How the reindeer got blue hooves - a performance for schools and kindergartens
In recent weeks, the museum's mediators have toured schools and kindergartens in Sørfold, Fauske and Beiarn with the performance "How the Reindeer Got Blue Claws" in connection with Sami Week.
There was a mixture of horror and joy among the children when they saw the performance. The scary Stallo, the Fish Eagle and Sajven were played by Lasse Frøshaug. The narrator was Eirin Edvardsen who also contributed with drums and joik.
Tjidtjie's three daughters have each married their own husbands. A beautiful Savje, a skilled hunter Osprey and the ugly Stallo. She is now going to visit them to see that they are doing well. They are, except for the daughter who married Stallo. How will Tjidtjie solve this?
The performance is targeted at kindergarten (3–6 years) through 4th grade and is part of the program of Den kulturellter skolesekken (DKS), which ensures that students are exposed to professional art and culture during school hours.
From the performance at Straumen School. Photo: Siw Pettersen.
Collaboration with schools and DKS
Nordlandsmuseet collaborates with schools, municipalities and Den kulturellter skolesekken (DKS) on the implementation of art and culture offerings during school hours. The work included planning with the schools, practical arrangements and implementation, with clear information to teachers in advance and specific programs that can be implemented within a school day. Examples of DKS offerings we have been a part of include:
"Christmas and Christmas Traditions" by Fauske Folk Museum (target group 1st grade), where students learn about old Christmas traditions, get to light candles for the Christmas tree and eat Christmas porridge.
"Old days in Kjelvika" at Husmannsplassen Kjelvik (target group 3rd–4th grade). Here, students get to experience what it was like to be a child 150 years ago. They get to play fetch, make klappaks and get to know Helene, who was a foster daughter in Kjelvika.
"Visit to the Hamsun Center (vg3)", a professional day with programs related to an exhibition and writing assignments, where DKS covers bus transportation and the schools agree on a time.