Make-Believe Play and Story-Based Drama in Early Childhood (eBook)

Let's Pretend!

Carol Woodard (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2012
176 Seiten
Jessica Kingsley Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-85700-639-4 (ISBN)

Infos

This book presents engaging ways to use drama which will enable young children to interact socially and think creatively. Sections focus on the introduction of dramatic play, how to integrate drama into everyday classroom activities, and the preparation of a child centered story dramatization with a color, picture book insert for classroom use.

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Encouraging imaginative play in the classroom is an effective way to teach young children how to think creatively and interact socially - vital parts of their cognitive, social, and emotional development.This book presents engaging and practical ways to use drama which will enable young children to develop creative thinking and literacy skills while planning together, making decisions, giving and receiving feedback and working toward a common goal. The reader is guided through introducing and using dramatic play with children, how to integrate drama into everyday classroom activities, and preparing a child-centered story dramatization.There is a full color, ready-to-use children's storybook included within the book along with instructions on the multiple ways this can be used as a starting point in the classroom.This is an unbeatable resource for any teacher or trainee teacher wanting to introduce drama into the classroom in a developmentally appropriate way that will benefit all aspects of a child's intellectual and social progression.

Autor

Carol Woodard is Professor Emeritus in Early Childhood Education at the State University of New York in Buffalo, New York and has been a visiting professor in China and the Netherlands. She has experience in a variety of early childhood settings and has written books for children as well as professional writings. She lives in East Aurora, New York and consults on early childhood program design for schools, agencies, and businesses. Carri Milch has extensive experience in teaching pre-kindergarten and kindergarten and has conducted district-wide teacher mentoring and workshops. She has also been involved in program development at the state and national levels and lives in Williamsville, New York.

Inhalt

Part 1. Story Pretending and Drama. 1. Introduction. 2. Setting the Stage for Story Pretending and Drama. Part 2. Including Story Pretending and Drama in the Classroom: Lights, Camera, Action! 3. Lights: Beginning with Dramatic Play. 4. Camera: Adding Drama to Everyday Activities. 5. Action: Getting Ready for a Story Dramatization. Part 3. The Performance: Curtain Going Up! 6. Performance Guide for Dramatizing The Three Billy Goats Gruff . Appendix A. Home Based Literacy Activities. Appendix B. Child Size Puppet Outlines. Bibliography.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.4.2012
• Co-Autor: Carri Milch
• Illustrationen: Suzanne Handel Mair
• Zusatzinfo: 16 page colour picture book and 15 photographs
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 250 x 250 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie ► Ergotherapie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Vorschulpädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• ISBN-10: 0-85700-639-8 / 0857006398
• ISBN-13: 978-0-85700-639-4 / 9780857006394