The Centre for the Arts at Mizner Park has developed children's programming to give children in Palm Beach and northern Broward Counties the ongoing opportunity to learn about and experience the performing arts. The programming is designed for preschool, public and private elementary school children in Palm Beach and northern Broward Counties. All programming takes place at the Count de Hoernle Amphitheater at the Centre for the Arts at Mizner Park. Scholarships are available for eligible students/groups who cannot afford to purchase tickets.


Why should Children Experience the Arts?

Preschool and school-aged children have very limited opportunities to experience the arts, especially during the school day; yet, the arts have been proven:

To stimulate brain development.
Improve scholastic achievement.
Help children develop into whole and healthy human beings.

How will the children benefit from Children’s Programming offered by the Centre for the Arts at Mizner Park?

Cultural enrichment
Diversity and tolerance training
Music and theater education
Self-esteem building
Career exploration
Role model opportunities and experience
Curriculum integration
About the Programming:

Previous and future programming include ballet, symphonic music, live theater, singing, ethnic music and dance. Programs are generally 60 minutes in length and are intended to be educational as well as enjoyable for preschool-highschool. The schools and/or camp programs pay a nominal fee for each child (approximately $4/ticket) and are responsible for transporting their children to and from the Count de Hoernle Amphitheater at the Centre for the Arts at Mizner Park. Scholarships are available for eligible students/groups who can not afford to purchase tickets.

CENTRE KIDS is made possible because of the generosity of the following sponsors:

2007-2008 Season

Important Details

• Tickets are $4.00/person and each show requires 1 chaperon for every 10 students attending (additional chaperons will be required to purchase tickets).
• Tented/covered seating is provided for the audience’s comfort.
• All pre-shows begin at 9:30 a.m.
• We invite you to bring your brown bag lunch. You may relax and picnic on the beautiful amphitheater lawn after the show.
• Children 2 years and under are FREE if seated on parent’s lap.
• All Centre Kids programming is approved by the Palm Beach County School District's Department of K-12 Curriculum.  Teachers should consult the Student Transportation Bulletin for Arts Education and Science Fieldtrips, available at every public school for free transportation to performances.
  

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Friday, November 16, 2007 at 9:30 AM
60 min. * Suggested Target Age: Kindergarten to 4th Grade
Performed by Jazz Reach

Curriculum: Music, Self Esteem, Language, Social Studies, Biography

Following this performance will be a meet and Greet with the Cast.

Hangin' with the Giants is a fun, highly engaging multi-media program which aims to promote the inclusiveness and accessibility of jazz.  Staged as a late night talk show, the program features animated likenesses of jazz greats as show guests and numerous audience participation segments.
Florida Sunshine State Standards: MU.C.1.2; MU.C.1.1; SS.A.4.1.4; SS.A.4.2.1;SS. A.4.2.2; LA.E.1.1.2; LA.E.1.1.1; LA.E.2.1.1;  LA.E.1.2.4; LA.E.2.2.3; LA.C 1.1.1; LA.C 1.2.1; LA.E 2.2.3; LA.C.1.1.1; LA.C.1.2.1;MU.E.2.3

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Friday, December 7, 2007 at 9:30 AM 
50 min. * Suggested Target Age: Kindergarten to 4th Grade
Performed by Hudson Vagabond Puppets

Curriculum:  Music, Dance, Theater and Literature

Following this performance will be a meet and Greet with the Cast.

Ferdinand is a bull growing up in the Spanish countryside.  When the other bulls want to run and fight, he prefers to sit in the shade of a cork tree and smell the flowers.  His mother tries to persude him to play, but nothing can convince him to fight with other bulls.  Ferdinance grows to be big and strong and in time men from the city come to pick the strongest bull for the bullfight in Madrid.  When Ferdinand accidentally sits on a bee, the men witness furious jumping and kicking and cart him off to Madrid.  When Ferdinand finds himself in the ring with the Matador, he prefers to sit and smell the flowers.
Florida Sunshine State Standards: LA.E. 1.1.1; LA.E.1.2.1; LA.D.2.1.1; LA.D.2.2.3;DA.B.1.1; DA.B.1.2; DA.E.2.2;DA.E.2.1; MU.C.1.1; MU.C.1.2; TH.B.1.2; TH.B.1.1

Rumpelstiltskin
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Friday, February 8, 2008 at 9:30 AM
55 minutes * Suggested Target Age: Kindergarten to 4th Grade
Performed by Dream Child Productions

Curriculum: Music, Language and Culture 

Following this performance will be a meet and Greet with the Cast.

The story of a miller who lied to the King that his daughter could spin straw into gold.  The King shut the girl in a tower room with straw and a spinning wheel demanding that she spin the straw into gold by morning, for three nights or be executed.  The girl had given up all hope, when a strange little man appreared and spun the straw into gold for her in return for her lamb necklace; then again the following night for a ring.  On the third night, she had nothing left to promise save for her first-born child that would become his.  The King, so impressed, married the girl and when their first child was born, the little man reappeared to demand payment.  The Queen offered all her wealth to him if she could keep her child, the man refused but agreed to give up claim if the Queen could guess his name in three days.
Florida Sunshine State Standards: LA.E.1.2.1; LA.E.1.3; LA.C.1.2.1; LA.C.1.3; MU.E.2.3; MU.E.2.2; HE.B.2.3;HE.B.2.2;TH.C.1.2; TH.C.1.3

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Friday, April 29, 2008 at 9:30AM
55 minutes * Suggested Target Age: 2nd to 8th Grade
Performed by Theatere IV
Curriculum: Arts, Family Ties, History, Language, Literary Classic, Multi-Cultural, Music, Reading.
Following this performance will be a meet and Greet with the Cast.

The greatest young adverturers in American Literature spring to life in this foot-stompin' musical based on the novels of Mark Twain.  Join Huckleberry, Tom, Jim, Becky Thatcher and Aunt Polly and all the residents of Hannibal, MO as they explore the majestic river that defines their lives, tested their souls and carried their spirit into the heart of America.
Florida Sunshine State Standards: TH.E.1.1; TH.E.1.2; TH.E.1.3; TH.B.1.1; TH.B.1.2; TH.B.1.3; TH.C. 1.1; TH.C.1.2; TH.C.1.3; MU.C.1.1; MU.C.1.2; MU.C.1.3; LA.D.1.1; LA.D.1.2; LA.D.1.3; LA.D.2.1.1; LA.D.2.2.3; LA.E.1.2.1; LA.E.1.3

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