
A Day in the Forest CD by Mary Knysh
Bring music and wonder to your classroom with this CD! This CD is an exciting contemporary composition created by Mary Knysh and Cliohna Ni Aodain to promote and inspire active learning and creative movement as a means for storytelling in early childhood and primary classrooms. There are two musical story versions on the CD, one with a story narration and the other "music only" so that children engage in using their own imaginations to create the movement story. The music features five movements: daybreak, morning, storm, rainbow, and nightfall. "This is a fantastic way to get young people into creative movement and storytelling at the same time!" As a cutting-edge workshop facilitator, trainer and consultant, Mary’s clinics and learning materials emphasize creativity, leadership and nonverbal communications. Besides being an Orff Schulwerk clinician, Mary also acts as a teaching artist for the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts, Young Audiences of NJ, and New York BOCES, and is an int