Drama Experiences
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Improv GamesYou can find hundreds of improvisation games online to develop social, acting, language arts skills, and more...
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Living Pictures Students can work together to create a tableau (a frozen picture) to demonstrate understanding of a key scene or event in literature or history.
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PantomimeInclude pantomime anywhere and everywhere in your teaching. Children also benefit from enacting and making short pantomime stories or "pantos."
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Storytelling Many of the language arts and social studies core curriculum standards can be addressed through the art of storytelling.
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SoundscapesSoundscapes consist of the totality of sounds associated with a place or event. Children can record and create soundscapes to explore science, geography, and more.
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Readers TheatreReaders theatre is a simple way to engage children with scripts. Follow the two links below for scripts and ideas.
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Finger PlaysFinger plays are usually short poems with hand and finger actions. You might remember some like "Here's the church, here's the steeple, open the doors and see all the people..."
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PuppetsEverything that children can do, puppets can do too! Use puppets to explore any spoken text. Make puppets and puppet shows.
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Process Drama |
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The Kennedy Center ArtsEdge website has an excellent description of process drama. This CORE learning experience fits well with Language Arts and Social Studies, but could also be applied in Science.
Expressive ReadingWhen you read to children, you have got to do it expressively. Encourage children to read expressively as well.
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Much can be gained from scripts for plays. The Drama Notebook is a clearinghouse for children's scripts as well as hundreds of accessible and practical drama teaching ideas. Follow the link...
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