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    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]

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    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]

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    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]

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    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]

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    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]

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