This program is recommended for children ages 3-7.
Katy knows exactly what she wants for her fourth birthday: chocolate cake, flowers, peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches, and the coolest new rocket toy. But when Katy and her parents go shopping, everything they need is out of stock! Can her big day still be perfect? Sing your way through the grocery store with them as they assemble all the makings for Katy’s celebration.
About the Kinder Adventure Series & Tools of Discovery:
Productions in this series have been developed from Discovery Theater’s Tools of Discovery program. Acclaimed by educators, Tools of Discovery brings Smithsonian-trained teaching artists into DCPS classrooms to provide preschool and kindergarten teachers with skills in theatrically based play techniques that help children develop critical pre-literacy skills. The series sponsored by the Nora Roberts Foundation.
In 2013, Discovery Theater developed an innovative arts/education program for DCPS early education teachers and their students who were implementing the “Tools of the Mind” curriculum. Derived from the theories of Lev Vygotski, the curriculum uses guided play to promote early childhood literacy and the development of executive function, self-regulation, and creative thinking in pre-K and Kindergarten classrooms. Using philosophies, techniques, and content drawn from Smithsonian-developed Museum Theatre practices and models, Vygotskian theory of play within a social context, and the Core Common State Standards; Tools of Discovery directors Roberta Gasbarre and Oran Sandel developed techniques that Smithsonian trained actor/educators employ to help teachers and parents enrich creative, guided play in class or at home.
Please Note:
-EVERYONE must have a ticket to enter; including children under the age of 2 (select ‘Child Under 2’ from above price types).
-Seating is at the discretion of House Management based on theater size and the number of people attending the show. You may be asked to sit in a designated section/area of the theater or auditorium.
-If you do not arrive by your show time, your seats may be released to people on the wait list.
-For groups of 10 children or more (ages 2-16) please call Discovery Theater at 202-633-8700 for a group discount.
