REVIEWS - 

HERE'S WHAT KIDS SAY:

Dear Ms. Armstrong, thank you for the fantastic show and songs.

I really liked your performance. I have a pet named Fuzzabella. I made her. . . .I brought her to school. She really enjoyed your show. . . She liked your show so much that she did a happy jump summersault in midair.  ---S. Pyrame and Fuzzabella

"Your performance was wonderful. My favorite part was when Anansi, the Spider, tricked all the animals. You have a lot of talent." ---S. Ramnauth, PS 106

"I would love to see you perform again in my school." ---A. Ingram, Third Grade

HERE'S WHAT TEACHERS SAY:

April Armstrong "is wonderful at what she does." ---J. Wooten,

"April's energetic style was engaging to the children." ---J. Santo

"April Armstrong was exceptionally captivating for the kids. She did a good job of integrating stories, music and drama. April also included science and social studies." ---B. Burguest

"I can see a definite difference in my children's comfort in performing and taking risks in self-expression. The children were extremely interested in what she did." ---S. Sheppard, Lee F. Jackson, White Plains, NY

"All the sessions were great springboards for follow up in the curriculum areas - writing, science, art, etc." ---M. Besig-Zmuda

"Thank you so much for visiting The Hovnanian School. The students were extremely impressed and entertained. The faculty is buzzing about the creativity of your performance. As teachers we know it is not easy to pair fun with education, but you achieved that balance perfectly."  Amy Hughes Upper Grade English Teacher, The Hovnanian School, New Milford, NJ.

Client List

Alexander Hamilton Grange Museum, Apollo Theater in Harlem, Abrons Art Center Theater, Bank Street School for Children, Boys and Girls Club of Bellport, Brooklyn Heights Synagogue, Center for Arts Education, Chappaqua Library Children's Room, Childtime Learning Center, Children's Museum of Manhattan, City of White Plains, Dept of Parks & Rec, Cornelia Street Café, Croton Free Library, Desmond Fish Public Library in Garrison, Dix Hills Public Library KwanzaA Program, Everybody Wins Foundation, Inc., Fieldston Outdoors, Fieldston Lower School, Flushing Town Hall/Queens Council for the Arts, Friends of the High Line (Manhattan), Friends Seminary School, Girls Scouts of Putnam Valley, Greenwich Dept of Parks Santa Brunch, CT, Hempstead Public Library, Henry Waldinger Memorial Library Valley Stream, Historic Hudson Valley, Hofstra University Museum, Horace Mann School, Hovnanian School in New Milford, NJ, Hudson River Clearwater Revival, Hudson River Museum, Hudson River Park's Pier of Fear, IS 109, Jean Nuzzi Intermediate School, Jack and Jill Group of Westchester County, Jamaica Family Center, Lee F. Jackson School, White Plains, Lincoln Square Neighborhood Center, Mrs. Green’s Natural Market, Music For Many, Inc., National Coalition for 100 Black Women KwanzAa Celebration, Negril Basic School, Newark Public Library, Nyack Public Library, Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow, NY, Ossining Parks and Recreation Dept, Palo Alto Public Library; Mitchell Park Branch, Pelangi School in Bali, Indonesia, Philipsburg Manor, Pinkster Celebration, PS 39, Francis J Murphy, Jr. School, PS 47, Broad Channel, PS 55, Henry M. Boehm School, PS 86 Elementary School, PS 101, Forest Hills,  PS 163, Arthur A Schomburg Elementary School, PS 197, The Ocean School, PS 199, Shakespeare School, Bronx,  PS 298, Betty Shabazz School, PS 527, East Side School for Social Action, Queens Borough Public Libraries, Salvation Army, Sarah Burke House, Scarsdale Historical Society, Sugar Hill Children’s Museum, State Theater of NJ’s Milk & Cookies Series, Storytelling Center of NY, University Plaza Nursery School, Van Buren Public Library Newark, Van Cortland Manor's Animals and Acrobats, Warner Public Library, Tarrytown, Westchester Council for the Arts, WHUD's Kids Fair, Westchester County Center, Yaffa Cultural Arts, Inc., Yonkers Family Day, Yonkers Riverfest  FESTIVALS: Connecticut Storytelling Festival 2013, Mohegan Storytelling Festival, Rockland County Storytelling Festival, Rowayton’s Tellebration 2015