Amphitheater
Sponsored by Christina and William Lyon
Orange County Performing Arts Center watch out! This amphitheater, nestled in a park setting hosts storytellers, musical entertainers, and music and drama experiences geared towards young children. The Amphitheater of Pretend City includes a stage, a child-friendly sound and lighting panel, and audience seating. This is a place where children and families can act, create and perform their own songs, dances and stories. With the backdrop, music, prop boxes, and a variety of costumes, children can dance to their own beat, be the stars of their own plays, and give life to their wildest imaginings!
The following are some of the activities that will support brain developing connections and California State Educational Content Standards that are addressed in the Amphitheater.
| When I learn and sing songs, my brain makes learning connection to: | Activity Meets Content Standard #: |
| Principles of music and rhythm | Performing Arts/Music: 3-13 |
| Use new vocabulary words | Language Arts/Reading: K1.10, K2.2 1-1.6, 1-1.10, 1- 2.1 3-1.4 |
| Improve and practice memory skills and sequencin | Performing Arts/Music: K2.2 1-2.2 2-2.2 3-2.2 |
| Be conscious of everyone”s personal space | Physical Education: 1-1.1, 1-5.6, 2-5.1, 2-5.2 |
| Various concepts emphasized in songs | Performing Arts/Music: PK5.0, PK5.1, PK5.2 K4.2, K5.0, K5.2 1-5.1 2-5.1 3-5.1 |
| Understand and practice "Auditory Discrimination," or recognize differences in sounds | Performing Arts/Music: PK1.2, 1-1.3 2-1.4 3-1.6 |
| Awareness of and Identification with my culture and the cultures of others | Performing Arts/Music: PK3.1 K3.2, K3.3 1-3.1,1-3.2, 1-3.3 2-3.2, 2-3.3 3-3.1, 3-3.2, 3-3.4 |
| Discover connection between music and emotion | Performing Arts/Music: 1-4.0, 1-4.2 2-4.0, 2-4.3 3-4.0, 3-4.3 |
| Practice discriminating phonemes from other sounds | Language Arts: K1.7, K1.8, K1.10, K1.11 K1.12 1-1.8, 1-1.7,1-1.4, 1-1.10 3-1.4 |
| Selectively attend to discrete sounds in the auditory foreground and distinguish them from background noise |
Performing Arts/Music: 1-1.2 2-1.3, 2-1.4 3-1.3, 3-1.6 |
| Discriminate between similar sounds | Language Arts: K1.7, K1.8, K1.10, K1.11 K1.12 1-1.8, 1-1.7,1-1.4, 1-1.10 3-1.4 |
| Comprehend structured verbal information | Language Arts/Reading: K1.1, 1-1.3, 1-1.1 2-1.4 |
| Develop fine motor skills | Physical Education: K1.17 1-1.22 2-1.17, 2-1.18 |
| When I play rhythm instruments, my brain makes learning connections to: | Activity Meets Content Standard #: |
| Become aware of the changes in the musical rhythms | Performing Arts/Music: K2.3 |
| Hear and differentiate the concepts of fast, slow, loud, and soft | Performing Arts/Music: K1.2 |
| Express myself in different ways with different instruments | Performing Arts/Music: K2.4,K4.2 1-2.3, 1-2.4, 2-2.3, 2-2.4 3-2.3 |
| Improve listening skills | Performing Arts/Music: K1.2 1-1.2, 1-4.1 |
| Recognize differences in sounds | Performing Arts/Music: PK1.2 3-1.6 |
| Interpret and understand musical signals and cues | Performing Arts/Music: PK1.1 K1.1 1-1.1 |
| Experiment with how different instruments produce sound | Performing Arts/Music: 1-1.3 2-1.5, 2-2.3 |
| Develop fine motor skills | Physical Education: K1.17 1-1.22 2-1.17, 2-1.18 |
| When I dance, my brain makes learning connections to: | Activity Meets Content Standard #: |
| Improve balance and coordination | Performing Arts/Dance: PK2.3 K2.3 2-2.4, 2-4.1 |
| Become aware of the moods and rhythms of the music | Performing Arts/Dance: PK2.0 K2.1 1-2.6 3-2.5 |
| Express myself physically | Performing Arts/Dance: 2-2.7 3-2.7 |
| Become aware of others space requirements and my own | Physical Education: K1.3, K1.0 1-1.3, 1-1.4 2-1.1 3-2.1 |
| Practice the concepts of speed, direction, and location | Physical Education: K4.7 2-4.9, 2-4.10 3-4.10 |
| Strengthen my core (torso) balance, coordination, and gross motor skills (legs and arms) | Physical Education: K3.1, K5.1, K5,2, K5.4, K5.5 1-5.1, 1-5.2 2-5.2, 2-5.7 |
| Enjoy moving to music | Mathematics: K1.1, K1.2, K1.3, K1.2 1-1.0, 1.1, 1-1.1, 1-2.0, 1-2.1 2-2.5 3-2.23, 3-1.2 |
| Use sequencing | Visual Arts: K1.1, K2.1 1-1.1,1-2.3 |
| Use body energy in a constructive way | Physical Education: K3.6, K4.3 1-3.7 2-3.6, 2-4.1, 2-4.2 3-4.5, 3.7 |
| Recognize body position in space coordinated with by vestibular system (Proprioception) | Physical Education: 1-1.1 2-1.1 |
| Develop a sense of synchronized physical performance ( Motor Planning) | Physical Education: 1-1.3, 1-1.4 2-1.17, 2-1.18, |
| When I play with puppets, my brain makes learning connections to: | Activity Meets Content Standard #: |
| Express my ideas and words | Performing Arts: K2.2 1-2.2 2-2.3 |
| Take on the role of someone else | Performing Arts: K3.2, K2.3 1-5.1 3-3.1 |
| Use voice tones as well as words | Performing Arts: K5.1 2-1.2, 2-2.2 |
| Use my imagination and creativity | Performing Arts: K4.2, K2.0 1-2.0, 2-2.4, 2-2.0 3-2.0 |
| Appreciate the effects of gravity (Objects fall to the ground unless something holds them up) | Science: 2-1e |
| Strengthen and control the small muscles in my hands | Physical Education: 2-4.9, 2-4.10 |
| Strengthen my core (torso) balance, coordination, and gross motor skills (legs and arms) | Physical Education: K4.7 2-4.9, 2-4.10 3-4.10 |
| Understand patterns and relationships among objects or living things | Science: K1a, K2b 2-2c |
| Understand patterns and how they are related (Organizational Skills) | Mathematics: K2.0, K2.1 1-1.0, 1-1.1 2-1.0, 2-1.1 3-3.2 |
| Improvise and use things in a symbolic way, a precursor to abstract thinking | Performing Art/Theatre: K2.3 1-2.1, 1-2.2 2-1.2, 2-2.3 |
| Learn how ideas have value | Visual and Performing Arts: PK4.3 K2.5, K4.0, K4.1, K4.3, K4.4 1-4.1, 1-4.2 2-4.3, 2-4.4 3-4.0, 3-4.2 |
| Learn about and experiment with different textures and dimensions | Visual and Performing Arts: PK2.7 K2.6 1-1.3, 1-2.1, 1-2.7 2-1.3 3-1.5 |
| Learn how to create patterns and designs, a math skill | Visual and Performing Arts: K1.1, K2.1 1-1.1,1-2.3 Mathematics: |
| Recognize and use the concepts of color, shape, texture, and size | Mathematics: K1.0, K1.1 1-2.1 2-2.1 3-2.5 Visual Arts: |
| When I pretend play, my brain makes learning connections to: | Activity Meets Content Standard #: |
| Practice flexible thinking and to make decisions | Performing Arts: |
| Express ideas and words | Performing Art/Theatre: PK2.0 K2.0, K5.1 1-2.0 2-2.0 3-2.0 |
| Experiment with different adult roles | Performing Art/Theatre: PK2.2 K1.2 2-2.3 |
| Sort and organize play things | Performing Art/Theatre: K2.3 2-2.4 |
| Improvise and use things in a symbolic way to represent something else, abstract thinking | Performing Art/Theatre: K2.3 1-2.1, 1-2.2 2-1.2, 2-2.3 |
| Exercise imagination and creativity | Performing Art/Theatre: PK5.1 K2.0 1-2.0 2-2.0 3-2.0 |
| Use voice tones as well as words | Performing Arts: K5.1 2-1.2, 2-2.2 |
| Develop theory of mind or knowing that others thoughts are different than my own (Emotional Intelligence) | Health: K1.5M 2-1.8M |
| Solve social problems through cooperation and negotiation with others (Teamwork) | Performing Art/Theatre: K5.2 1-5.2 2-5.2 3-5.1, 3-5.2 |
| Develop empathy and sympathy for how others feel and what they need (Emotional Intelligence) | Health: 2-1.7M 3-4.2G, 3-8.3M |
| Take turns and wait my turn (Emotional Intelligence) | Physical Education: K5.3 1-5.3, 1-5.4 2-5.7 3-5.6 |
| Appreciate other cultures and my own (Emotional Intelligence) | Social Sciences: K1.1 1-1.1,2 |
| Strengthen core (torso) balance, coordination, and gross motor skills (legs and arms) | Social Sciences: 1-1.5,1 Physical Education: K4.7 2-4.9, 2-4.10 3-4.10 |
| Recognize body position in space coordinated with by vestibular system (Proprioception) | Physical Education: 1-1.1 2-1.1 |
| Develop a sense of synchronized physical performance (Motor Planning) | Physical Education: 1-1.3, 1-1.4 2-1.17, 2-1.18 |
| Develop fine motor skills | Physical Education: K1.17 1-1.22 2-1.17, 2-1.18 |
