story requires students to read for detail and justify artistic choices based on story content. The primary text is My Father's Dragon. The Drawing Conclusions residency has been created to accompany the unit. (Also see A4L short-term residency Drawing Conclusions)

Through training conducted by Young Audiences staff, any teacher can learn dynamic arts-integration techniques in visual art! The Arts for Learning curriculum that accompanies this session provides teachers with 9-12 hours of classroom lessons and activities designed to enhance classroom teaching. Through the inspiring example of baseball great Roberto Clemente, teachers engage students in synthesizing information, conducting research and communicating meaning through images. Constructing their own collages appeals to students' visual and spatial intelligence. The primary text is Pride of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Collage and the Art of Bookmaking residency has been created to accompany the unit. (Also see A4L short-term residency Collage and the Art of Bookmaking)

Through training conducted by Young Audiences staff, any teacher can learn dynamic arts-integration techniques in music! The Arts for Learning curriculum that accompanies this session provides teachers with 9-12 hours of classroom lessons and activities designed to enhance classroom teaching. Paul Fleischman's Seedfolks provides the story through which students learn theme, inference, and text-to-text comparison. Students' musical creations reinforce character traits, plot, and overall theme. The Sound Shapers residency has been created to accompany the unit. (Also see A4L short-term residency Sound Shapers)

Through training conducted by Young Audiences staff, any teacher can learn dynamic arts-integration techniques in dance! The Arts for Learning curriculum that accompanies this session provides teachers with 9-12 hours of classroom lessons and activities designed to enhance classroom teaching. Using very simple movements, teachers lead students through reading with expression and symbolizing meaning. Kinesthetic learners will love creating their own choreography and improving skills in reading aloud using a variety of poems The What's in the Words? residency has been created to accompany the unit. (Also see A4L short-term residency What's in the Words?)

Students conceive, write and illustrate a storyline and draw a storyboard that uses the Humpty Dumpty theme as a basis for creating a new prologue, epilogue or adjunct plot. Students engage in drawing exercises with demonstrations of basic cartooning skills, cooperative learning to generate an adjunct storyline using Humpty Dumpty as the prompt, drawing storyboards to illustrate the sequential action of plot lines, and presenting a viewing and spoken word reading related to the storyboard. (Also see A4L Unit 2 in Professional Development section)

Using the theatrical tradition of Story Theatre, students are engaged in a dramatic re-telling of a familiar fairy tale. After discussing story elements in a pre-selected story, students develop tableaux with their bodies and voices using movement, suspended action, narration, dialogue, and character asides. Throughout the residency, students encounter new vocabulary and continually reflect on their experience, culminating in a final performance for their peers and/or community members. (Also see A4L Unit 1 in Professional Development section)

A professional musician and composer leads students through the creation of a movie trailer soundtrack. Each session will engage students in creative decision-making and develop critical thinking while analyzing a text to compose music. The primary text is a fanciful movie trailer that associates the excitement of pop culture with the discipline of sound design. Students will make use of a variety of musical instruments (keyboards, guitars, percussion, etc.), including ones they create. (Also see A4L Unit 4 in Professional Development section)

This residency engages students to think as choreographer and designers in the creation of dance works set to original poetry written and read aloud by students. Students identify connections between elements of storytelling, text meaning, and dance; demonstrate vocabulary through improvisation; and participate in a performance of student created, read, and choreographed dance poems. (Also see A4L Unit 5 in Professional Development section)

Between the Lions™, the Emmy award-winning PBS children's television series, and the most widely used programming in American elementary schools, serves as the starting point for this series of literacy-focused residencies. Teaching artists use a variety of arts-based activities and incorporate brief segments of Between the Lions™ episodes to bring the curriculum of phonemic awareness and phonics to life while building vocabulary, comprehension, and fluency.

This residency explores the materials and methods for creating an accordion fold book using collage. concept of Everyday Heroes to one of the students own choosing and is developed for upper elementary grades through high school. The unit is designed to be completed in five 50-minute sessions. Each session is led by a collage/mixed media artist and engages the students in the creation of an accordion fold book using collage. (Also see A4L Unit 3 in Professional Development section)

Teachers choose a topic or concept and professional artists unlock students' creativity around it. Plunge students into a total arts experience. Through improvisation and specific art techniques, students take an idea through various art forms and return with multiple works that demonstrate their understanding. YANEO teaching artists and staff work with teachers to plan a year-long multi-arts experience including in-school performances, classroom workshops and professional development

This program enhances your students' skills in geometry and mathematics by taking them on a playful journey in search of moving lines, shapes, and angles. Utilizing music from orchestral to operatic, six dancers wearing clown-like black and white costumes do vigorous lifts, jumps, and turns while handling delicate, brightly colored balloons. The balloons become the catalyst for the exploration of geometric shapes, design, and choreographic patterns.

Students create a personal garden with clay, while using different techniques to create each part of the garden-dirt, stems, leaves, and blooms. They discover the unique qualities of clay and the importance of creating beauty around us.

This is an introduction to America's classic native art form, how the blues was born, where it came from, and what it's all about. Students learn about the blues' place in American musical history through songs exploring themes including the Great Depression, the Second World War, civil rights, and the struggle for social justice. The music's geographical origins are explained. Students are introduced to the musical styles and unique musical techniques used to create this very special and very American art form. Instruments used to demonstrate include National Steel Guitar, six string guitar, harmonica and mandolin.

LaVora Perry shares her experience as a childrens' book author with students. Over several sessions, students design and publish their own fiction or non-fiction manuscript as a professionally bound book with a color cover and illustrations using software technology. Access to a student computer lab is required.

"Promote literacy during this theatrical assembly program. With props and a "bag of tricks," Mr. G! acts out popular first readers such as Frog and Toad are Friends, Amazing Grace, The Wizard of Oz, The Cat in the Hat and others. This program is great for Right to Read Month or a kick-off assembly program for coming back to school.

Utilizing ancient techniques from the culture of Ohio's native people, students learn how to coil build a ceramic bowl in a traditional manner. Each vessel created becomes an archival piece of pottery that connects young learners to the past and bridges them to the future. Glazing with symbols and imagery from the students' daily lives further enhances that connection. The bowls are both functional and beautiful.

This hands-on residency turns each class into its own "jug band." Students will each get a part in the band playing kazoos, rub-boards, rhythm sticks, wood blocks, shakers, and other instruments. There are vocal parts for each student as well. Younger classes perform Step it Up and Go. The older classes will perform Carried the Water for the Elephant.

Take a trip to the warm tropics through geography, science, art and music and be inspired by this beautiful "Carnival" world of color. Wendy illustrates the diversity and cultures of the world through the diverse artistic techniques of chalk street-painting, mask making, fabric design, and batik to create props, banners, costumes, and scenery for community celebrations and parades. Wendy customizes a visual arts program and project to enrich student's exploration of the islands and the visual arts.

Art and environmental studies are combined as students create a mural that represents and celebrates the interconnectedness of people, birds, trees, and plant life from North America to Central America. Migratory bird patterns and the link between preservation of temperate deciduous forests and tropical rain forests is explored. The mural project is also an exploration of the cultural symbolism of the North American eagle of the U.S. and Mexico, and the resplendent Quetzal of Mexico and Central America. Animal and plant symbols from Native Americans, Aztec, and Mayan peoples, and the students' personal interpretations of natural forms become visual motifs for creating a visually stunning and informative work of art.

This residency introduces the unique place pottery held in the cultures of Native Americans and European settlers in Ohio. Through potter's wheel demonstrations, hands-on pottery making and decorating projects in the traditional style of Native Americans, students are drawn into the daily life of the late 1700's Ohio. Students create pottery, tiles and sculpture to take home after firing This residency may be altered to explore a curriculum-related topic other than Ohio history.

This workshop introduces the unique place pottery held in the cultures of Native Americans and European settlers in Ohio. Through potter's wheel demonstrations, hands-on pottery making and decorating projects in the traditional style of Native Americans, families are drawn into the daily life of the late 1700's Ohio. This workshop may be altered to explore a curriculum-related topic other than Ohio history. Participants create pottery, tiles, and sculpture to take home after firing.

Teachers get hands-on experiences with the art form of photography by viewing and discussing a variety of photographs and learning about the photographic techniques of composition, angle and light. They learn about the power and importance of the visual image to persuade, tell a story, inform, record and express, and how these relate to history, culture, world and personal events. They take photographs using digital cameras, view and discuss their photographs. The art form for this workshop is photo montage, and the literary work is either a poem or narrative that accompanies the visual art work. Teachers discuss how they can integrate this learning activity into the curriculum and implement it in their classrooms.

After exploring the use of symbols in Medieval times, students create their own banner, flag, or family coat of arms using a variety of materials which could include: canvas, paint, glitter, collage, felt, and photographs. The flag, banner, or coat of arms can celebrate the students' school, sports team, interests, family, or historical assignment. Students gain an understanding of the use of symbols throughout history.

Plot measurements in music. Dance through geometry. Engineer a school sculpture or mural. YANEO teaching artists and staff work with teachers to plan a year-long multi-arts experience including in-school performances, classroom workshops and professional development.

Take a musical journey through the barnyard, into the West, and all the way to the mountains with bluegrass singer and guitarist "Cowboy Bob."

Newberry Award winning author Paul Fleischman's Seedfolks tells the inspirational story of how a young girl transforms a sad and lonely Cleveland neighborhood into a wonderful community by starting a garden. The story is told by thirteen different people of all ages, races, and backgrounds. The Seedfolks Project is a three day residency for students, which uses Fleischman's story to create their very own "Seedfolks characters." Students analyze the social and political forces that influence the lives of Clevelanders.

Explore the magic of the interlocking of fibers. The history and many interpretations of the ways fiber can be used to create art are endless and fascinating. Fiber can be used for anything from clothing to a fence to a giant ship rope to a basket to the finest lace. Together, students create a group of fiber sculptures, working in teams or individually. Carol teaches a variety of woven and off-loom techniques to mix with other media if desired. Students learn about contemporary fiber sculpture as well as a brief history of how fiber is used in a diverse societies and situations. They see a three-dimensional resolution of a repetitive design as well as gain dexterity with manipulation and construction.

Discussions and hands-on demonstrations explore the relationship between mosaics and symmetry, crystals and symmetrical forms in nature, and the ancient cultures of Greece and Rome. Teachers are prepared to lead students in the creation of a permanent mosaic or other classroom projects.

Students deepen their knowledge of tessellations by connecting math, geometry, and art. Creating both geometric tessellations and artistic tessellations (in the style of M. C. Escher) young people take part in a dynamic learning experience.

Travel the globe with your students through an exploration of dance, music, theater and visual art in many cultures. Help students to value diversity and other cultures through cooperative learning and direct interaction with professional artists YANEO teaching artists and staff work with teachers to plan a year-long multi-arts experience including in-school performances, classroom workshops and professional development.

Torso-and-limbs-on workshop explores matter and molecular structure through the study of the physical movements of bodies in dance. Dance utilizes volume and movement on a macro level to illuminate the hidden structures of molecules.

What do hearing people do when they need to communicate with a deaf individual and don't know sign language? This school assembly program is a combination of theatrical skits and audience participation activities that creates deaf awareness in the audience. This program uses humor and exaggerated characters to explore conflicts that naturally occur between the Deaf and Hearing communities.

Performing Deaf Theater is like speaking two languages at the same time. Using English Language Arts and Theater, this customizable residency, combines American Sign Language, spoken English, and creative writing. Students develop a theatrical performance or skit based upon a topic or theme being studied in the classroom. Some actors perform using sign language while other actors simultaneously use "voices" to communicate the lines. All actors learn basic Sign Language when memorizing the script. Students then perform the play for an audience of parents or your school community.

This residency is an interactive combination of storytelling and real-time illustration that keeps students laughing and learning from the beginning to end. Dinosaur Fables helps to explain the "big picture;" the relationship between human behavior and nature. The stories are an amusing "hook" to reflect on real-life issues, such as the water cycle, the depletion of natural resources, and alternative energy sources.

In this exciting and lively residency, students learn the three basic sounds of the African djembe. They also learn basic techniques of hand drumming, focusing on the styles found in the Ivory Coast. Sogbety is a native of the Ivory Coast and has been performing since childhood. Consider pairing this residency with Sogbety's West African Drumming performance.

This energetic, interactive dance residency makes connections between the diverse styles of dance and the diverse natures of individuals and cultures encountered in everyday living. Students are introduced to contemporary dance vocabulary and forms, such as ballet, modern, and jazz. Students discuss the similarities and differences between each and are encouraged to demonstrate the various dance styles for their peers through performance.

Discover how music and movement deepen student understanding of increment, ratio and proportion. This workshop explores and models music and rhythm activities related to numbers and shapes and demonstrates how spatial movement activities enhance the study of diagrams, formulas and symbols.

K-1 students love an alpha-party at Mr. G's! house, a totally interactive theater experience. This residency program uses all the phonemes in a kinetic, auditory, and visual way. Teachers marvel at its effectiveness as a memory device. Residencies for for grades 2-4 can include rhymes, B-M-E, expressive speech, the four kinds of sentences and many other elements of the language arts.

Have your students ever thought about what it means to throw something ""away""? During this residency, students explore pollution, recycling and personal responsibility through creative movement, song and rap. The program includes an interactive performance and a Native American Earth Steward ceremony with costumes, instruments, and dance, emphasizing our relationship with the natural world.

What is your favorite Eric Carle story? Students study why and how author and illustrator Eric Carle creates his picture stories. They learn about warm and cool colors, how shapes make objects, and how to combine objects to tell a story. Students learn about the art form of collage, and create a collage that has a clear understanding of idea, audience and purpose. A single teaching space is necessary.

In this adventure, students take an active role in one of the most compelling areas of American history. Students use critical and creative thinking skills as they come to understand and empathize with the men and women who fought so hard and risked so much to gain their freedom. Activities include:
Finding Your Kinfolk - Participants learn details about life on four different plantations. They experience the challenges of slaves trying to maintain family ties, sharing slave memories to determine their family groups.
Designing Freedom Quilts - Participants learn the role of quilts in relaying escape information to runaway slaves. Each family group incorporates a message into a student-constructed freedom quilt, suitable for public display.
Escape Challenge - Participants, traveling in their family groups, are tested on their acquired knowledge and learn survival techniques on the Underground Railroad. Correct responses move them forward on their quest to find freedom. Appropriate as an indoor or outdoor activity.
Planning session with school required. Classroom activity packets are available.

Create a sculpture that is always in bloom! Using ceramic pots, wood, and many enticing embellishments, the ordinary is transformed into the extraordinary! Discussing and analyzing ratios, color, and shape will be a part of assembling this 3-dimentional celebration of life and growth. Children get a hands-on experience building a small, mixed-media sculpture.

With puppets, guitar, finger play, and movement, Susan Weber invites young children to explore a West Indian folk tale rich in rhyme and rhythm. In the story, a small boy with a very long name is challenged by his grandmother to find out her real name; he discovers humor and wisdom along the way. Susan's storytelling, songs and nursery rhymes reinforce vocabulary, alliteration, and rhyming words in celebration of names, family relationships, and traditions.

This high energy performance engages students through the exploration of Nigerian Afro-beat music with an emphasis on instrument families, percussion rhythms, call and response, and socially derived lyrics. After interacting with live afro-beat and using their bodies as percussion instruments, students brainstorm lyrical content based on positive social experiences at their school. Then Mifune and the school create and perform their own afro-beat song together!

This program enhances your students' knowledge and understanding of other cultures by taking them on a journey through Asia. Utilizing music from Ravel's Bolero, the dancers take you to India and beyond by performing Heinz Poll's famous choreography for "Bolero." In addition, students travel to China during a traditional Tai Chi dance. Finally, the program finishes in the Philippines with a traditional dance called the Tinikling. Extend this program with a three to five day residency which integrates with Foreign Language curriculum content standards for grades K-8.

Mr. G! lights a fire under classic fairytales with an incendiary display of theatrics. Moral lessons are engagingly developed through the acting out of the stories. This theatrical rendition uses puppetry, mime, and zany characterizations to enhance the messages of classic stories such as The Three Little Pigs, The Boy Who Cried Wolf and The Wizard of Oz.

Students won't require a camera for this residency - they'll make one! By studying the earliest camera (camera obscura) students learn the relationship between the camera and the human eye. They then have the opportunity to create their very own pinhole camera. A fascinating way to learn the science and mechanics of light and photography.

Creating both geometric tessellations and artistic tessellations (in the style of M. C. Escher) teachers learn to link art, math, and geometry to enhance students' learning.

Students create a mural that is a tribute to our planet. Gaia is the Earth Goddess in Greek Mythology. As our consciousness re-awakens to the importance of respecting and helping our planet, this mural gives students the opportunity to explore, discover and discuss issues most important to them in regards to the present state of the planet, and an opportunity to create a hopeful work that visually pays tribute to our beautiful but fragile planet. A great Earth Day project, but any day can be Earth Day.

Experience the process of seeking employment in a competitive world through music, lyrics, and movement. Learn how to effectively communicate skills, talents, and experiences on a resume as you discover how music and drama communicate the meanings and emotions of text. Gain valuable insights into the interview or audition process that people face when trying to get a job. Students will move and groove their way through a rehearsal session, culminating in a mini-performance right in the classroom! This residency will leave you saying, "I hope I get it."

The wonderful world of Dr. Seuss is brought to musical life through this interactive performance, which includes beautiful singing, zany acting, and crazy props. Soprano, Lara Troyer, and her friends perform the one-act opera Green Eggs and Ham by composer Robert Kapilow.

With puppets, guitar, finger play and movement, Susan Weber brings to life the story of Rudy Raccoon's Beautiful Birthday. Tempted by sugary snacks and rescued by humor, understanding, and love, Rudy learns about healthy habits from his helpful friends. Susan's story, songs and nursery rhymes use rich vocabulary, alliteration, and rhyming words to reinforce good hygiene, nutrition, exercise, and rest.

Students work with Jim Gill to conceive and create panel cartoons using U.S. history as a subject matter. Great curriculum tie-ins for Social Studies and Language Arts. This fun and often hilarious residency helps students explore historical characters and events through satire, irony, wit, and parody

This interactive performance is a musical celebration of our state, Ohio. Through original songs and movement, the program addresses topics such as kindness, cooperation, and community. Singing Ohio, we create big, round vocal sounds. Moving Ohio, we create an original community dance. And Learning Ohio, we discover a singable song that lists the 88 counties in geographical order.

Want to teach a new book in your classroom? Need a fresh approach to a story you've taught for years? Let Robin help you build an arts-infused Literacy Kit to enhance and extend reading and writing around a book in your curriculum. Kits will include graphic organizers, assessments and rubrics, brainstorming aids, and templates along with creative learning tools, such as storyboards, rap lyrics, board games and recipes. Bring your book and get started during the session.

Blurring the lines between art and machine, students explore the history of simple machines and the ways artists incorporate technical concepts into creative process. Both past and present artists and art works, including Leonardo DaVinci, Rube Goldberg, and the London Tube are explored. Students then create 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional compositions that incorporate movement and/or sound. This residency utilizes simple mechanics, the senses, problem solving and scientific concepts, past and present.

Through this program, students explore the history, mystery and fun of cartooning. Jim enables younger students to help bring drawings to life after starting with a simple line or shape. Older students can explore the facets of cartoon conception, working together to create humorous panels of historical subject matter.

Integrate simple music activities to enhance students' math skills. Educators learn to use music to make math fun through the use of fingers on a piano keyboard diagram, sing-alongs, visual music graphics and more. These musical tools help to teach basic math facts as well as fractions and pattern recognition.

In this residency, students learn to strengthen and reinforce basic math skills through the use of music. Music contains many direct connections to numbers - counting beats and measures, creating and playing rhythms, and composing music with 5, 8, 10, or 12 musical tones. Recognizing and identifying patterns both in musical phrases and number sequences is explored, as well. Dave engages the students in this process by using an electronic keyboard and laptop computer, and they find both excitement and fascination in this Math and Music journey.

Add the exciting world of Japanese Raku pottery to your curriculum with this hands-on residency. Students make individual pieces of lustrous Japanese Tea Ceremony pottery, formulate glazes from scratch, and have the unique experience of firing their work in a kiln that they construct. The glazes, kiln, and techniques can remain at the school to form the foundation for an ongoing Raku program.

Wearing the legendary pot on his head, Ray brings John Chapman (better known as Johnny Appleseed) to life in a lively presentation. Johnny leads participatory storytelling, songs, and movement activities that describe his personal history, his life in pioneer Ohio, the distribution and importance of apples in frontier life, and the varieties and usage of apples in our own times.

Colorful West African Kente cloth is made from narrow patterned strips that are sewn together. Students are first introduced to African art and culture by studying African textiles and the symbolism of Kente patterns. After discussing pattern and repetition and learning to identify pattern in a sequence of geometric shapes, students arrange papers of various shapes, colors, and sizes to create a patterned paper collage in the style of Kente. By manipulating geometric shapes for their pattern, students explore the ideas of shape, space, color, and size relationships. If time allows, the collages may be embellished with another layer of patterning formed by marker lines and stamp prints.

In Krazee Kwilt, Dr. Baber uses a rich and stunningly beautiful Civil War era krazee kwilt that has been handed down through his family as a metaphor for literature and life. He shares his own krazee kwilt poem as well as various works from Appalachian, Asian, Native American, African-American, Jewish and Hispanic cultural sources. In addition, Bob Henry can create story quilts with students. A finished "instant quilt" incorporating stories and images can be created with each group during a residency.

Susan Weber brings story, puppets, guitar, songs, and finger play together to celebrate nature and the smallest of creatures, the ladybug. This program features concepts of big-bigger-biggest, naming body parts and imitating sounds and gestures of animals.

For thousands of years, kites have been used as toys, vehicles for transportation, communication, surveying and science, as well as objects for ceremonies and fun! Students and parents learn the history of the kite and its construction, and create their own kite. Sessions provide teachers opportunities to make connections to a variety of curricula.

This two-character play is set on the porch of Tubman's home in Auburn, New York in 1902. The audience is regarded as a group of visitors who have come to reminisce with 82-year old Tubman as she recounts the heroic adventures of her life through story and song. Jeffrey Taylor, Jr. assists in telling her story and accompanies Tubman on accordion including traditional songs such as "Drinking Gourd," "Go Down Moses," and "Battle Hymn of the Republic."

Discovered by Magical Theatre at the International Children's Theatre Festival in Scotland, this astounding bit of theater, music and storytelling will mesmerize your students and teachers. Sophisticated, and at the same time simple, this reinvention of the classic Wolf and Red folk tale is one of the most spellbinding performances you will ever see. And it's not just for the wee, little ones, either.

Designed specifically for your little learners, this program takes your students on a creative movement, imaginative dramatics, musical adventure. With Vicki McCrone the group explores the basics of rhythm, singing and performing with others, identifying sounds and instruments, and musical terms and concepts. With Bill Morgan, they are taught basic American Sign Language and creative dramatics. With both, they develop creative movement concepts and a choice of topics: Animals, Colors and/or Earth.

Award-winning musician Vicki McCrone engages students in a fun and educational music experience. One part Disney pop and one part kids rock, the program invites young people to sing along, play percussion, utilize finger play, and learn music vocabulary. If your students enjoy the music of artists like Dan Zanes and The Laurie Berkner Band they will love this program. Teachers may choose from Animals, Colors or Earth.

Literature and language arts form the basis for this residency that also teaches students to follow directions, improvise, use their imaginations and play with phonemes and rhyme schemes. Students dramatize stories, sing songs, and dance while immersing themselves in the elements of literature. Terry combines proverbs and body percussion to show the rhythmic aspects of language. This residency makes language and story come alive for students and can be customized for the literature being used in your classroom. Children are engaged in movement activities so a large empty room is essential; access to a piano is preferred by not required.

Children's book author M. LaVora Perry combines reading, writing, and the dramatic presentation of literature to develop students abilities to identify and create characters with distinct points of view. Focusing on dialogue, action, and setting, students discover their own literary characters.

Through music and storytelling, Baba Jubal takes students on an adventure to the Manding African Empire. This participatory program combines history, geography and language while engaging students in the experience of making music and learning about West African culture. A residency, in which students learn more about Africa, music, and how to make their own drums, may follow this program.

Take your students on a multicultural dance exploration where they discover various traditional dances from Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. During a performance program, three artists perform the dances with traditional music and costumes while comparing and contrasting the different forms. Cultural and historical influences of the various dances are also a focus during this program.

Ethnomusicologist Terry Boyarsky leads students in the songs, dances and games of other cultures. Students learn to listen and express, while celebrating the commonality and diversity of others. Map skills are taught through exercises in tracking, sequencing, spatial awareness, and measurement. Students of all learning styles discover, connect and translate their physical travels into symbolic reading of the map. Share this joyful, rhythmic, integrated approach and watch your students locate themselves geographically and culturally.

All cultures have a history of mask making. In this residency students learn to make masks using a variety of materials and techniques. Wendy teaches the value of masks as they are used by different cultural groups in ceremonies and festivals. Students observe examples of masks from the Caribbean, Africa, Mexico and Asia. They learn to apply concepts of two and three dimensional design, incorporating a variety of geometric shapes. Students are left with the knowledge of how to transform themselves through visually engaging and powerful masks.

Terry combines music and movement to create a unique custom designed residency exploring math and literacy. Using rhythm, body percussion, world music, improvisation, movement, and song, Terry gives students the tools to solve time-space-energy problems, and experiment with pattern, form and structure. Teamwork and listening are emphasized. A large, empty room and a piano are required for this program.

Terry combines music and movement to create a unique custom designed residency exploring math and literacy. Using rhythm, body percussion, world music, improvisation, movement, and song, Terry gives students the tools to solve time-space-energy problems, and experiment with pattern, form, and structure. Teamwork and listening are emphasized. A large, empty room and a piano are required for this program. Please specify math or literacy focus.

Blues artist Wallace Coleman grew up in the South in the 1940s and students get the opportunity to hear what life was like for African-Americans in that place and time. The residency consists of songs played by Wallace and Bob with discussion of the music and of Wallace's life. Students are invited to suggest songs and topics for songs, making up songs on the spot.

Music is the Weapon offers writing and music as an alternative to violence and negativity. Two or three members of Mifune lead a writing residency exposing students to lyrical songwriting from today's artists and yesterday's masters. Discussion focuses on current events of either personal, local, national or international significance. Members of Mifune coach students in writing their own lyrics and music. The residency concludes with a performance of the students' original music.

In this world of television and video games, music as a form of play has become an endangered species. In this program, students explore a world of music that has been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years. Students leave with pocketfuls of musical potential and a joyful sense of responsibility to continue the wonderful tradition of PLAY-ing music everyday. This program encourages invention and insists upon music under any circumstances.

This is a songwriting residency in which classes compose their own blues lyrics about current events. There is a broad scope here which could see songs about local, national or regional issues, sports or even lifestyle trends. In addition to literacy standards, students learn about rhythm, pacing, and meter, which involves mathematical skills. Residency includes performances in an assembly or in class.

Beacon Street subscribes to the idea that if children regard each book as an adventure, perhaps they feel more inclined to read! Susan Weber and Bob Kloos advocate reading as an entertaining form of adventure through an array of participatory songs, poems, mime, demonstrations, drama and rap. These experiences provide lasting images that prompt younger audiences to reach for books for years to come.

Using "natyam" or dance, which is closely associated with the arts of music, sculpture and painting in India, this program gives students a sense of history and culture and enables them to easily assimilate the connection and integration between the performing arts and the language arts.

The exciting sounds and sights of Battu, a percussion ensemble, draw students into a world of different cultures to the beat of a drum (or surdo, xylophone...). Battu provides a multicultural, historical learning experience through diverse music and instruments taking students from Trinidad to Brazil, Cuba to Asia.

Follow a Poetry Journey program with Playful Poetry, a residency that allows students to learn presentation and speech skills through theater games and writing activities. At the end of the residency students perform their own writing.

During a Poetic Expressions residency, students build on the ideas of a We Ain't Afraid of No Poems performance as they script and score poems to set into motion. This leads to a deeper appreciation of poetry and improved language skills.

Ray performs a program of original children's poetry enlivened with his blend of interactive theater, call and response, and sing-along. Students journey with Ray to the Land of Poetry where they act out Grandma Zelma's nursery rhymes, create animal songs and meet all kinds of strange creatures like the Goonies, the Hullaballoos and the Yowler.

Learn "Slamming" from one of the originals. Salinger brings to students over 15 years of experience, both as a participant and an organizer of the art form. This residency presentation integrates the fun and creativity of poetry slam while downplaying the competitive aspect. Students learn the rules and history of poetry slam through participating and producing their own poetry slam competition.

The wonderful, expressive world of puppetry comes alive through adaptations of original and published stories performed by David's puppets and marionettes. David engages students in his fun-filled shows, complete with songs and musical rap numbers which bring the audience into the act. Shows always conclude with his marvelous marionettes, leaving students wanting more

Students choose a message they want to convey through a fiction or creative non-fiction piece and learn strategies for making their writing real, relevant, exciting, and interesting. They explore how characters tune in and inspire readers using dialogue, action, and setting to develop a theme.

In this residency, students will explore art elements, principles, and images as they create a thematic mural that relates to the curriculum theme of your choice. Each student creates a piece of a mural which is later joined with others to reveal one cohesive image. This project teaches students to appreciate community and respect diverse points of view about artwork.

In this workshop, students will explore art elements, principles, and images as they create a thematic mural that relates to the curriculum theme of your choice. Each student creates a piece of a mural which is later joined with others to reveal one cohesive image. This project teaches students to appreciate community and respect diverse points of view about artwork Depending upon project, additional prep time and fees may be necessary.

Creative writing and poetry can be a powerful way to express one's self. Are you looking for a way to motivate students to put their thoughts on paper? To let their voices be heard? Musician Dave Young uses rhythms and beats to engage and inspire students to write, perform, and record their own rap and hip-hop song lyrics. Popular topics include but are not limited to: school spirit, world affairs, history and Black History, and patriotism. Dave brings a computer, microphone, and electric keyboard to your classroom to record the students performing their creations. Afterwards your class will receive a CD of the music and lyrics. Showcase your students' talents and put poetry in motion

Students build fluency skills by reading aloud a book or story to create a collaborative "book on tape." Dave brings a computer and microphone to record each student reading a sentence or paragraph until the story is completed. The recorded audio can then be edited to assist students who might require a little extra help. Students bring the recording to life by adding music and sound effects and recording the final product to a CD.

A few chairs, a couple of music stands and you have Reader's Theater. This residency promotes literacy using popular children's classics such as Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, The People Could Fly, Anansi the Spider or Aesop's Fables as staged readings. Choose one of these stories and Jimmie Woody, as the narrator, works with your students to turn one of these stories into a wonderful staged reading for your classroom. This residency helps students develop their public speaking and dramatic skills as well as helps them learn how to cooperate with one another and be creative with literature.

Invite Johnny Appleseed, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Zelma George, Thomas Jefferson and many others to your school. Sing the folk songs of Ohio. Explore the craftsmanship of Native Americans. YANEO teaching artists and staff work with teachers to plan a year-long multi-arts experience including in-school performances, classroom workshops and professional development.

Do your students forget to be nice to each other? In this Central American tale, a mean turtle learns the value of friendship and remembers to be nice while students participate in Spanish language and song and learn about animals and places in Costa Rica.

Communication comes in many forms. When animals and birds spring out of your hands, when bees hover over blooming flowers, and when mere glances of the eye express a disappointment communication is born. Discover the power and energy of rhythmic movement or the magic of mime when stories come alive in dance. See, feel, and experience the joy of wordless communication.

Roots to Rock was first developed in conjunction with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to celebrate its grand opening in 1995. Since that time it has been performed in hundreds of schools, libraries and other community institutions. Roots to Rock follows the growth, development, popularity and influence of Rock & Roll from its origins in the British Isles and Africa, across to the American continent, back to the British Isles, and back across again! See how rock began and hear the music of its founders; from Robert Johnson and Jimmie Rogers to the Beatles, Rolling Stones and beyond.

Oleg Kruglyakov, balalaika virtuoso, and Terry Boyarsky, masterful pianist, offer an introduction to Russian folk music and the balalaika, a traditional Russian 3 stringed instrument. The dance tunes, classical music, gypsy melodies and Russian songs are meticulously translated into English and draw from the over 160 ethnic groups living in Russia today. Experience the mysterious sounds of the balalaika and the expressive range of the piano in this exuberant performance!

Visually exciting scenery becomes the backdrop for this hands-on residency. Mr. G and the students collaborate to produce and perform one of ten Tall Tales or Fables (chosen by the teacher). Students will operate the puppets and narrate the story in this fun and cooperative production.

In this program about American pioneers, Bob shows how songs can tell stories. He leads the group in sharing songs that tell tall-tales, songs that spread the news, songs about animals and songs about heroic figures.

Dave engages students in how computer technology has changed the way we create sounds and music. Using the synthesizer, Dave invites students to participate by identifying traditional musical instrument sounds and easily recognizable pieces of music. Students join the fun, creating and performing sounds right on stage. This fun and educational presentation will change the way you listen to music.

This program encourages students to discover Flamenco and Spanish culture through discussion and physical exploration of Flamenco dance and music. Students learn about two contrasting versions of Flamenco dance through demonstrations by a professional dancer who has studied and performed Flamenco in Spain. Students are immersed in learning full phrases of Flamenco dance vocabulary, Spanish vocabulary and songs. They are challenged to increase their critical thinking and motor skills while enhancing their self-esteem and cultural knowledge. A residency culminates in the creation of a traditional Flamenco Cuadro, a group of dancers, singers and musicians who work together to create a Flamenco performance.

This amusing and engaging assembly program transports students to another place and time as they learn fascinating details about steel drums. The renowned 7 Mile Isle band introduces participants to Trinidad's diverse culture, relates it to European music history, and makes learning fun as students discover the "Tambu Bamboo!"

Investigate different styles of stories as students discover dramatic structure and cinematic ways to retell and sequence stories using the graphic organizer called "STORYBOARD!" Students write and illustrate an original story in comic book format, then use the comic book as a script to perform the story for the class.

What do a garden hose and a funnel sound like? Gary Adams of Metropolitan Brass introduces the science of sound and provides a first exposure to brass instruments in this engaging program for preschoolers.

See and hear well-loved stories in a new way. Learn what it's like to be an author or a poet. Students partner with artists to illustrate and rewrite their own tales. Get students prepared to publish their own work. YANEO teaching artists and staff work with teachers to plan a year-long multi-arts experience including in-school performances, classroom workshops and professional development.

Your students reinforce the learning of math and geometry by designing and creating a colorful symmetrical mosaic. Each student takes home an individual ceramic mosaic as well as a Chinese tangram puzzle made from clay. An additional focus on science, history, and social studies adds depth to this 3-day residency program.

A tableau is a frozen picture created physically through the gestures, poses and expressions of the participants. Teachers discover techniques for creating human sculptures, B-M-E tableau, and pantomimes that electrify the teaching of the story elements: character, setting, plot, problem, events and resolution.

See the electricity on stage. Record your own music. Move like a molecule. Build your own invention. YANEO teaching artists and staff work with teachers to plan a year-long multi-arts and multi-sensory experience including in-school performances, classroom workshops and professional development

Meet Hegeota a "real Indian", learn some Mohawk language, sing a chant, and participate in a story as you explore the four directions of the compass rose to discover character education qualities, gain perspective on, and learn some of the practices of the Native American people in society. Students demonstrate effective listening strategies during the participatory performance through response to directions and questions to identify the themes of the stories.

Learn about the experiences of African-Americans under the institution of slavery in this re-enactment of the true story of Lucy Bagby, a runaway slave captured in Cleveland amid the protests of local abolitionists and returned to her Master. She was the last fugitive to be surrendered by the North under the provisions of the Fugitive Slave Law during the Civil War. The audience is invited to sing along to Wade in the Water, Free at Last, Rally Round the Flag, Follow the Drinking Gourd, and No More Auction Block for Me. Teachers choose four to six participants to read aloud with our actors. Actors arrive one hour prior to performance to set up and work with participants.

Ray brings Thomas Jefferson to life in authentic period costume and gives students a glimpse of Colonial America. In this very interactive performance, students learn about the Constitutional Convention and formation of the United States. Students participate as delegates representing the colonies and decide if they want to join the new United States. Thomas Jefferson leads students as they consider and vote on issues such as slavery, taxation, and land owning.

This residency expands the Sounds and Songs performance program and leads students in many different directions of the technology curriculum. Using a PC, see how a sound wave form can be manipulated, how music can be viewed and edited in graphic form and how musical notation is displayed. Each school receives its own CD created by Dave and the student musicians.

Scientists and dancers have a lot in common! Find out how both use inquiry, experimentation and revision to understand their world and share their experience. Students move to model molecules and use their entire bodies to understand matter and its states. Physics has never been this down to earth, and dance has never flown this high!

Did you know that Sign Language can be used as an innovative classroom management strategy? This residency teaches useful communication signs to people of all ages. Once these signs are learned, teachers and students are able to silently communicate with one another during classroom activities. Words such as bathroom, silence, hold, stand, sit, or line-up are taught to both teachers and students. Instead of using generic hand gestures, use real Sign Language.

Create community in your classroom through music, math and movement! Teachers learn how to use rhythm sticks to create increasingly complex rhythms independently and as a group. This collaborative experience allows students to explore patterns and sequences kinesthetically and aurally, and will enrich understanding of the math curriculum.

Children clap, yodel, sing along, and do a rousing "sit-down square dance" as they laugh and learn about American traditional music and acoustic string instruments with bluegrass musician Paul Kovac.

A visual montage that is an homage to George Washington Carver's profound contributions to the world. Known to many only as the "peanut man" students create a work of art that reveals so much more about this great spiritual, humanitarian genius referred to as the "Black Leonardo." Dr. Carver was not only a great agricultural chemist/scientist but an award winning artist, and musician and great teacher. His very special ability to "communicate" with and heal plants earned him renown at an early age. He believed that if you love nature it will reveal its secrets to you.

Theater Basics in a Suitcase is an exciting residency that allows students to create their very own performance using items from an ordinary suitcase. In this residency Jimmie Woody teaches the fundamentals of theater: voice, body awareness, improvisation and creative expression. Students choose items from Jimmie's "Theater Suitcase" to stimulate their creativity and develop their public speaking and dramatic performance skills. Watch as your students work together as an acting ensemble to create an exciting theatrical performance. This residency also provides teachers with dramatic techniques to be used within their classrooms throughout the year.

Once upon a time, Mr. G! was a licensed electrician. Now he uses theater, rap, dance, and electrical props to teach what electricity is all about through conductors, circuits, switches and more. Concepts support and reinforce the Ohio Academic Content Standards.

Invite a historical woman to step out of the textbook and into your classroom. Women In History brings a unique opportunity for students to interact with a historical figure who answers their questions and provides a glance into what life was like in centuries past. Select the figure that best suits the Language Arts or Social Studies curriculum. Historical biographies can be found at www.womeninhistoryohio.com.

Top Cat rules his people's house until they bring home a mysterious box with a cute new kitten inside! Students read the story, Top Cat by Lois Ehlert, and using the art form of collage, create Top Cat and Little Kitten masks, and reenact the story about pets, cats, animal behavior, sharing, and accepting and welcoming someone new.

The Tree of Life is a hands-on project based on a Mexican folk-art form. The program not only reinforces students' understanding of nature and the importance of preserving trees and animals as a way of preserving human life, but also is an opportunity of acquiring information about how other cultures represent their surroundings.

Students learn about the interrelationships between the visual and musical arts as they collaborate as a class to create an action-filled storyboard and twenty-second musical score. Cartoonist Jim Gill first develops a storyline involving two characters through six hand-drawn storyboard scenes. Composer Dave Young then collaborates with students to compose the perfect musical score to match the cartoon's plot and actions. The final session involves both artists coming back together with the class to finish a final short cartoon.

Students gather facts and information from Earth or Life Science (such as: food chain, effects of weathering on the landscape, clouds, etc.), then write a script using details and examples to illustrate the main idea of the specific chosen science curriculum. Students then use drama tools and techniques to share these findings with others by creating a TV commercial or slide show to be rehearsed and performed for the class.

In this exciting and hands-on print making residency, students explore cultural symbols as Bonnie assists students in creating their own prints. Symbols from any culture can be incorporated to support the study and understanding of other cultures (examples include American Indian symbols, Egyptian hieroglyphics, Islamic forms and designs, African Adinkra symbols or any culture you can think of). Students discuss symbols and their meanings. Then, they each carve symbols into Styrofoam which is used with ink and paper to make beautiful prints. The prints can be mounted together to form a mural.

Griot is an old African term for storyteller. Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou, W.E.B. Dubois, Sojourner Truth, Muhammad Ali and many other prominent voices in African-American history were griots. This performance, performed by griot Jimmie Woody, exposes students to the literature and speeches of historical African-American heroes. This performance highlights the lives and achievements of important historical and political leaders. Students also gain an understanding and appreciation of the cultural and historical contexts of drama/theater in societies both past and present.

We Ain't Afraid of No Poems provides older students with a lively and grammatically correct program emphasizing audience participation, adolescent issues, and multicultural themes. Students participate in a performance of "Jabberwocky," Shakespeare's "Seven Ages of Man," and "Casey at the Bat."

Immerse students in a fabulous residency celebrating the culture of West Africa. They learn about the rhythms, songs, and languages found in the villages of the Ivory Coast. Residencies are custom tailored to fit your school's needs.

Teachers discuss how visual artists and writers share important tools for creating their works. They are engaged in stimulating and challenging discussions and experiences with both visual and literary art works. Using the tools of clear idea, audience, and purpose, they create a visual art work that communicates a chosen idea or theme, and a literary work (poem or narrative) that accompanies their visual art work. Poet Langston Hughes and visual artist William H. Johnson provide the examples for this workshop.

In this residency, students learn that visual artists and writers share important tools for creating their works. They are engaged in stimulating and challenging experiences with both visual and literary art works. Using the tools of clear idea, audience, and purpose, students create a visual art work that communicates a chosen idea or theme. Students study poet Langston Hughes and visual artist William H. Johnson. The art form is either painting or collage. Students also create a literary work to accompany their visual art. A single teaching space is necessary.

Children's book author M. LaVora Perry describes the book-writing process from idea to published book and beyond, performs dramatic readings of her writing for children, preteens, and teens, and answers questions about her books and the life of a published author.

What is the difference between singing and speaking? At what moment does a poem become a song? How can we bring power and expression to the spoken word? This residency explores creative writing through the ears of a songwriter. The experience begins with natural speech and everyday language, the written journey ends with the sharing of original poems and songs. Hear what happens when you combine melody, rhythm and personal expression with the creative gifts of the students in your classroom.

Get students moving to the alphabet! The amazingly simply Wiggle Words program utilizes basic movements set to the letters of the alphabet to enhance a wide range of your student's literacy skills, including: spelling, phonics rules, identification of vowels and consonants, and rhyming/storytelling.

Susan Weber's songs and stories about lip-smacking fish, juicy watermelon, spicy pizza, and home-baked pie inspire children to make healthy food choices. Children follow simple oral directions: how to be an echo, improvise movement, experiment with sound effects. As they participate, they build vocabulary and increase phonemic awareness.