Why Use 21st Century Skills in After School Programs?

Literacy integrated with the arts and technology:

• Promotes growth in listening skills and the use of oral language.
• Promotes verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
• Integrates communication arts with music, dance, creative movement, and technology.
• Teaches audience manners and respectful listening.

Make a Movie

Students explore the creative process of film-making. They learn how to tell a story visually using different shots and angles. Students collaborate to create a movie based on a folktale using a storyboard, script, costumes, puppets, and a green screen.  Following the filming, Janice adds realistic background scenery, special effects, music, title, and credits.  Each site receives two copies of the movie on a DVD.

Watch this 3 minute lesson to learn more about the process of film-making.

Make A Movie With Janice Davin

Dynamic Story Theater

Janice Davin creates fantastic yet believable worlds and invites her listeners to join her there. Students engage in dramatic play that includes creative movement, drama, improvisation, and dialog. The program concludes with a student performance of the story using props, puppets, and sound effects.

Poetry On the Move

Janice leads students in structured. age-appropriate activities designed to inspire a love of poetry as spoken art. Students engage in word play and dramatization. They interpret poetry by presenting a performance that demonstrates their response to the poem’s message.

Musical Stories and Folk Songs

Students learn folksongs and folk dances. They participate in musical storytelling that includes instruments, body percussion, and sound effects. All programs integrate speech, movement, rhythm, and melody.

Janice also presents programs for teachers, site coordinators, and associates. See Workshops For Teachers.