We're excited to share some of the incredible feedback we received from our teaching artists, teachers and students this school year! To learn more about our education programs, visit our website at www.nycchildrenstheater.org.

1. New York City Children’s Theater
2016-17 Education Program Feedback

2. “At the sharing, the audience
laughed at all the funny parts and
said I did a good job!”
- Literature at Play Student

3. “Thank you for the experience. The
students really enjoyed your
presence and the experience of
connecting literacy with drama!”
- Teacher from a NYCCT Partner
School

4. “I was continually inspired by their
willingness to jump in to the play and work
of creating art with me, someone they had
just met. Because we established rules of
“there’s not wrong answer,” “Yes, and —,”
and “go with your instinct,” the teamwork
and support shown for each other was
strong and so amazing to see.”
- NYCCT Teaching Artist

5. “The program was a great learning
experience for my students. They
became more confident and articulate by
participating in the program. It was a
pleasure watching the children grow
and learn in a unique and interesting
way.“
- Teacher from a NYCCT Partner School

6. "I learned that it can benefit your
feelings of shyness. At first I was
really shy about doing this show,
but then I got used to it and felt
better and comfortable onstage."
- Literature at Play Student

7. “These kids blew me away with
their creativity, enthusiasm, and
initiative. They took a funny book
and made it even more hilarious
through their improvisation, and
proved themselves rhyming
masters when we wrote a song.”
- NYCCT Teaching Artist

8. “We were about to do the story,
rather than just read it. If we sit at
our desks and read, it doesn’t allow
us to feel the story in the same
way.”
- Literature at Play Student

9. “The program was excellent! The
children were really involved,
engaged, animated. The students
fully participated throughout.”
- Teacher from a NYCCT Partner
School

10. “When they start to see the piece
come together, you see the students
start to take more ownership
because they want to make the
piece better.”
- NYCCT Teaching Artist

11. “All of my students loved the egg
shakers, scarves and the puppets. The
students learned the songs and
movements that went along with them.
One student would even request his
favorite songs! It was a positive
experience for all of the students.”
- Teacher from a NYCCT Partner School

12. “I learned adaptation. I love
adaptation and making up my own
story.”
- Literature at Play Student

13. “I also loved seeing how much
each class got better at finding a
creative solution on their end. Each
week there was less of me guiding
them or giving them options for
answers, they were shouting them
out on their own!”
- NYCCT Teaching Artist

14. “We got to jump into the book!”
- Literature at Play Student

15. “This program was great for them
to try something new and
expressive. So much of the time
they must work on their own. This
was new, and they appreciated
that.”
- Teacher from a NYCCT Partner
School

16. “Right up to the end, they were
coming up with new, interesting
things for their characters to say,
and throwing out great ideas for
staging. I only wish we'd had more
time together to keep exploring!"
- NYCCT Teaching Artist

17. “Being part of this program helped
our kids learn to work together,
which is something they have had
trouble with. Being on stage
definitely has helped them with
that.”
- Teacher from a NYCCT Partner
School

18. “I never realized that you could just
write a play yourself!”
- Literature at Play Student

19. “To me, this is always an exciting
process, because you can see the
students realize that if you stick with
it and support each other's ideas, it
becomes something that we are all
proud of.”
- NYCCT Teaching Artist

20. “You know, when I was re-enacting
the story I actually felt like I was
there, like I was them.”
- Literature at Play Student

21. “This program got our students up
out of their seats and learning!”
- Teacher from a NYCCT Partner
School

22. To read more feedback from our school
partners and learn more about our education
programs, visit
nycchildrenstheater.org/education