Join us for YALA Artsplay!™ Tiny Explorers Series: Workshop 5: “Mirror, Mirror” (Social Emotional Skills) on Sunday, December 11th at 10:30 AM CST in the Drumsville Exhibition, (circular room), on the 2nd floor of the New Orleans Jazz Museum.
The YALA Artsplay!™ Tiny Explorers Series Workshops are for early learners up to age five.
The workshops will be taught by artist Joel Wilson.
The 30-minute workshops allow children to explore, observe and investigate their world and the museum through song, dance, and movement experiences. Now in its seventh year, YALA Artsplay!™ Presented by The Helis Foundation is engaging families with infants and toddlers through multi-sensory interactive sessions at local cultural, arts, and history institutions. Caregivers learn how they can use arts strategies to promote childhood development in their everyday life. Our community partners include the New Orleans Museum of Art, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans African American Museum, Newcomb Art Museum, and the New Orleans Jazz Museum.
This free 6-part workshop series is made possible by The Helis Foundation. The workshops provide engaging arts-based activities designed to instruct caregivers on how to use the arts to promote early learning. Lessons are conducted by certified Louisiana Wolf Trap Teaching Artists, who have expertly crafted multi-sensory experiences that foster children’s natural curiosity for learning. After each workshop, children and their caregivers can download digital Caregiver Connection Cards for tips on how workshop activities can be continued at home. Watch all the videos in the series again by following us on YouTube (@youngaudiencesla).
Workshop 5: “Mirror, Mirror” (Social Emotional Skills)
Children take their cues from the grown-ups around them. At this age, they become aware of feelings and ideas through mimicry. Learn how you can positively impact the emotional understanding of your child’s feelings using imitation games to model and express all the ways she might feel.
Caregiver Connection Card:
“Mirror, Mirror” (Language Skill)
Perhaps you have noticed that you have an extra shadow now… Children take their cues from the grown-ups around them by modeling their behaviors, words, or actions. Copying you is an act of bonding and when your child imitates your behavior, they have an immediate empathetic response. Imitation is also a cornerstone of language development, so not only is your child learning about the world through observation but he or she is using mimicry to begin learning new skills.
MAIN PROP: Mirror
TIPS: Imitation will often occur as you’re doing tasks around the house. Your little friend will want to get in on the action. See if there is a way you can carve out some of the tasks for them to tackle.
SONG: “Mirror, Mirror" (Mirror, mirror on the wall/who's the *(feeling) of them all?)
Alt. Prop: N/A
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*We will have YALA Artsplay!™ Tiny Explorers Series at the New Orleans Jazz Museum sessions every Sunday in November and December except for November 27th and December 25th.
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November 6 - Workshop 1 - "1-2-3, Count WIth Me" (Math Foundations)
November 13 - Workshop 2 - "Pass It Along" (Social Skills)
November 20 - Workshop 3 - “Opposites Attract” (Word Relations)
December 4 - Workshop 4 - “Fun at the Zoo” (Motor Skills)
December 11 - Workshop 5 - “Mirror, Mirror” (Social Emotional Skills)
December 18 - Workshop 6 - “Wild at Art!” (Imaginative play)
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Young Audiences of Louisiana (YALA) was founded in 1962 to bring chamber musicians into local classrooms. Over the years YALA has adapted and evolved to meet the ever-changing needs of youth throughout the state, becoming the leading provider of arts education and integration programs in the state of Louisiana. We offer a comprehensive and creative approach to educating children. Fortified with 60 years of experience, we draw upon our region’s strong culture to provide young people with tools to impact their worlds using art. Through our school performances, arts-integrated residencies, extended learning programs, community workshops, and professional learning for teachers and teaching artists, we not only impact the children of New Orleans, but make intentional contact with the influential adults in their lives.
