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DEAR TEACHER by Peggy Gisler & Marge Eberts
Summer Arts Activities for Your Children
Solid Advice on Improving Children’s Basic Skills and Addressing Parental Concerns
Parents: It is a simple fact that funding for the arts in schools is dropping – reducing the time spent on them. Having fewer opportunities to explore the arts is a shame because the arts play an important role in children’s math, reading, problem-solving and critical-thinking skills. And there is the inescapable fact that the arts can bring joy to children as well as make learning fun to children, resulting in the creation of a satisfying interest in them throughout their lives. Our summer learning activities are designed to take up the slack from the disappearing arts programs in the schools. Begin with Dance Dance is a great way to gain better balance and coordination. It also is a different way to exercise that is a lot of fun as well as a way to express your creativity. Here are some ideas for a fun-filled week of family dancing. 1. Dance to a dance exercise video. 2. Put on some music and have everyone dance as if they were different kinds of animals (chicken, elephant, cat and so on). 3. Put on different kinds of music and just respond to the beat. 4. Watch shows with dancing, from ballet to "Dancing With the Stars."
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5. Attend a dance production in the community.
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Explore the Theater Your first arts activity involved dancing. Keep on dancing as you explore the arts of drama and the theater: 1. Search the newspaper or online for local productions by theater groups and colleges to give your children a taste of what the theater is like. Then try to attend one of these productions or see a rehearsal. 2. If there is a children's theater group in your community, your children may be able to take part in a program that will let them learn more about acting or the behind-the-scenes activities involved in putting on a play. 3. Visit Zoom Playhouse at pbskids.org/zoom/activities/playhouse to find plays for the family to perform. You don't need to memorize a role; just read it over silently several times so everyone can read their role easily. These plays are really CUTE! 4. Watch a play on television with your children. Introduce Your Children to Sculpture To most children, art centers are painting and drawing. This week expand their artistic creativity to sculpture by giving them the opportunity to create actual objects. Your children can use a variety of materials to create sculptures, such as Play-Doh, sand, wood, Styrofoam, rocks, soap, paper, Legos™, Tinkertoys™ and ornaments. They can carve the materials, glue them together or shape them with their hands. We'll give you several ideas of projects; however, you can find many more by searching online for "sculpture activities for kids."