Cedar Rapids Tuesday Noon Optimist Club
Suzi Sargeant McDonald Endowed Fund at the Cedar Rapids Community Schools Foundation
Toyota Financial Services Making Life Easier Fund
Zeti Phi Eta Designed Fund at the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation
African American Museum of Iowa
Cedar Rapids Community Schools
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Hiawatha Public Library
National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
Theatre Cedar Rapids
This week Playtime Poppy’s teaching artists visited several area 5th grade classes for the “One Great Line” program. Students became “designers” and learned how to use the design process to create 5 short plays—one line long—in just one hour. Each “play” is produced in 5 minutes with students participating in 5 different stations: Sound, Lights, Costumes, Direction, and Set Design. Students rotate to a different station for each one-line play, so during the hour they experience all of the highly interactive areas. At the end of each 5-minute session the Playtime Poppy actor/teaching artist presents the one-line play and then debriefs why each group made their choices. Together, they used their creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, and they came up with some great ideas! One Great Line is part of Playtime Poppy’s Arts-integrated Education program. Contact Playtime Poppy to learn more about One Great Line and other arts-integrated programs available for area students.
