3rd Grade Students Visit the Library for Robo-Sauce

Authors Adam Rubin & Daniel Salmieri pose as robots with 3rd grade students at the Washington Heights Library.

Recently, students from 3rd grade classes visited the Washington Heights Branch Library to meet the authors of a new book!  Robo-Sauce is a new book written by Adam Rubin and illustrated by Daniel Salmieri!  During this KidsLIVE! program, students learned about the process used to write the book and got to meet the authors.  "This book talk reinforced what we're doing in the classroom", said Ms. K. Cabral (3rd grade Bilingual Teacher).  "The authors explained the writing process and they were very engaging...the students had a lot of fun".

Special thanks to Amy Chang (Senior Librarian of the NYPL Washington Heights Branch) for the invitation and Penguin Books for providing our scholars with this great opportunity.  After the event, teachers given ten (10) books to take to their classroom!  To see pages of this book, click here!

3rd Graders Go To Bollywood (VIDEO)

Since January, students in Ms. Cabral's class and Ms. Marino's class have been working with Bollywood Dance instructors Minila Shah and Alisha Desai from Ajna Dance!  Students in those two classes have learned dance techniques and heard music from India.  On Tuesday, February 3rd, these talented third graders performed on the PS4M auditorium stage in front of friends, family members and teachers!  Take a look at the photo collage below, to see highlights from their performance!

Thanks to Ms. Minila and Ms. Alisha for sharing their skills with our students.  Click here for information about Ajna Dance!  Special thanks to LOTUS Music & Dance for supporting the arts at our school.  Click here to find out more information about the other programs that they provide!

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Capoeira Program - 2014 (VIDEO)

Students in 3rd and 4th grade have been practicing the Afro-Brazilian art from of Capoeira!  Capoeira blends dance, martial arts and acrobatics into one beautiful art like no other.  This martial art was created by Africans brought to Brazil from many parts of Africa as a means of self-protection and as a way to fight for their own freedom.  During its early years, Capoeira was disguised as a dance in order to be practiced openly.  Today, Capoeira is widely known and practiced in more than 100 nations around the world.

Congratulations to the twenty boys and girls that participated in this year's Capoeira program!  Special thanks to Master Jelon, Chuvisco, Sabia, and all the instructors from NY Capoeira Luanda that visited PS4.  Click here to see videos of those talented instructors!  Very special thanks to Patty Bryan, Director of Educational Programs at Dance Brazil, for continuing to support PS4.  Take a look at the slide show below and watch a video of the final performance!


Capoeira Program 2014 - Part 1 from PS4M on Vimeo.

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