You have probably heard of Artist-in-Residence Programs where an artist or musician specializing in a certain art or talent comes to present a week or two week long program at your school. This is the same concept, but I offer more opportunities and choices. I will come and present a week or two or three week long program that will be enrichment oriented. This could be for all students in certain grades or teacher recommended students who would benefit most from the program (from observed ability or motivation and/OR sign up in advance with letters home to parents). I have several programs already designed, but we may cater any of them or any OTHER subject for enrichment in residence to your school's specific needs.
Units:
- Creativity Training
- Includes: How to Brainstorm, Solving Mystery Brainteasers, Creative Problem Solving, Fluency, Flexibility, Originality, Elaboration, Lateral Thinking Skills, OM spontaneous type activities
- Inventions Unit
- Includes: Famous inventors, Identifying Problems, Brainstorming Solutions, How to think like an Inventor, Rube Goldberg Inventions. May include a schoolwide invention convention
- Japanese Culture, Art and Language
- Includes: Learning to reading Hiragana and Katakana, understanding pictograms - Kanji, translating romaji to hiragana, Greeting the sensei, Sumi-e painting and calligraphy, creating name signs, Ikebana or Daruma Dolls, Japanese Theatre
- Foreign Languages
- Choices: Japanese, Spanish, American Sign Language or you may have a program which combines all the above.
- Creative Writing Training
- Fiction, fantasy, descriptive writing, creating a character, plot development, poetry
- Science Magic
- Scientific Method presented in a FUN Way.. Hands on Science experiments with discovery/inquiry method used.
- 3D Design and Illusion - Math Enrichment
- Origami, Tesselations, the work of Escher, Optical Illusions, Impossible Figures, Basic Architecture- building challenges with unusual objects, Bubble Art
- Study of Shakespeare
- Live practice and study of scenes from Much Ado about Nothing or Macbeth's Witches. Includes mini presentation by students as culminating activity.
- Puppetry People
- Learn to be a puppeteer. Make your own puppet and develop a puppet show with some friends.
Fees for my services are listed on the last page of this section.
