Come and Explore camp through Young Audiences if Houston was an eye opening experience for me as an educator. I quickly gained practical activities like role play using literature that can be used weekly in my lessons. I learned that the text of literature can come off the pages and come to life through the imagination of my students. The theater aspect of camp helped our students to have a voice. It empowered them to believe in their ideas and complete a task. The art portion seemed very challenging for our students because they had to trust that their take on an art project was valuable enough to just be great. Overall, I learned how to observe and use the arts to bring the minds of my students and their learning experience to life.