Posts Tagged ‘Early Childhood’

Highlights from 2009-2010

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 by admin

Imagination Stage wrapped up an eventful and celebratory 30th anniversary year on August 31, 2010. Here are highlights from the year that was.

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The Role of Play in Raising Creative Thinkers

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010 by admin

In seeking new and interesting points of view for our Early Childhood Program, I attended a symposium called THE IMPORTANCE OF PLAY.

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Theatre that is truly created for very young children

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 by admin

For many years, I have been disturbed by the pressure on Imagination Stage to open our productions to children under age four. While I recognize that parents and teachers are nobly seeking arts experiences for pre-school children…

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To Your Child’s Health!

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 by admin

The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia has an innovative new program to foster “children’s physical, emotional and intellectual health.” Called “Culture Shot,”

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Comment on Dana Foundation research

Thursday, September 17th, 2009 by admin

The Dana Foundation has researched and documented what we at Imagination Stae had known for 30 years: “that focused training in any of the arts–such as music, dance or theater–strengthens the brain’s attention system, which in turn can improve cognition more generally.”

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