| Program Type | Performance |
| Art Form | Literary Arts & Storytelling |
| Curriculum Connections | STEM | Language Arts / Literacy |
| Target Grades | Pre-K | K | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Family |
View Artist & Programs
Testimonial
"Monica’s Spider and Pumpkin tales captivated our K-3 students. Monica used age appropriate and unique stories, bringing them to life with emotion, imagery, rich vocabulary, and movement."
Sallie Schwartz
Lyme Consolidated PTO
Sallie Schwartz
Lyme Consolidated PTO
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
Objectives
A multicultural celebration of autumn and spring (and a great follow-up to science units on seasons, farms, plants/pumpkins and spiders), these stories introduce young children to important scientific concepts while helping them to work through important character questions of trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship.
Pricing Information
$440 single performance
$810 back to back performances
$810 back to back performances
Video
Program Length
45 -60 minutes
Participants
Any number 5-200
Technical Specifications
• Set Up: 30 minutes
• Break: 15 minutes
• Strike: 30 minutes
• Electricity/Wi-Fi: Electricity if your microphone needs to be plugged in.
• Audiovisual/Tech: A microphone if the audience is larger than 50
• Tables/Chairs: A card or full sized table and chair
• Dressing Room: I usually arrive and leave in costume. However, if possible, access to a lavatory or locked room with a mirror is appreciated.
• Outside Possible: No
• Break: 15 minutes
• Strike: 30 minutes
• Electricity/Wi-Fi: Electricity if your microphone needs to be plugged in.
• Audiovisual/Tech: A microphone if the audience is larger than 50
• Tables/Chairs: A card or full sized table and chair
• Dressing Room: I usually arrive and leave in costume. However, if possible, access to a lavatory or locked room with a mirror is appreciated.
• Outside Possible: No