Little Language League Information

Lyvia Sage, Founder and creator of SHINE theater has offered her programs through The Little Language League since 2002 officially merging her business with the LLL in 2004. As Creative Director of the LLL she is responsible for the development and oversight of the school's programs and curriculum, importing her SHINE theater programs into the LLL and developing the basic week-to-week Workbooks that serve as the teaching platform for the Language programs. She continues to work directly in the classroom and on stage as a means to continually refine and expand the quality and breadth of the school's offerings through her close contact and observation of her students. A native of France Lyvia has studied with some of the most well-known theater professionals in Paris and has continued her training in this area at Yale University. She has over 20 years of experience in developing literacy skills in children. Lyvia is a long-time and firm believer in the power of the arts, particularly theater, in building the skill set and emotional understanding that is the launching pad for the development of literary skills, and, successful and well-balanced children (a belief recently confirmed by Harvard research). Her approach is essentially a Holistic one is which each child is considered unique and so is led to develop according to the style best adapted to their level, personality type and learning model.