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No First Grade Operas – for now
Thanks for nothing, COVID19 On Friday I received the following email from one of the first grade teachers at the Brooklyn Children’s School: Dear Danny, The first grade operas have to be postponed. The DOE and our … Continue reading
Posted in Notes in the News, The Teaching Artist
Tagged Bill de Blasio, Brooklyn Children's School, Chameleon, closure, COVID19, dragon, Earth, first grade, Moon, New York City, Opera, original, school, tiger
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The Knight Marries the Prince
A Kindergarten Original Blesses a Quaker Wedding Friday morning I heard a wedding song I realized I would have to sing that night at an actual wedding. Class K-1 at the Brooklyn Children’s School was the third kindergarten … Continue reading
K-2 Presents: THE WIZARD’S REVENGE (featuring the Garbage-Throwing Machine)
The Kindergarten K-2 class of the Brooklyn’s Children’s School just presented their original fairy tale opera, for which the children created the story, the lyrics and the melodies: Once upon a time there was a king, a princess and a … Continue reading
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Tagged fairy tale, garbage, garbage-throwing, Kindergarten, machine, Opera, original, Princess, revenge, stealing, teaching artist, wizard
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FIRST GRADE OPERAS: It’s MAGIC time, times three!
It’s a whole new season of First Grade Operas at the Brooklyn Children’s School. The three first grade classes have all begun the process of creating their own original opera, or musical, with performances set for the end of March. … Continue reading
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Tagged brooklyn, children, Children's School, democracy, first grade, magic, mind control, money, musical, Opera, original, teaching, teaching artist, teleport, theme, thesis sentence, vote
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