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Category: Aesop’s fabes

Aesop's fabes

The Hare and the Tortoise: Drama Workshop for Children

Drama Start Books, 22 Jun 202215 Oct 2026

  Subscribe to my mailing list and receive a free copy of Aesop’s Fables on Stage If you would like to sign up to our mailing list and receive a free copy of Aesop’s Fables on Stage, click here. Each child finds a space and sits down. Each child or…

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Aesop's fabes Child creating a supportive therapeutic story through drawing and writing

Writing Therapeutic Stories for Children

Drama Start Books, 19 Sep 201830 Sep 2026

Basics: • Everyone has learnt a lesson for a story. • A story is metaphorical when used to communicate something more than the events itself. • Symbols are the smallest units of metaphor. • The story is a metaphor for the ideas it expresses. • The Importance of fantasy. The…

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The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: Free Ten-Minute Play

Drama Start Books, 10 Jan 20158 Oct 2026

A free ten-minute play script for children, taken from Aesop’s Fables on Stage by Julie Meighan. Town Mouse invites his friend to enjoy life in the town, but Country Mouse discovers that a feast is difficult to enjoy when danger is nearby. Characters: Three storytellers, Town Mouse, Country Mouse, Country…

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