My First Scene Book: Acting Out, Acting Up, Acting Right -- 51 Scenes for Children

My First Scene Book: Acting Out, Acting Up, Acting Right -- 51 Scenes for Children
Author: Kristen Dabrowski
Publisher: Crossroad Press
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2017-08-17
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN:

In new and strange situations, it can be hard to know what to do and how to act. My First Scene Book can help! And each of the 51 one-minute scenes -- from the real to the downright silly -- is just right for five- to nine-year-olds. Like all books in My First Acting Series, My First Scene Book is interactive, featuring pictures and discussion questions. It is easy to get your family and friends involved--what do they think? Do they agree or disagree? Jump into other lives and let your imagination soar! Parents and teachers, this is an excellent way to facilitate critical thinking and character building. Though the approach is sometimes zany and unconventional (shh--no one will know they're learning!), these scenes show real issues students may encounter, provoking lively, meaningful participation. Use it for story-time and drama, reading, writing, ethics, and art classes. Be creative and have fun!

Children's Literacy Practices and Preferences

Children's Literacy Practices and Preferences
Author: Jane Sunderland
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2016-03-31
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1317554728

Over the past few decades there have been intense debates in education surrounding children’s literacy achievement and ways to promote reading, particularly that of boys. The Harry Potter book series has been received enthusiastically by very many children, boys and girls alike, but has also been constructed in popular and media discourses as a children’s, particularly a boys’, literacy saviour. Children’s Literacy Practices and Preferences: Harry Potter and Beyond provides empirical evidence of young people’s reported literacy practices and views on reading, and of how they see how the Harry Potter series as having impacted their own literacy. The volume explores and debunks some of the myths surrounding Harry Potter and literacy, and contextualizes these within children’s wider reading.