Take a Bow!: Lesson Plans for Pre-School Drama (Young Actors Series) - Softcover

Czitrom, Nina

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1575253410 ISBN 13: 9781575253411

Publisher: Smith & Kraus Pub Inc, 2004

Synopsis

Take a Bow! Lesson Plans for Pre-School Drama is a teacher’s guide o creating successful drama lessons for the pre-school age group. The book outlines and explains four major types of drama lessons designed specifically for pre-school children. In addition, it leads both the new and seasoned pre-school teacher through follow-up activities that will teach students valuable lessons, as well as keeping them entertained.

Thousands of pre-schools across the country advertise on their web sites and in their catalogues that they offer a Drama class as a part of their curriculum. Yet, you will find very few college education departments teaching how to create such a drama class for this age group – and even fewer books on the subject. Take a Bow! Speaks directly to both today’s creatively minded pre-school teachers who are looking to bring a new aspect of learning into their classroom, as well as the drama teacher in search of knowledge from an experienced educator on dealing with this age group.

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About the Author

NINA CZITROM gained her experience from nearly six years of teaching in New York City’s public and private schools. Most recently, she began her fifth year as the head drama teacher at the private pre-school the Children’s International Workshop. She has also taught at Kids on the Move, P.S. 3, and has just begun enrollment for her own set of drama classes for this age group in anticipation of starting her own school for the arts.

From School Library Journal

Czitrom reminds readers through lesson plans that "drama is storytelling." While a section on fairy tales covers traditional favorites such as "Little Red Riding Hood" and "Jack and the Beanstalk," it is in both the adventure unit and the section on "New Ideas" that the author becomes creative while framing stories around careers or a day in space. It goes without saying that "Moral Stories" tend to be a bit didactic. The many follow-up activities range from charades to "listening signals" that teachers often use, such as blinking the lights to prepare the class for further instruction. A concluding unit helps set goals for either a small, half-hour circle-group play or a loftier goal of an original production with several dress rehearsals. Although these drama ideas are planned for preschoolers to learn about a story's beginning, middle, and end, many of them could be easily adapted for older ESL or LD students as they extend their vocabularies or model appropriate behavior.–Blair Christolon, Prince William Public Library System, Manassas, VA
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Edition details

• Publisher: Smith & Kraus Pub Inc
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1575253410
• ISBN 13: 9781575253411
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 195