Teaching Artist Legacy Statement
Storyteller, Monica Peterson has entertained at the JFK Presidential Library, Children's Museum of the Arts in Manhattan, New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut DEEP Great Park Pursuit, Connecticut Storytelling Festival and at festivals, museums, libraries, schools, and senior centers throughout the area. She also performs as half of the duo, The Amazing Math Wizards. As an actress, Monica can be seen currently in "An Immigrant's Story" with the theatrical troupe Themselves.
| Component Type | School-wide Performance |
| Grades | Pre-K, K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| First Language | English |
| Other Languages | None |
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Description
Storyteller and educator Monica Peterson weaves tales of autumn and spring from around the world. Audience members will join her in:
- a quest to help a group of animal friends bring a change of seasons to the world (after which students will build their own star clocks)
- outwitting a gigantic and ornery pumpkin (while making connections to the pumpkin life cycle and formation of the solar system)
- laughing at the antics of Anansi the Spider (in a myth about the origin of spiders' tiny waists)
- saving farm animals from a tricky fox
- a quest to help a group of animal friends bring a change of seasons to the world (after which students will build their own star clocks)
- outwitting a gigantic and ornery pumpkin (while making connections to the pumpkin life cycle and formation of the solar system)
- laughing at the antics of Anansi the Spider (in a myth about the origin of spiders' tiny waists)
- saving farm animals from a tricky fox
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 | MISSION The mission of Higher Order Thinking Schools is to close the opportunity gap in Connecticut by providing a well-rounded education for all students in, about, and through the arts. | OUTCOMES Enriching School Culture | CONTACTS Christopher Eaves |