Blog ⋆ KidScape Productions

04 Jul

Social vs. Physical Distancing & Masks : Helping prepare our students for fall and learning.

Running a social skills program fueled by performance, and Applied Improvisation has always kept us on our toes with flexibility, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking. However, like most of us engaged in the world of summer 2020, we are navigating new waters, emotions, and process. After running our first in-person camp last week, there were some takeaways that I feel are important to share. Physical distancing vs. social distancing The term social distancing dates back to the fifth century, and the bible [...]

By Charles Daniels (EQ) Emotional Intelligence, (SEL) Social Emotional Learning, AI, and, Applied Improvisation, Communication, communication skills, confidence, COVID19, growth mindset, happiness, Improvisation, Life Skills, self love Acting, Afterschool acting, applied improvisation, Applied improvisation for education, drama for kids, drama for teens, Life skills, Social Emotional Learning, team building on purpose 0 Comments

13 Apr

Global Social Improv

Bridging Distances and Distancing through Online Improvisation From its start, Kidscape Productions has been committed to the wellbeing and flourishment of its family. The Kidscape family is large. It includes all students, the parents, and families of every student, other educational professionals involved in the students’ journeys, the Kidscape instructors, the Kidscape founders (who are also instructors) and even Jax, the company dog. With the ongoing social lockdown surrounding COVID-19, the Kidscape family just got a whole lot bigger! Driven by [...]

By Charles Daniels (EQ) Emotional Intelligence, (SEL) Social Emotional Learning, AI, and, Applied Improvisation, Communication, communication skills, confidence, growth mindset, happiness, Improvisation, Life Skills, Online Improv, self love Acting, Afterschool acting, applied improvisation, Applied improvisation for education, drama for kids, drama for teens, Life skills, Social Emotional Learning, team building on purpose 0 Comments

08 Jan

How KidScape Productions Influenced My Life

Maddy W. Age 18 kSp student/ intern Kidscape Productions has influenced every aspect of my life. I started KidScape Productions when I was only in the sixth grade, and every year since I have gained the necessary leadership and communication skills to excel at every opportunity that comes my way. My first introduction to KidScape Productions was going to improv classes every Tuesday after school. At that time a lot of the kids had been a lot older than me [...]

By Maddy Wanco (EQ) Emotional Intelligence, (SEL) Social Emotional Learning, AI, and, Applied Improvisation, Communication, communication skills, confidence, growth mindset, happiness, Improvisation, Life Skills, self love Acting, Afterschool acting, applied improvisation, Applied improvisation for education, drama for kids, drama for teens, Life skills, Social Emotional Learning, team building on purpose 0 Comments

11 Dec

KidScape Productions Unplugged

A high ringing noise pierces the silence that floods the darkroom. Quickly I snap my head up and reach my phone. It’s five o’clock. I grab my towel and head to the bathroom for my regular morning shower. After that, I quickly get dressed then rush downstairs. I’m already late for morning practice, so I grab my shoes and run out the door. As eight rolls around I walk straight to my first period, prepared for the next hour [...]

By Sadie Ward (EQ) Emotional Intelligence, (SEL) Social Emotional Learning, afterschool, AI, and, Applied Improvisation, Communication, communication skills, confidence, growth mindset, happiness, Improvisation, Life Skills, self love ai, applied improvisation, Applied improvisation for education, Life skills 0 Comments

23 Oct

How Do You See Life?

Through the eyes of a student – Eliot C. Age 15 kSp student/ intern How do you see life? Is it something to trudge through on your way to a purpose, or an enormous opportunity waiting to be seized? I’d say both. How many times have you decided between going out or staying in; speaking out or staying quiet; staying with what you know versus what could be. I don’t know about you, but I’ve made this decision more times [...]

By Eliot C (EQ) Emotional Intelligence, (SEL) Social Emotional Learning, afterschool, AI, and, Applied Improvisation, Communication, communication skills, confidence, growth mindset, happiness, Improvisation, Life Skills, self love ai, applied improvisation, Applied improvisation for education, Life skills 0 Comments

18 Aug

Applied Improvisation for early learning! Benefits for the whole school and beyond.

Applied Improvisation for early learning, benefits for the whole school! – Author Anja Phillips Applied improvisation has several benefits in early learning and education for children’s development! In this blog post, we will examine the critical role teachers have in playing with children and how applied improvisation can help teachers correctly play with children for both parties’ benefits. The problem is that teachers are often choosing “predictable responses or roles” when it comes to playing, which, perhaps to their surprise, diminishes [...]

By Charles Daniels Applied Improvisation for Education, Day programs, development, Educational, growth mindset, Improvisation, In Class Field Trips applied improvisation, children programing, christiana frank, christianafrank, communication with students, consulting, differentiated instruction, early learning, Early learning instruction, EQ, evidence-based, executive functioning, KidScape Productions, metacognition, pedagogical tools, professional developments, research based, SEL, Social Emotional Learning, teacher trainings, team building on purpose, trauma informed learning 0 Comments

02 Jul

Applied Improv Enhances Executive Functioning

Applied improvisation supports executive functioning! In this post, we will explore what executive functioning is, the science behind applied improv’s beneficial impact on it, and exactly how applied improv supports a positive influence over our executive brain functions. To read more of this post visit ChristianaFrank.com

By Charles Daniels (EQ) Emotional Intelligence, (SEL) Social Emotional Learning, afterschool, AI, and, Applied Improvisation, Articles, Assemblies, Assessment, Communication, communication skills, confidence, growth mindset, happiness, Improvisation, In Class Field Trips, international, Life Skills, public speaking, Role Play, self love ai, applied improvisation, Applied improvisation for education, assessment, Life skills 0 Comments

01 Apr

KSP Alumni Spotlight : Eliot Current -Written by Kyle G.

Twenty years ago, Christiana Frank founded KidScape Productions (kSp) at the At-Risk Youth Division of the New York City Police Department. Currently, in Northern Nevada and Northern California kSp works with 1000-1400 students every week. Many of their past and present students have learned that they improvise all the time in their daily interactions. kSp’ focus on applying that improvisation helps students learn tactics that enhance these interactions and offer them opportunities that they may never have had otherwise. One [...]

By Kyle Goulston (EQ) Emotional Intelligence, (SEL) Social Emotional Learning, afterschool, AI, Articles, Assemblies, Day programs, development, Educational, empathy, teen acting camps, Traveling, Uncategorized, winter camps, Yes Acting, after-school, arts, camps, christiana frank, cognitive, collaboration, comedy improv, communication, drama, emotions, international, kids, KidScape Productions, Life skills, Nevada, plays, reno, SEL, social skills, tahoe, team building on purpose, washoe county, workshops 0 Comments

21 Mar

How Participating in Drama Productions Help Improve Emotional Intelligence

Esteemed poet and playwright Oscar Wilde once said, “I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.” Indeed, there is something pure about drama. In the process of assuming an unfamiliar identity, you get an insight into how personalities differ from one individual to another. A glimpse into the human mind and emotional responses When playing [...]

05 Mar

Using Applied Improvisation in Education- KidScape Productions

Using Applied Improvisation in Education When we think of applied improvisation, we perhaps think of theatre and classic mottos such as “Yes, And,” “Make your scene partner look good” or “Everything is a gift.” While this is true, we are seeing an expansion of the basic principles of applied improvisation into a growing set of applications to be used in a broad range of educational settings, helping students to become master learners, creators, adapters, collaborators, and communicators. Through spotlighting the [...]

By Charles Daniels (EQ) Emotional Intelligence, (SEL) Social Emotional Learning, afterschool, Applied Improvisation, Applied Improvisation for Education, art, Assemblies, Assessment, Autism, growth mindset, Improvisation, In Class Field Trips, Uncategorized, Yes 4 Comments