Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts The Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts is an internationally respected program that provides innovative arts-based teaching strategies and services to early childhood teachers, caregivers, parents, and their children from 0 to 5 through the disciplines of drama, music, and movement.

The institute’s local, national, and worldwide programs impact the lives of more than 75,000 children, parents, educators, artists, and students.

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Professional Development Workshops  for teachers, Classroom Residencies, and other collaborations between performing artists and early childhood professionals serve to:

• enrich and motivate the teacher's professional development;
• engage young children in active, creative learning experiences;
• energize efforts to bring parents and caregivers together into the classroom; and
• enliven the classroom environment.

As Wolf Trap Institute activities are woven into the curriculum, the arts become a new way of teaching, learning, and knowing.

The Institute employs Teaching Artists—professional actors, dancers, storytellers, and musicians—to provide services to the early childhood community.