Thursday, July 19, 2012

Drama in Your Classroom

Barbara over at Grade ONEderful is having a linky party.

She asked, "How do you add drama to your classroom?”

Well I love storytelling and having the children participate but also to leave the props and story available for them to reenact over and over or tweak to their delight.

Here are a few examples.

Owl Babies by Martin Waddell  - I’m reading the story and the children have volunteered to act it out.
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I then leave the book and props for the families to use.
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Caps For Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina – As I tell the story the children become the monkeys and each get a hat.
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Here’s a little monkey imitating the man by stomping his feet.
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We’ve also done The Three Little Pigs several ways.
With large paper props.
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With big cardboard boxes.
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And with little cardboard boxes.
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Of course The Three Bears
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The Great Big Enormous Potato
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That was a lot of fun to do outside and while actually harvesting our potatoes.

And finally Pete the Cat – I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin
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The children loved using the slippers to walk in a box then out of the box with new coloured slippers.  Each box had a label - red for strawberries, blue for blueberries, brown for mud and then a light blue for the water.


9 comments:

  1. Those are fabulous ideas, Maureen! Thank you for linking up. Clearly I need to start collecting some simple props.
    PS Love your Pete the Cat suit :)

    ❀Barbara❀
    Grade ONEderful
    Ruby Slippers Blog Designs

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    1. Simple props are key. Thrift stores, dollar stores are the best places to find them. Good luck

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  2. Fabulous ideas.. Thanks for sharing!!

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  3. Simply fantastic!! Thank you for sharing!

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  4. I love the hats for Owl Babies! What wonderful ideas for storytelling-the kids look like they are just having a blast! :)

    NotJustChild'sPlay

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    1. I can't remember what inspired me to use the cupcake liners for the eyes but the children instantly knew what they were.

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