1. Imagine

2. Innovate

3. Inspire

4. Wolf Trap

6. Arvind Manocha
President and CEO
Wolf Trap Foundation for the
Performing Arts

7. STEM
and the
ARTS
in early
childhood

8. why
the
in early
childhood?
arts

9. why
in early
childhood?
STE
M

10. STE
Msupports the
ART
S
STE
M
support
ART
S
the

11. Kofi Dennis
Wolf Trap
Master Teaching Artist,
Music/Drama

12. Akua Femi Kouyate
Senior Director, Education
Wolf Trap Foundation for the
Performing Arts

13. music skill:
tempo/
steady beat
math skill:
measurement

14. The Institute Model
Teaching Artist Residencies:
embedded
professional
development
for
educators

15. “Wolf Trap Artists
continue
to
grow
and are the largest
influence
in my
teaching.”
--Kay Blackburn, Educator

16. Early Childhood STEM
Learning
Through the
Arts
Arts in Education Model Development
and Dissemination Grant Program
US Department of Education
Funded by:

17. Amanda Layton
Whiteman
Wolf Trap
Master Teaching Artist,
Dance

18. dance skill:
body
shape
math skills:
Comparison of Groups
Part Part Whole

19. used with
permission of
Scholastic, Inc.

20. used with
permission of
Scholastic, Inc.

21. used with permission of
Scholastic, Inc.

22. used with
permission of
Scholastic, Inc.

23. Wolf Trap Institute’s National Presence in 2011-2013

24. Meredith Ludwig, Ed.D.
Principal Researcher, Education
American Institutes for Research

25. design
research questions
random assignment
two cohorts
in sample
STUDY

26. early math
diagnostic
assessment
data sources:
observations
surveys
interviews
review of
lesson plans

27. reports:
•literature review
•implementation report
•impact report (available fall 2014)
reports are available
online at
wolftrap.org/STEM

28. dance skill:
creating dance
phrases
math skill:
patterns

29. Axial Axial Locomotor Axial Axial Locomotor
dance sentence

30. dance sequence

31. A B A B
dance sequence

32. dance skill:
creating dance
phrases
math skill:
data
analysis

35. next steps…
scientific
method
+ children’s
discovery
process
= early STEM arts
in science and engineering

36. NAEYC featured workshops
Where's the Math? Discovering Math Hidden in Books
by Katherine Lyons
Thursday, November 21, 8:00-9:30 a.m.
Dancing Like a Scientist
by Amanda Layton Whiteman
Saturday, November 23, 8:00-9:30 a.m.

37. For More Information:
Visit us on the web at:
www.wolftrap.org/Education
Or call the Education department:
800-404-8461 or 703-255-1933