The 10 best drama for kids 2019
Finding the best drama for kids suitable for your needs isnt easy. With hundreds of choices can distract you. Knowing whats bad and whats good can be something of a minefield. In this article, weve done the hard work for you.
Best drama for kids
1. How to Start and Run an After School Drama Class: That Kids (and Parents) Will Love!
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If you want to start and run an after school drama or theater program, but you're not sure where to start, this is the book to get. How to Start and Run an After School Drama Class will take you step by step through the process of running an 8-10 week drama program. Curt Jackson shares with you the nuts and bolts of setting up a drama class, lesson plans, theater games, how to market the class and more.2. Drama
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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!
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!
3. On Stage: Theater Games and Activities for Kids
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Lights, camera, play! With this second edition of On Stage: Theater Games and Activities for Kids, budding thespians will have fun under the footlights as they choose from more than 125 theater games that spark creativity, boost confidence, and encourage collaboration. Theyll learn all about how to make a stage performance great with improvisational games such as Freeze, Party Quirks,the Yes Game, and Gibberish; theyll make puppets, discover makeup secrets, and design and build a set. This revised and expanded editionfeatures 35 new improvisational games and ready-to-use monologues, scenes, and short plays. Whether playing alone or in a group, everyone can have theater fun with On Stage!4. Acting Scenes & Monologues For Kids!: Original Scenes and Monologues Combined Into One Very Special Book!
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2018 Fifth Edition ....a few more 'Shorty' scenes--just a few lines each--and a short monologue have just been added. This book features cool new original monologues and scenes for kids 6 to 12 years old. Whether a young actor needs a solo piece, or a scene to perform with another actor, this book offers age-appropriate scenes with humor, drama, and crisp dialogue. Included are "NOTES FROM THE COACH", tips and advice from a professional actor and coach on ways to play the character and the scene.Written to appeal to boys and girls who are just starting out, and to those with plenty of experience. Young actors will be in familiar territory with universal themes like friendship, trust, and telling the truth ... and tests in school, the animal world, using your imagination, bullying, and sports.
This book is the first in a series; the sequel is "Acting Scenes and Monologues For Kids! Volume 2" and then "Acting Scenes and Monologues For Young Teens"
If you had recently bought this book and would like the new additions, please write to [email protected] and put 'Kane Kids revisions' in the subject line.
5. 101 Drama Games for Children: Fun and Learning with Acting and Make-Believe (SmartFun Activity Books)
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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.
6. Teaching Drama: The Essential Handbook: 16 Ready-to-Go Lesson Plans to Build a Better Actor
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Are you a new drama teacher looking for help planning your first year? Or an experienced teacher in need of refreshing new ideas for your drama classes? Teaching Drama: The Essential Handbook is a new resource with 16 ready-to-go lesson plans that will provide you with the tools you need to build your kids into incredible actors.
Go beyond drama games.With this handbook you'll get:
- A semester's worth of cumulative lessons that will turn your kids into real-deal actors
- Notes on how to introduce basic acting concepts in a way kids will instantly understand
- Suggested activities for both "younger" and "older" kids
- How to transition between activities and from lesson to lesson
- Contemporary new games like a "Facebook Character Profile"
- Reflection and journaling exercises after every lesson.
Below are just a few of the topics covered in the lessons:
- What is Theatre? Students explore how theatre is the art of telling stories through live acting.
- Creating an Ensemble.Students learn to work together, build trust, and involve every member in a performance.
- Movement & Space. Students explore how pantomime and behavior can help tell a story.
- Character Development.Students explore what makes characters unique and how to create compelling characters onstage.
- Objective & Tactics.Students will think about the "why" behind every action.
- Using Your Voice: Students will understand the importance of articulation, projection and voice variation.
- Listening/Reacting.Students will understand how listening and reacting are an important part of being an actor.
- Stage Directions and Blocking.Students will understand the "principles of blocking" and how to stage a scene without instruction.
- And much more...
7. Cinderella Outgrows the Glass Slipper and Other Zany Fractured Fairy Tale Plays: 5 Funny Plays with Related Writing Activities and Graphic Organizers ... Kids to Explore Plot, Characters, and Setting
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What happens when Cinderella wears shoes shes made from recycled materials to the ball? Tap into students sense of humor with five lively plays that take the plots, characters, and settings of traditional fairy tales and turn them on their heads! Includes character parts written at a variety of reading levels, book links, and writing activities that help students build on traditional fairy tale structures and write in different genres. For use with Grades 3-5.
8. 12 Fabulously Funny Fairy Tale Plays: Humorous Takes on Favorite Tales That Boost Reading Skills, Build Fluency & Keep Your Class Chuckling With Lots of Read-Aloud Fun!
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Students will laugh out loud as fairy tales take on a twist of humor
Titles include Spiderella, Rafunzel, The Emperor's New Hair and more
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Students will have oodles of fun building essential reading skills with rib-tickling versions of beloved fairy tales turned into read-aloud plays! Even your most reluctant readers wont be able to resist these hilarious twists on their favorite tales Spiderella, Goldilocks and the Three Bullfrogs, The Popsicle Boy, Little Late Riding Hood, The Cheetah and the Sloth, Rafunzel and many more! Plus: Each play comes complete with instant discussion starters, vocabulary boosters, imaginative writing prompts, and a brief history of the fairy tale. For use with Grades 2-4.
9. Acting Scenes for Kids and Tweens: 60 Original Comedy and Drama Scenes for Young Actors
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This new book from the author of Scenes for Teens is a collection of 60 original comedy and drama scripts for younger actors. The dialogues feature clean language and family-friendly, real-life scenarios. They are ideal for teaching, rehearsing, and auditioning for stage and screen. All scenes are gender-neutral, allowing every role in every scene to be performed by both male and female acting students. The scripts are varied, with shorter and longer selections, comical and more serious topics, and conversational dialogue intended to develop rapid-fire comedic timing, listening and reacting skills, and vocal variety. Overall, the emphasis is on straightforward, realistic interaction to build and solidify the one-on-one relationship between acting scene partners. Many scenes are educational, as well, modeling and reinforcing positive attitudes and behaviors for our youth. With a heartfelt foreword by Disney's Anita Barone, and a clear, concise introduction to acting by the author, Acting Scenes for Kids and Tweens is a simple - but effective - training tool for teachers, parents, libraries, schools, and drama coaches. This book offers a no-nonsense, practical approach for training young actors, and can be applied immediately in the home and classroom. Positive imagery, social relevance, and civic-mindedness are written into many scenes as subtext.This is the second in Mike Kimmel's young actor book series. It is intended to be an effective companion piece toScenes for Teens andMonologues for Teens, and is similar in format, style and tone.
10. 101 Improv Games for Children and Adults
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What is the big deal about improv?
It's fun. It strengthens our imagination, promotes self-confidence, increases spontaneity, promotes teamwork, and it's magic: it creates something out of nothing.
101 IMPROV GAMES FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS contains the basics: what improv is all about and how to do it, special instructions for how to teach improv to children, plus more advanced training on how to use your voice and body in ways you haven't thought of before. It has helpful hints for creating scenes and environments out of thin air. All this plus 101 games with simple instructions, from easy warm-up games to over-the-top crowd pleasers such as Fairy Tales, Bizarre Games, On Your Toes and Narrative Games.
This is the tenth in the Hunter House SmartFun activity books series, and the first one for adults as well as children. The book is a great resource for educators as well as for the professional actor or the layperson working with improv for fun. The book contains lively illustrations and is easy to use.
Improv is about creating something out of nothing, but a really good improviser can create something great out of nothing. This book shows you how.
It's fun. It strengthens our imagination, promotes self-confidence, increases spontaneity, promotes teamwork, and it's magic: it creates something out of nothing.
101 IMPROV GAMES FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS contains the basics: what improv is all about and how to do it, special instructions for how to teach improv to children, plus more advanced training on how to use your voice and body in ways you haven't thought of before. It has helpful hints for creating scenes and environments out of thin air. All this plus 101 games with simple instructions, from easy warm-up games to over-the-top crowd pleasers such as Fairy Tales, Bizarre Games, On Your Toes and Narrative Games.
This is the tenth in the Hunter House SmartFun activity books series, and the first one for adults as well as children. The book is a great resource for educators as well as for the professional actor or the layperson working with improv for fun. The book contains lively illustrations and is easy to use.
Improv is about creating something out of nothing, but a really good improviser can create something great out of nothing. This book shows you how.
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