Classroom Drama Games - Try Toss the Ball to Warm Up Your Theater Students
Drama games encourage cooperation, attention, and imagination. Build your students’ self esteem and physical awareness, or develop their acting …
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A Lesson Plan on Ireland for Kindergarten
When we think of Ireland, we automatically think of the color green and leprechauns. Broaden the knowledge of your students by teaching the facts …
Continue ReadingMovement Activities in Early Childhood: Rhythm
This creative movement lesson plan is the final installment in the Elements of Movement in Early Childhood unit. Rhythm comes naturally in poetry, …
Continue ReadingCreative Movement in Early Childhood: Lesson on Shape and Time Movements
This lesson on shape and time is part of a series on the creative elements of movement for early childhood, or Pre-K through 3rd grade. It is …
Continue ReadingCardinal Directions Lesson Plan for Teaching Cardinal Directions
In this lesson plan, students will follow directions to use mapping skills with play dough. A fun and interactive activity to use when teaching about …
Continue ReadingFour Halloween Music Activities for Elementary Kids
Here are four fun Halloween music activities that you can do with your elementary Music students that will teach a variety of music concepts while …
Continue Reading8 Tips to Manage Your Musical Play at Christmas or Anytime: For Elementary School Teachers
This is another part in a series about producing a musical or play in the elementary classroom. In this article in the series, we will discuss the …
Continue ReadingChristmas Musical Show For Elementary Students: Announce the Musical With Posters
Announce the classroom musical or play in the front foyer or hallway by creating a bulletin board display for all to see. Also, have the students …
Continue ReadingMusical Play in the Box Review: Great Option for Classroom Musicals or Productions
Told that you have to produce a play or musical for the whole school? Feeling overwhelmed yet, you want a cute presentation? Are you musically …
Continue ReadingRunning a Christmas Musical for Kids: Teach the Words of the Song as a Shared Reading Lesson
In this article of a series about classroom plays for elementary students, the teacher will prepare a shared reading lesson with the selected song or …
Continue ReadingYour Elementary School Christmas Musical: Time to Choose the Songs
Now that we have begun to plan for a musical or play, at Christmas or any time, the next step in the process is to make song selections that the …
Continue ReadingChristmas Musicals for Children: Organizing a Christmas Musical for Elementary School
What is a teacher to do, when, without a musical background, he or she is told to create a classroom musical or play for his or her grade level to …
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