Outside Your Door: Exploring the Arts in Nature MP4

Monday, May 5, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm

Pre-Registration Required

Expand opportunities for STEM learning by using arts strategies to investigate the world around you. Explore earth, life, and physical sciences through drama, music, and puppetry. Discover how the arts can enhance children’s understanding of weather and seasonal changes, and the natural world outside your door.

Presented by


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Penny Russell
Master Teaching Artist
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts

Penny Russell is a puppeteer, teacher and performer based in Prince George's County. She has performed with Good Life Theater for three seasons of Wolf Trap Field Trip Performances as Shelly in "Junkyard Pirates" and has worked as a Teaching Artist with the Wolf Trap Institute since 2010. In addition, Ms. Russell has worked as a writer, director and performer with the Blue Sky Puppet Theatre since 1994. She has also performed for the Kennedy Center (with Dinorock), The Puppet Company at Glen Echo, and Bread & Puppet Theater. She has taught puppetry for Camp Jabberwocky and Camp Tulgey Wood in Massachusetts; the Iona Community in Scotland; The Actor's Center in Washington, DC; and in schools, churches and camps throughout the DC and Baltimore region. Ms. Russell also sings with the Swing Set Trio and the Roland Cumberland Orchestra.


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Shenandoah Sokel
Program Coordinator, National and Affiliate Services
Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts

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Outside Your Door
Age Group Addressed:
Age 3 through 5
Audience:
Teachers, Administrators
Core Competency Area:
Curriculum and Learning Environment
Skill Level:
Fundamental
Presentation Outcomes:
Educators will learn to expand their science curriculum while they discover new strategies for engaging their students in the natural world, increasing their curiosity and knowledge through drama, music, and puppetry.
Learning Objectives:
  1. Discover and explore earth, life, and physical science concepts using drama, music, props, and stories.
  2. Learn and practice simple puppetry skills that can be used to facilitate and extend science learning
  3. Manipulate and develop a puppet character “ambassador” for outside classroom experiences in nature.