Arts+In+Ed

=__Arts in Education__=

//Ask your child about some of these programs.//
=October 15, 2008 * __The Uncle Brothers__ = The Uncle Brothers, Danny Quinn (left) and Tommy Gardner (right) will bring the magic of their children's music to school for a character education based assembly program entitled,

Global Awareness - “Acceptance & Cultural Diversity” Understanding the differences and similarities in others is a huge building block to helping our children grow up in a world of kindness and acceptance.

This show takes the students on a musical journey to several foreign countries and with humorous bantering even includes many fun facts about far away places. They will hear how life is different for foreign children in school and at home, but will leave with a sense of how “people are people no matter where you go” and that we’re all the same in many ways.



=October 24, 2008 * __Child's Play Touring Theatre__= 3rd grade students participated in special writing workshops presented by the Chicago-based Child’s Play Touring Theatre. These in-class workshops were designed to complement classroom studies, and to enhance our childrens’ writing abilities and their understanding of the writing process. Child’s Play will return in the spring to turn our own budding authors' stories and poems into creative works onstage with full costumes, props, and set.

=November 19, 2008 * __The Fabulous Chinese Acrobats__ = Wednesday, November 19th, Putnam Valley Elementary School students were treated to a special assembly by the Fabulous Chinese Acrobats. These young performers brought incredible talent to our gym stage in a show filled with color and energy. The acrobats helped our children make fun and memorable connections with China’s rich culture as their interpreter shared facts about Chinese traditions and school life.

We encourage you to ask your child to tell you all about it!

For more information about the group, please visit their website at [|__http://www.assemblyline.com/chinese-08.html__].



=December 9, 2008 * __Jonathan Kruk__= =Aesop to Anansi, fables for fun and learning life lessons, expanding listening skills and to open imaginations=



I will have the honor performing Finger Fables to your children on Dec 9th. Engaged by their fingers and faces, they will participate in the telling. They become active listeners through interactive storytelling. It will be fun for the imagination, building pre-writing skills too. I am grateful to the PTA for bringing me back to P.V.E.S. Plus, I love telling tales to kindergartners!

Recently, Jonathan was selected //"Best Storyteller in the Hudson Valley"// by Hudson Valley Magazine. The New York Times, noting his far ranging work described him as "Westchester’s intrepid storyteller". Kids love his CDs //The Rainbow Dragon// and //Barkface & Rootnose//. Plus, his Berger Platters/ Historic Hudson Valley produced recording of //The Legend of Sleepy Hollow// (with musical effects by Matt Noble), earned a National Association of Parenting Publication Honors Award.

For more infomation on Jonathan Kruk and his stories, please see his website at [|www.jonathankruk.net]

Barkface and Rootnose & Other Fables, features two trees who fight and two who learn it’s better to grow asfriends. There’s a few features Aesop fables with lively character voices showing; you are never too small to help, slow and steady wins the race. Plus, you’ll enjoy a silly story showing why spiders have crooked legs. There’s music, vocal effects, and a lively pace all to open imaginations.

The Rainbow Dragon & Other Tales - Adventures based on ancient dragon lore! A boy befriends the Sun and awakens a monster. Another dragon tales teaches how to share. Listen for the secret of the Bul-Bul Bird and discover what makes a wolf sing!