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The King and the Donkey’s Ears – An Irish Legend – 5 minute play scripts.
Narrator 1: Once upon a time, there was a boy called Donal Narrator 2: He wanted to be a Barber when he grew up. Donal: Mother, When I grow up I want to be a barber. Mother: Don’t be silly. You can’t be a barber. Everyone knows what happens to…
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Storytelling in the Early Years
Benefits of Storytelling in the Early Years: Promote a feeling of well-being and relaxation Increase children’s willingness to communicate thoughts and feelings Encourage active participation Increase verbal proficiency Encourage use of imagination and creativity Encourage cooperation between students Enhance listening skills Identify the children’s…
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More Action Poetry for Children
Five Currant Buns in a Baker’s Shop Directions: Five children can be the current buns and six children can be the customers. One child can be the baker. Everyone else can say the rhyme below The baker lines up his currant buns in the shop. When each customer comes in…
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The Thirsty Crow – A 5 minute Playscript for children
The Thirsty Crow Characters: Three Storytellers, Crow, Bees, Ladybirds, Butterflies Storyteller 1: One fine morning the crow woke up. He was very hungry.Storyteller 2: He decided to go looking for some breakfast.Storyteller 3: Soon, he came across some juicy flies. (Crow eats the flies.)Crow: That was delicious but now I’m…
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The Ants and the Grasshoppers – A 5 minute play script for children.
The Ant and the Grasshopper Characters: Three storytellers, three ants, grasshopper, owls, squirrels and bears. (Stage Directions: the owls, squirrels and bears are in a large semicircle stage right; storytellers are stage left and the ants are in the centre of the stage.) Storyteller 1: One hot summer’s day ……
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Four Fun Movement Games for Children.
. Game: Doors and Windows Age: 5 years+ Minimum number of participants: 10 Resources needed: Clear space Other benefits: Spatial awareness, group work Instructions: The children form a circle while standing and holding their hands. The group spreads out enough so that everyone’s arms are straight in the circle. This…
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The Lion and the Clever Rabbit – A Simple Play for Children.
Characters: Three narrators, the rabbit, the lion, deer, elephant Narrator 1: Once upon a time in a jungle in India. Narrator 2: There lived a lion. He was very powerful and very cruel. Narrator 3: He hunted and killed a lot of animals in the jungle. Sometimes he just hunted…
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King Midas – A Play for Children.
Get Jingle Bells and Drama Spells: 40 Christmas drama games, 8 Christmas interactive stories and 7 Christmas plays. Click here. Characters: Three Narrators, King Midas, Dionysus, servant, Princess and Rover the dog Narrator 1: In ancient Greece, there lived a King called Midas. King Midas loved money more than anything…
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Drama Lesson based on “The Lion and The Clever Rabbit”
The following is a Drama workshop to do with children in primary or elementary school. It is a useful workshop if you want to focus on the issue of Bully and isolation. It is based on the fable from the Panchatantra called “The Lion and the Clever Rabbit”. Here is…
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The Twits – A Play based on a Roald Dahl Classic
The following is a play adapted from Roald Dahl’s classic “The Twits.” Characters: Mr Twit, Mrs Twit, three narrators, four little boys, Roly Poly Bird, monkeys and birds – you can have as many monkeys and birds as you want. Narrator 1: Mr and Mrs Twit were truly awful people….
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Drama Activities for ESL Students
Game: The Dog Show Level: Pre Intermediate + Aim: Questions Minimum number of participants: 2 Resources needed: Clear Space Instructions: This is a communication activity where the students have to use their imagination. There is an opportunity for the students to use mime and provides a chance to use the…
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The Gruffalo – Drama Workshop
The Gruffalo drama workshop from Julie Meighan
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The Three Billy Goat’s Gruff – A Classroom Drama
The Three Billy Goats Gruff Read the story. See link above. Introduction: All the children sit in a circle. The teacher asks them what a troll looks like? Get the children to express their thoughts and ideas freely. Role on the wall: Give an outline of an image and…
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The Magic Porridge Pot – 10 Minute Play for Children
The Magic Porridge Pot Characters: Two storytellers, Daisy, Maisy, Mother, four villagers, old woman and the porridge pot. Storyteller 1: Once upon a time, there was a little girl called Daisy who lived with her mother in a very small house. Storyteller 2: They were very poor and they didn’t…
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The Hare and the Tortoise – A play for children
Characters: Three storytellers, hare, tortoise, foxes, badgers, hedgehogs, bears and an eagle. (Stage Directions: The three storytellers are on the left hand side of the stage and the tortoise is moving around the stage in slow motion.) Storyteller 1: Once upon a time there lived a tortoise. Storyteller: 2: He…
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Puppet Activities:
Puppet Activities: Blind Storyteller: Have one person sit in front of the group facing them. Have two or three people stand behind him with their puppets. The sitting person cannot see the people behind him. Have him tell a story about these three puppets. The “actors” then have to…
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Christmas drama games
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Another simple Xmas play for children aged 3 to 6
The Littlest Christmas Tree Narrator – Long ago in the forest there were 3(or they can be as many as you want) beautiful Fir Trees. These 3 fir trees hoped that someday they would be Christmas Trees. They were very patient and each day they grew and grew (Trees walk…
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Action Poems for Young Children
Action Poems When Goldilocks went to the house of the bears When Goldilocks went to the house of the bears (Walk on the spot). Oh, what did her blue eyes see? (Point to their eyes) A bowl that was huge and a bowl that was small And a bowl that…
