Theater

By Austin and Peter

Creative play
- primary vehicle that enables children to learn about
themselves and the world in which they live in
- Three big types of creative play are
- Social play
- sociodramatic play
- creative drama

Social Play
Social play is the core of all play experiences
tag, working on a puzzle with others, spontaneous play

allows children to practice and learn self-related

and interpersonally related social skills
Enables children to escape from the restraints
and frustrations of the real world
provides children with greater opportunity to experiment
Different styles
Solitary play-child plays by himself

Sociodramatic Play
play in which children assume roles and act aka pretend play
fantastic example...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdOwvZwiYwk
difference between social play
group of children are constructing an airport in the block center...cooperative play...as they work,
they pretend or imagine that the blocks are airplanes, runways or luggage. the children act
like they are actually flying planes and pretend to be pilots, passengers...Sociodramatic play

children tend to reenact real-life experiences, stories, movies, shows etc.

CREATIVITY
so many options!

Creative Play
A step up from sociodramatic play
has a beginning, middle and end

means of self expression

Costumes
Example after returning from a field trip, the teacher can ask some students to
act out some of the moments, and take character.
Another...after reading a story, ask the children to take role and act out the story
line

Imagination and creativity

Children will go into their own world
what should a teacher do in this situation? Join in!
excourage children

Pantomime
expressing things without using words
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4TqetRMMLc

Improvisation
sounds and expressive language

Prop Boxes
You can call local restaurants, for
example, to see if they have things
such as silverware to donate
Send home letter to parents asking
for props to use

How Do You Assess Students with Theatre?

No set criteria, but you have to have some sort of grading system
Uses imagination
Engages in role play
Makes believe in regard to object
Makes believe in regard to actions and situations
Is persistent
Interacts with other students
Communicates with other students

National Standards for Theatre Education

1.Script writing by planning and recording improvisations based on personal
experience and heritage, imagination, literature, and history
2.Acting by assuming roles and interacting in improvisations
3.Designing by visualizing and arranging environments for classroom
dramatizations
4.directing by planning classroom dramatizations
5.researching by finding information to support classroom dramatizations
6.Comparing and connecting art forms by describing theatre, dramatic media
(such as film, television, and electronic media), and other art forms

Folktales
Typical folktales consist of conflicts between characters representing good and characters representing
evil
Recommended for use on all levels because different age groups will view them according to their own
maturity and experience
After students hear/know the story, you can do a walkthrough of it and have them act it out

Kierkegaard and Time

Danish man considered first
existentialist philosopher
People have two views of time
Circle - If you miss an opportunity, you will
always have another chance
River - If we miss our opportunity, it will
pass us by and never return again