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Grade 2 - How we express ourselves

Imagination

Central Idea
We can use our imagination to express ourselves in many ways.

An inquiry into:
- Expressing our imagination though different media e.g. mime, music, drama, dance, masks, literature, and puppets.
- Techniques/media to enhance expression.

Online Catalogue

 

  • BKC E I wish that I had duck feet. A boy imagines what it would be like if he had such things as duck feet, a whale spout, and an elephant's trunk.
  • DVD 372.35 Adventures in science & art where's Wilbur?. Encourages viewers to seek out creative ways of interpreting the world around them and invokes a vision of science as a continuous journey of discovery, imagination, and creativity.
  • DVD 791.3 Alegria. Inspired by the internationally-based performance ensemble Cirque du Soleil, which blends traditional circus arts with theatre, dance, and music, this film tells the love story of the street mime, Frac and the beautiful singer and circus performer, Giulietta.
  • DVD 792.8 Imagination: Dance video. Lima, Peru: FDR, 2006 Excerpts from different world dances prepared for PYP Imagination unit.
  • DVD 812 Click, clack, moo cows that type-- and more fun on the farm.  Click, clack, moo narrated by Randy Travis. Presents adaptations of three award-winning children's stories, including the title work in which Farmer Brown's cows begin making demands after finding a typewriter in the barn, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want.
  • DVD 812 Kipper imagine that!. Kipper's circus -- Pirates -- Magic act -- Magic lamp -- Costume party -- Arnold's balloon trip -- The fair. Voices: Martin Clunes, Chris Lang. Kipper, the little puppy with a big imagination, and his good friend Tiger enjoy seven playful adventures full of surprises.
  • DVD 812 Pete's a pizza. When Pete feels miserable because rain makes it impossible to play ball outdoors, his father finds a fun indoor game to play with his son.
  • DVD 812 Where the wild things are --and other Maurice Sendak stories. Animated children's stories by Maurice Sendak.
  • DVD 812 Clifford's puppy days. Helping paws: Clifford's field trip ; Helping paws ; Nina's perfect party ; Just the right size -- Puppy playtime: Sock it to me ; My toy ; Friends of all ages ; Clifford's super sleepover. Voices: Lara Jill Miller, Henry Winkler...[et al.] Eight animated stories in which Clifford the little red puppy deals with issues of friendship, sharing, and helpfulness.
  • DVD 812 The wubbulous world of Dr. Seuss : Fun with the cat. Three adventures of The cat in the hat and friends. Cat's play: Everyone pretens to be pirates, and they imagine great adventures. The King's beard: King Lindy of Lime has a beard so long that no one knows just how long it is. A bird's guide to health: Little Cat Z is sick, and Terrence is afraid he'll catch his cold.
  • VID 731 Bev Schuster performing Mask Theater. Recording of Beverly Schuster at FDR school in March 22, 1998. She performs her several mask characters and talks about the importance of masks. Some students also perform with the masks.
  • VID 782.1 Cats. The hit Broadway musical about the interactions in a group of cats.
  • VID 812 Abuela. While riding on a bus with her grandmother, a little girl imagines that they are carried up into the sky and fly over New York City.
  • VID 812 Emperor's new clothes. Hans Andersen's tale of the foolish emperor whose new clothes were a figment of his prideful imagination.
  • VID 812 Harold and the purple crayon let your imagination soar. Adventures of Harold, whose crayon is the key to unlock the power of a young child's imagination.
  • VID 812 The magic finger. When the Magic Finger is put upon the Gregg family for shooting some ducks, only the inventive imagination of Roald Dahl could have devised the events which take place.
  • VID 812 Patrick's dinosaurs What happened to Patrick's dinosaurs. Patrick's trip to the zoo, combined with brother Hank's lessons about dinosaurs, help him think of dinosaurs and what may have "really" happened.
  • VID 812 There's a nightmare in my closet ; There's an alligator under my bed ; There's something in my attic. Imaginative children confront the monsters in their lives and make them know who is really in charge.