CUNY Academic Commons

Name: Edith Blackwood
Course: Integrating Expressive Arts in Early Childhood
Instructor: Andrew Aprile
Assignment: Class Reflections
06/04/15
The class began with an icebreaker song modeled by the instructor. First he sang the words, wrote them on the board then added dance movements.
Ghanaian children’s Song: Kofi bra yendi, agro, agro, y…[Read more]

Artwork
Queens Museum
Museum Art Lesson Plan.docx
Museum Art Lesson Plan
Grade Levels: K – 2nd grade
Duration: 20-30 minutes
Performing Arts -Standard 1: Creating, Performing, and Participating in the Arts Students will actively engage in the processes that constitute creation and performance in the arts (dance, music, theatre, and visual a…[Read more]

Grade Level(s): Preschool – 2nd grade
Duration: 20-30 minutes
Standard: Standard 1: Creating, Performing, and Participating in the Arts Students will actively engage in the processes that constitute creation and performance in the arts (dance, music, theatre, and visual arts) and participate in various roles in the arts.
Music Blueprint Grade 2…[Read more]

Theater Lesson Plan
Grade Levels: PreK – 2nd grade
Duration: 30-45 minutes
Theater Blueprint Grade 2
Benchmarks: Students activate and use their imaginations as well as the analytical and process skills associated with acting.
Students participate in group activities, including creative play, storytelling, pantomime and i…[Read more]

Name: Edith Blackwood-Slater
Instructor: Professor Aprile
Assignment: Reading Response

Reading Response
In the article Leaps and Bounds, the author clearly demonstrates the many reasons music matters in the early educational development of young children. Firstly, when music is part of their learning experience, children have a greater motivation…[Read more]