Hello Everyone! So we know this is a little delayed, but on April 16, we took part in the Asbury Park School District, Month of the Young Child Parade, and it was a blast! Although the weather wasn’t the greatest, kids, parents, and community members were out in full force. In attendance were the Asbury Park Fire Department, Asbury Park High School Band, Curiosity Cat, Acelero Learning Head Start, A Little Class Preschool, Alphabets Preschool, Barack H. Obama Kindergarten, Bradley Preschool and Kindergarten, Care on the Square, Little Tots Preschool, Thurgood Marshall Kindergarten, Mercy Center, Childcare Resources, Foster Care Program, Hispanic Affairs, Prevention First, Mounted Police, Asbury Park Police Department and our very own Education Coordinator, Julie, and Intern, Michelle, representing Algonquin Arts. The girls braved the weather in cool costumes; Julie dressed as a playful puppy, and Michelle doing her best as the Rainbow Fish. The kids were all super excited to see familiar characters in their midst, though we had to keep Julie away from Curiosity Cat (old rivalries die hard).
Overall, the day was a great opportunity to get out into the community and talk to some of the people involved in the organizations that Algonquin Arts teams up with for our Page and Stage Program. If you don’t know, our Page and Stage program goes into schools like those present at the parade and creates activities to go along with the reading of a book such as The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister. The kids then get to come to Algonquin Arts to see the play performed on our stage. It is awesome to see how excited they get by theatre when they have that deeper connection to the book! Overall, the day was tons of fun although we did freeze our tails off literally! Hopefully we will have some more great events like this one in the future that we can share with all of you. Have a great day!
