Early Childhood Programs
Outside Your Door: Exploring Nature Through Puppetry, Drama, and Music
Step outside and spark curiosity! In this lively, hands-on workshop, educators will discover how the performing arts—especially puppetry—can bring science concepts to life. Explore earth, life, and physical sciences through imaginative play, storytelling, and song. Learn how to support children’s…
Gift of Story
TAHIRA invites students into The Gift of Story (GOS)—an engaging, interactive assembly designed to nurture social-emotional learning and positive character development. Through stories rooted in the oral traditions of the African Diaspora, students explore themes such as empathy, respect, responsibility,…
I Say Chesapeake, You Say Bay!
Mr. Kevin invites his friends to sing and sail around Chesapeake while meeting curious animals along the way. Mr. Kevin will make an “otter” fool of himself as he creates characters based on the animals of the Chesapeake. We’ll have…
Time Travel Rocktacular
Take a rockin’ trip back in time with Mr. Kevin! We will shake, rattle, and roll back into the olden days of dinosaurs and bell bottoms! We will also discover the physical adaptations of animals from long ago and explore…
Caps for Sale: Counting on You!
Join Mr. Kevin as we get our bodies, voices, and minds ready for theatrical fun! In this assembly, Kevin uses drama, music, and dance to tell the story of Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina. The Peddler needs help organizing…
An Amazing, Incredible, Impossible Seeming Adventure
Ready for an amazing, incredible, impossible-seeming adventure? Join Mr. Kevin as he uses shadow and light to tell the story of Caterpillar Dreams by Clive MacFarland. Henri is just a caterpillar, but he dreams of having an amazing, incredible, impossible-seeming…
The Space Between: Spatial Awareness & Nonstandard Measurement
In this residency, students will dive into mobile, hands-on, and full-bodied learning experiences that blend math curriculum with creative movement strategies, helping students learn to regulate their body movements in the classroom and cultivate awareness of personal space. We will…
Sailing the Chesapeake: Animals in our Backyard!
Mr. Kevin sets sail with a crew of young learners around the Chesapeake Bay. We explore the shores in search of the native species in our local ecosystem. We also celebrate the animals we can find in our city! Through…
Past and Present- Things Change Over Time!
Things change over time! In this residency, we explore how the ways we used to do things, like travel and listen to music, have changed during the course of history. We used to get around on horses and now we…
Reading In the Dark! Shadow Puppets and Jabari Jumps
Students meet an adventurous young boy named Jabari, who is totally not afraid to jump off the high dive at the pool. Well, maybe he’s a little afraid. Students use homemade shadow puppets to explore positional words, letter recognition, subtraction,…
Experience the Art of Taiko drumming
Experience the energy and excitement of Japanese taiko drumming in this interactive workshop designed for children and their families. Participants will explore simple taiko rhythms, discover how rhythm can be used to communicate and express emotion, and experience the coordination…
Crankie Contraptions: Telling Stories with Screen Machines
A 45-minute family workshop for K to 8 learners where caregivers and learners each build their own folding cardboard story machine with a hand-cranked paper scroll (parallel play, one Crankie per participant). After folding the frame and installing the scroll,…