After-School Programs

Creative Kids, a literature-based after school drama
program developed by InterAct Story Theatre Founder Lenore Blank Kelner, is available through Lenore Blank Kelner & Company. For information on Creative Kids,
please call 301-879-9319.

Nominated for the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities “Coming Up Taller Award!”

Creative Kids
An after-school drama program
Available in Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia and surrounding areas - now serving 50+ sites. For information, please contact the Creative Kids Manager at 301-879-9319.

Would you like to boost enrollment in your after-school enrichment classes? Then try our Creative Kids classes! Your children will love them.

Now offering TWO great programs!!l

Creative Kids I (Grades PreK-5) is a series of literature-based drama classes. In each class, our teaching artist leads a group of students in exploring and enacting specially selected children’s books. The students also create their own stories based on the books and act them out. Age-appropriate and multicultural books are used throughout. Number of classes is flexible.

Creative Kids II (Grades 3-5)
Stories to Stage - a 10-12+ week program. Students get all the great basic theatre training and exposure to literature that Creative Kids I offers.

Halfway through the course, they focus on creating their own original story based on a book and present their informal play to family and friends on the last day of class. Limited availability.

Both programs are designed to teach basic acting skills as well as promote creativity, reading comprehension, reading appreciation and self-esteem.

Discounts are available for multiple classes. Grant money for sites in Maryland may be available. The classes can be used as fundraisers for your school. Call 301-879-9319 for details.


Here is a sample of books your children might explore:

3- to 7-year olds

The Enormous Turnip, by Alexei Tolstoy Caps for Sale, by Esphyr Slobodkina Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock, a story from Ghana, told by Eric Kimmel

7- to 11-year olds

Liang and the Magic Paint Brush, by Demi The Legend of the Bluebonnet, a Native American legend, by Tomie DePaola Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters, an African tale, by John Steptoe

The cost per child is based on the length of a session, site location, number of classes and enrollment. Discounts are available for back-to-back classes. Creative Kids also can be used as a fund-raiser for your school. Please call for details.

We also can provide, at no charge, camera-ready Creative Kids promotional materials and registration forms customized for your program.

A Partial List of Schools that have hosted InterAct Story Theatre’s Creative Kids classes: A Child’s Place at Hollin Hall Barrie School Beauvoir School Children's Learning Center Drew Elementary Executive Child Development  Center Geneva Day School Georgetown Day School Georgian Forest Elementary Gesher Jewish Day School Green Hedges Har Shalom Early Childhood  Center Henson Valley Montessori Highland Elementary Hillside Elementary School JCC of Greater Washington Jewish Primary Day School John Hansen Elementary John Eaton Elementary School Kemp Mill Elementary Kensington-Parkwood Elementary Key School Kingsbury Day School Lab School Langdon Elementary Langley School Lowell School Luxmanor Elementary Melvin J. Berman Hebrew  Academy Montessori School of Chevy  Chase Montessori School of  Alexandria Montgomery County Public 21st Century Grant Schools Muslim Community School Nysmith School for the  Gifted Oakview Elementary Oneness Family School Orange Hunt Elementary Oyster Bilingual School Pinecrest Elementary Potomac Elementary Reston Children’s Center Rock Creek International Rosemont Elementary St. Ann's Academy Saint Francis Episcopal  Day School St. Patrick’s Episcopal  Day School Sandy Spring Friends Shaare Tefila Preschool Shepherd Elementary Sidwell Friends School Stone Mill Elementary Stone Ridge School of the  Sacred Heart Stonegate Elementary Sunset Hills Montessori Terraset Elementary Thunder Hill Elementary Thurgood Marshall  Elementary School Tikvat Israel Preschool Wolf Trap Education Dept.

>> Click here to find out more about Creative Kids or contact the Creative Kids Manager at 301-879-9319.

Available in Washington, Baltimore, Northern Virginia and surrounding areas - now serving 50 sites.

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