Imaginary Journeys Through Movement and Sound
Wednesday, Feb 18, 2026
This workshop is proudly offered through the Center for Educational Strategy & Innovation at Florida Atlantic Laboratory Schools, a hub for advancing research-driven educational practices.
Learning in early childhood crosses traditional boundaries – it relies on integrating listening, imagining and moving to create multi-sensory learning environments. In this workshop, K through Grade 2 educators learn to lead Imaginary Journeys designed to teach these skills. These Journeys combine classroom instruments (such as a maraca, xylophone, or hand drum), storytelling, and rhythmic movement into an educational structure. This structure is used to teach story sequencing, spatial reasoning, number concepts, and other content from language arts, mathematics, and science. Students document their experiences and their learning through the creation of story maps. The following science concepts will be integrated into this workshop: the water cycle, the plant cycle, and the life cycle of the Monarch Butterfly.
Facilitator: Marcia Daft is a nationally recognized educator, author, and arts integration specialist. She is the founder of Moving Through Math and Teaching the Music of Language, two acclaimed programs that bring together the arts and core academic subjects for STEAM education. Marcia is a national workshop presenter for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and has worked extensively with organizations such as the National Symphony Orchestra, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts.
FACILITATORS: Marcia Daft