Drama with Children

Drama with Children
Author: Sarah Phillips
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1999-05-27
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780194372206

Provides practical ideas for introducing drama activities into the English class, including mime, chants, puppets, role play, and short plays. Shows how the use of drama can improve both speaking and pronunciation, and can also help children to develop self-confidence and express their imagination, personalities and creativity. Demonstrates how activities can be integrated into day-to-day teaching, as well as providing inspiration for performances at open days or end-of-term shows.

Drama and Theatre with Children

Drama and Theatre with Children
Author: Charru Sharma
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2015-12-14
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1317508629

Drama as a process-centred form is a popular and valued methodology used to develop thinking and learning in children, while theatre provides a greater focus on the element of performance. In recent years, offering drama and theatre as a shared experience is increasingly used to engage children and to facilitate learning in a drama classroom. Using drama and theatre as a central component with children, this book is an amalgamation of theory, research and practice from across the globe offering insights into differing educational contexts. Chapters provide an exploration of the methodologies and techniques used to improve drama in the curriculum, and highlight the beneficial impact drama has in a variety of classrooms, enriching learning and communication. Contributions from 17 authors, ranging from teachers in schools or universities, to researchers and drama practitioners, examine a variety of perspectives related to drama and children in an attempt to bridge gaps and move ahead collectively as educators, practitioners and researchers in drama and theatre. Divided into two parts, Part I reflects on the use of drama in its varied forms with children, while Part II focuses on projects and experiments with children using theatre in order to draw links between drama, theatre and pedagogy. Drama and Theatre with Children will be key reading for researchers, academics and postgraduate students in the fields of drama education, theatre education, curriculum studies and child development. The book will also be of interest to drama practitioners, school teachers and teacher training leaders.

The Drama of the Gifted Child

The Drama of the Gifted Child
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Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2008-12-15
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0786743611

This “rare and compelling” (New York Magazine) bestseller examines childhood trauma and the enduring effects it has on an individual's management of repressed anger and pain. Why are many of the most successful people plagued by feelings of emptiness and alienation? This wise and profound book has provided millions of readers with an answer--and has helped them to apply it to their own lives. Far too many of us had to learn as children to hide our own feelings, needs, and memories skillfully in order to meet our parents' expectations and win their "love." Alice Miller writes, "When I used the word 'gifted' in the title, I had in mind neither children who receive high grades in school nor children talented in a special way. I simply meant all of us who have survived an abusive childhood thanks to an ability to adapt even to unspeakable cruelty by becoming numb.... Without this 'gift' offered us by nature, we would not have survived." But merely surviving is not enough. The Drama of the Gifted Child helps us to reclaim our life by discovering our own crucial needs and our own truth.

Drama: A Graphic Novel

Drama: A Graphic Novel
Author: Raina Telgemeier
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2014-07-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545779960

From Raina Telgemeier, the #1 New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award-winning author of Smile and Sisters! Callie loves theater. And while she would totally try out for her middle school's production of Moon over Mississippi, she can't really sing. Instead she's the set designer for the drama department's stage crew, and this year she's determined to create a set worthy of Broadway on a middle-school budget. But how can she, when she doesn't know much about carpentry, ticket sales are down, and the crew members are having trouble working together? Not to mention the onstage AND offstage drama that occurs once the actors are chosen. And when two cute brothers enter the picture, things get even crazier!

A Little Drama

A Little Drama
Author: Lavinia Roberts
Publisher: Redleaf Press
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2018-07-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1605545864

With more than 50 inquiry-based and child-centered activities and exercises, A Little Drama will help teachers (including those with no theater experience of their own) develop the body, voice, mind, and heart of young children. Use these activities to help children navigate daily transitions, to calm children when it’s time to quiet, and to develop children’s creativity, sense of self, and social-emotional, physical, and literacy skills (and have a lot of fun along the way).

Llama Llama Holiday Drama

Llama Llama Holiday Drama
Author: Anna Dewdney
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2018-10-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1984835580

Llama Llama holidays. Jingle music. Lights ablaze. How long till that special date? Llama Llama has to wait. If there's one thing Llama Llama doesn't like, it's waiting. He and Mama Llama rush around, shopping for presents, baking cookies, decorating the tree . . . but how long is it until Christmas? Will it ever come? Finally, Llama Llama just can't wait any more! It takes a cuddle from Mama Llama to remind him that "Gifts are nice, but there's another: The true gift is, we have each other."

Martina the Beautiful Cockroach

Martina the Beautiful Cockroach
Author: Carmen Agra Deedy
Publisher: Holiday House
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2019-09-03
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1682631419

The beautiful Martina Josefina Catalina Cucaracha doesn't know coffee beans about love and marriage, so when suitors come calling, what is she to do? Luckily, she has her Cuban family to help! While some of the Cucarachas offer Martina gifts to make her more attractive, only Abuela, her grandmother, gives her some useful advice: spill coffee on his shoes to see how he handles anger. At first, Martina is skeptical of her Abuela's suggestion, but when suitor after suitor fails the Coffee Test, she wonders if a little green cockroach can ever find true love. After reading this award-winning retelling of the Cuban folktale, readers will never look at a cockroach the same way again. Carmen Agra Deedy delivers a delightfully inventive Cuban twist on the beloved Martina folktale, complete with a dash of café Cubano.

Putting on a Play

Putting on a Play
Author: Paul DuBois Jacobs
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Total Pages: 70
Release: 2005
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781586857677

Contains everything you need to put on your own play with your friends, including how to write a script, design a set, make costumes, and act a part.

101 Drama Games for Children

101 Drama Games for Children
Author: Paul Rooyackers
Publisher: Hunter House
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1998
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780897932110

Drama games are not staged plays but a dynamic form in which children explore their minds and the world around them. They can use their play-acting in sensory games, pantomimes, story games with puppets, in creating masks and costumes, and much more. Drama games allow children to get more in touch with themselves and what they want to be, and are a delightful way to discover the freedom, creativity, and expression of acting- and living. The SmartFunActivity series encourage imagination, social interaction, and self-expression in children. To make the books easy to use, games are marked according to appropriate age levels, length of play time, and group size, using helpful icons. Most games are non-competitive and none require special skills or training. The series is widely used in homes, schools, daycare centers, clubs, and summer camp.