Marketa Temple has been an educator for over 10 years in the Bay Area. She has taught dance (ballet, jazz, hip hop, movement for children, and lyrical dance) poetry, (spoken word, improv), and literacy development. She is a mother of two energetic boys and loves to make up stories to inspire young people to use their imagination. As a kindergarten teaching artist in BAMP, Marketa (aka Ms. Temple) draws from all of her years in teaching to create heartfelt age-appropriate mini-lessons with students. Students are exposed to team building skills through cooperative games and icebreakers, mindfulness and growth mindset activities, movement and group singing, (cheers and chants) learning to show recognition and appreciation for one another through circle time and art (bookmaking, cards). When Ms. Temple isn’t working she is creating poetry and spending time with her children making music. She is currently working on becoming a published author of poetry and wants to become a motivational speaker in the future