Early Education
The Rose’s Early Education Programming introduces and connects young people ages 2 – 4 and their families to diverse communities within Omaha by using musical theater, dramatic play, storytelling and creation.
Our Early Education programming helps develop students’ creative minds and encourages imagination through everything from story-based dramas to movin’ and groovin’ to the beat. Together, we bring stories to life in early childhood learning environments and engage students in expressive language skill-building and dramatic play.
For more information, please email Stephanie Jacobson at stephj@rosetheater.org.
Lil Rosies
Lil Rosies uses developmental milestones to guide students through musical theater warm-ups and character exploration activities that grow imaginative and empathetic young storytellers.
COST: $100/Teacher (per in-class hour)
TIME: 30 minutes per classroom
Programs
Curriculum Based
Possible Topics: Imagination, Cars, Bees, Hygiene, Life Cycle of Bugs, Life Cycle of Plants, Farms, 5 Senses, Feelings, Shapes, Colors, Recycling and more!
Holidays
Topics: Halloween, Easter, Christmas, Thanksgiving, St. Patrick’s Day and Valentine’s Day
Seasons
Topics: 4 Seasons, Winter/Ice, Penguins, Polar Bears, Leaves, Hibernation, Camping and Summer Pool Time
Classic Characters
Topics: Bluey, Peppa Pig, Wild Kratz, Cinderella, Dinosaurs, Paw Patrol and Giraffes Can’t Dance
Creative Drama
Creative Drama workshops use our actor’s tools (Body, Voice and Imagination) to explore stories with theatrical activities to expand students’ imaginary world.
COST: $100/Teacher (per in-class hour)
TIME: 30 minutes per classroom
Programs
Little Sprouts
Together we will explore the beauty of the summer earth beneath our feet with “The Child’s Garden of Verses” by Robert Louis Stevenson, Eric Carle’s “Seed,” Arnold Lobe’s “Frog and Toad” and other stories. Combining art, theater, science and movement as we work together listening and sharing ideas.
Little Cub’s First Day at School
Preschool students will watch the original Rose shadow puppet video and then have a Rose teacher visit their classroom with Little Cub puppet in a workshop designed to develop students’ self-awareness and self management skills to achieve school success and responsible decision making in the classroom.
Bookshelf Favorites
Students will use creative drama to focus on group storytelling, building an ensemble, and expanding themes in our favorite books. Please choose from: Cinderella Around The World, The Three Little Pigs, The Lorax, Horton Hatches an Egg, Harold and The Purple Crayon, Frog and Toad, Rainbow Fish, The Little Engine That Could or The Snowy Day.
Building Unit: How a House is Built
This workshop will focus on exploring the machines used, the six steps to building a house as well as identifying the parts of a house (Walls, Roof, Windows, Doors and Chimney). The students will work together to act out designing and building a house using imagination, movement and song.
Imagination: This is NOT a Box!
In this workshop Rose Teaching artists will lead students through ensemble drama play to actively explore the imaginative possibilities of a seemingly simple cardboard box!
Shows
Bring one of our engaging touring shows right to your school! We offer touring shows to complement classroom curriculum and incorporate theater-in-education principles as well as digital shows with on-demand streaming. For more information on available touring shows, visit our Touring Shows page.
Early Education Touring Shows
Stop and Go (Touring)
This one-actor play/puppet show includes songs, movement, sign language and dances for the young audience members to participate in along with the trained actor/teaching artist. We also offer a pre/post workshop to accompany this performance on a separate day. Please note that this is a touring production meant to be hosted at your location. This play was written by Stephanie Jacobson.
THEMES: Listening, Reading, Following Directions, Leadership
STATE STANDARDS FOR: Demonstrates knowledge of phonological awareness, shows enjoyment of rhymes and alliteration, notices that several words or names begin with the same sound, distinguishes individual words in a sentence, understands that print carries meaning
Time: 30 minutes (appx.)
Cost: $150 per performance. $50 for each additional performance (max. 3 per day)
Audience: 20-150 students
Two Wolves: Kindness Begins With Us (Digital)
With integrated pre- and post-show activities during each taped interaction, students will be able to actively explore the settings, characters and themes of the show through creative drama and multimodal forms of learning and artistic expression. Each episode is approximately 25 minutes. Please note that this show is only offered in Digital format.
THEMES: Friendship, naming feelings, expressing feelings, acts of kindness and wolves
STATE STANDARDS FOR: Retelling information from narrative text; Making connections between characters or events in narrative and informational text, to own life or other cultures; describing how people’s actions affect others
Time: 3 recorded Performance Episodes of the new (TVY) play (Asynchronous digital workshop)
Cost: $150 per show
