children’s theatre

Imagine my surprise when I stepped through the doors to Greenway School, and there stood a funky, colorful, flashing sign saying “Welcome, Karin Adams!”.  This school certainly knows how to welcome its guests – thank you to teacher organizers and hosts, and all you fantastic students for instantly making me feel at home! (Student volunteers who led me from class to class also made sure I didn’t get lost in this beautiful two-storey building – thank you! 😉 ). This was my second visit to the very awesome Greenway School, and it was just a superb as the first.

One thing that I noticed right away in the classrooms I visited was this amazing, positive energy – a real passion for learning and trying new things! From grade one to grade six, I was met by class after class of attentive listeners who were also bursting with ideas and questions to share when we chatted.  It was also super cool to see posters in many of the classrooms with tips about observing, writing, and editing one’s creative writing work. I know that you had questions for me, but I learned a lot from you, too!

I also noticed a passion for creative expression. I loved how many students “mimed”  Chloe’s facial expressions and body language as I read from “No TV? No Fair!”. Not only does this tell me you were “into” the story, I could tell that there is a huge love for drama and acting at this school – which is very, very cool (I adored acting and putting on shows with my friends at school – I actually still take theatre classes, and  as you know, “Lights! Curtains! Cows!” is all about a super fun show). Also, there was gorgeous artwork all over the halls and classroom walls (keep reading “No TV? No Fair!’ and you’ll see that Chloe would LOVE Greenway!)

Thanks once again for having me at Greenway – till we meet again!

Karin 🙂