Spotlights
Learning folktales
12/08/09

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Imagine Discovery students Maliyah Johnson, Alonna Johnson, and Erica Williams

 At Imagine Discovery Public Charter School in Woodlawn, the holidays are coming into focus with the study of folktales from around the world, representing various cultures.

Art teacher Jennifer Mesaros and music teacher Jennifer Brumbalow received a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council that allowed them to bring in an artist-in-residence to assist in guiding these studies. As a result, the teachers and their fifth-grade students learned from Carolyn Koerber, a master puppeteer associated with Young Audiences/Arts for Learning – Maryland.

During Koerber’s three-week residency at Imagine Discovery, students created puppetry scenes based on folktales and explored various winter holidays including Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, La Posada, and Christmas.

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Imagine Discovery student Monyae Kerney and a puppet she made.
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Sabrina Johnson-Craigg, Jewel Collins, and Monyae Kerney, all Imagine Discovery students, work on puppets related to folktales they have learned.

The puppet shows the classes developed will be performed during the winter music program for parents, teachers, and fellow students, to be held on December 11 and December 14.

Story by Catherine Paradiso, school nurse and Good News Ambassador, Imagine Discovery Public Charter School. Photos courtesy of Imagine Discovery Public Charter School.