POM THEATRICALs — Frog in the Pond
POM THEATRICALs — Frog in the Pond is an all-around arts education experience for children designed to encourage a broad range of creative expression through the visual arts, storytelling (drama), movement (dance), and sound (music). It’s a collaborative effort calling on all creative skills.
[Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Ingredients for frog in the pond
- Matsuo Basho’s most famous Haiku
translated by Alan Watts
The old pond,
A frog jumps in:
Plop!
- Paintings by Claude Monet — most famous painter of ponds
- A trip to Clary Gardens to paint pictures of the pond there
- A live frog
- Sugar Lift Etchings by frog lover & famous Australian artist John Olsen
- Slow-mo video of frogs jumping
- Assorted simple rhythm instruments
Mix above with children who love making art and friends & family who love being an audience.
SCHEDULE
Week 1 — meet, act like, and draw a real frog
Week 2 — paint a picture of the pond at Clary Gardens
Week 3 & 4 — create a pond environment at the Pomerene (inside) and create the sound of a frog jumping into a pond
Week 5 — practice being a jumping frog and begin making frog sugar lift print for T-shirt (costume)
Week 6— finish making frog T-shirts
Week 7— put it all together in an improvisational story and perform for friends and family
POM THEATRICALs — frog in the pond
Saturdays October 7 – November 19 (7 wks)
for children in grades K-3, 9:00-10:00am. Limit 7 children. $5/wk
for children in grades 4-8, 10:30-11:30am. Limit 7 children. $5/wk
ITTY BITTY POM THEATRICALs — frog in the pond
3 ways to register
- Call 740.622.0326
- email pomerenearts@gmail.com
- or fill in the following form
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