A visit to Alliance Theatre to see Theatre for the Very Young

The attention span of a toddler is tougher to navigate than the mood cycles of woman who’s eight months pregnant.  If you plan things poorly then you’ll be up against nap time.  Don’t bring enough snacks or supplies and your activity will be cut short by 23 months of crabby.

It was under this setting that we went to Alliance Theatre at The Woodruff to check out Theatre for the Very Young.  Target Family Thursdays has been happening in September and we were invited out by Atlanta Moms.   It was also a great chance to meet some other Atlanta bloggers including Mommy Talk Show, Mommy Explorer,  Mami2Mommy and a handful of other great mom bloggers.

Alliance Theatre has a day full of activities that you can do.  Given the time constraints of a toddler we were there to visit the Theatre for the Very Young and their presentation of A Child’s Garden of Verses.  It’s billed as a show that is appropriate for kids 18 months to 5 years old.

A Child’s Garden of Verses was a very interactive show that allowed the kids to get up in front of the crowd, look for flowers and become a part of the play.  The actors did a great job of moving the story along and keeping an eye on any wayward toddlers who tried to play with props or look in places they shouldn’t.  The play was a quick 45 minutes long, entertaining and a very good activity for a toddler who may be tough to please.

Toddler Mojo is 23 months old and was a little bit scared of the play.  That was only because the auditorium was slightly dark and it was a new experience.  Most of the toddlers were running around the room looking for the bird puppet or playing with some props the actors would bring out.

Target Family Thursdays may still have a couple activities open and A Child’s Garden of Verses runs through 9/24 at Alliance Theatre.