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Free plays, drama games and creative ideas for teachers and anyone working with children.

Category: Animal Stories

Animal Stories

Movement and Directions Drama Activity for Children (20 Minutes)

Drama Start Books, 5 Mar 202313 Oct 2026

Explore directions through a 20-minute movement drama activity. Children use their bodies, imagination and spatial awareness to investigate ways of travelling. A drama learning opportunity that focuses on the movement concept of directions (20 minutes) Warm Up (2-3 minutes): Start by having the children stand in a circle. Explain to…

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Animal Stories

High, Medium and Low: Movement Story for Children

Drama Start Books, 5 Mar 20234 Oct 2026

Movement Story that focuses on the movement concept of different levels (high, medium, low) Once upon a time, there were three best friends: a rabbit named Rosie, a snake named Sammy, and a giraffe named Gina. They loved to explore their world and go on adventures together. One sunny day,…

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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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Action Poems Children acting out Goldilocks and the Three Bears in a drama workshop

Goldilocks Drama Workshop for Young Children

Drama Start Books, 3 Jan 20213 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.   This Goldilocks and the Three Bears workshop is from “Drama…

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