Exploring St Patrick’s Day through Movement Characters: Three narrators, three slave traders, Patrick, Patrick’s mother, Patrick’s father, Rich Merchant, three sheep, God, Ship’s captain, three druids, High King, snakes (as many as you want.) Narrator 1: Once upon a time in the north of France there lived a young…
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears Movement Story for children.
 All the children sit in a circle. When the children hear the following words in the story they must jump up and do the following actions. The words are in bold to assist the teacher. Goldilocks: Skip around the space. Bear/Bears: Walk slowly and growl. Bowl/Bowls: Clasp fingers together…
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The Monkey and the Crocodile – A playscript for children
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. Characters: Three storytellers, the crocodile, the crocodile’s wife and the monkey. Storyteller…
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The Little Red Hen – A Movement Play.
Each child finds a space and sits down. Each child or a group of children are assigned a specific word and a corresponding action. The narrator/teacher reads the story aloud, and when the children hear their word, they must jump up and do their actions. The words are in bold…
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How the Camel got his Hump – A play for children based on the story by Rudyard Kipling
Characters: Three storytellers, Camel, Man, Ox, Horse, Dog, Djinn. Storyteller 1: In the beginning when the world was new. Storyteller 2: All the animals were working hard to make the world a better place. Storyteller 3: Except for the camel who was very lazy. The camel lived in the middle…
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Christmas Drama Games for Children
https://www.amazon.com/Drama-Start-Christmas-Activities-Movement-ebook/dp/B0FFCNJ9XS?ref_=ast_author_dp_aw&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Etqp0Kby4XW05aqu2E0zTqeV-SF5wuFNgcL1-6z9VWleaPpyQ2VExT11C4t5QTUzgs1U2vCMNWejz2sao511SRT6AsEBhYJB90IHgVlj2LoL-jipg9Ud42unsmiAN8PH.hc-5h1HZRdn7nLaHciKCcoYkpEGUHfh5DIIZ3KsYtOU&dib_tag=AUTHOR Christmas Movement Story Christmas Drama Games Christmas Drama Workshop Scan the code below and sign up to our mailing list and receive a free copy of Aesop’s Fables on Stage. Christmas Drama Games for Children Game: What’s the time Santa Claus? Age: 3 years + Minimum number of participants:…
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The Enormous Turnip – A five minute playscript for children
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. The Enormous Turnip Characters: Three Storytellers, Old Man, Old Woman, Boy, Girl,…
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Humpty Dumpty – a 5 minute play script for children.
Cast of characters (14): Humpty Dumpty, Egg 1, Egg 2, Egg 3, Egg 4, General, King’s man 1, King’s man 2, King’s man 3, King’s horse 1, King’s horse 2, King’s horse 3, King and Servant. (Stage directions: There is a big wall upstage and there are a group of…
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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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Some Improvisation Activities for ESL Students.
Improvisation is an effective way for ESL students to develop language skills that they can use outside of the classroom. Improvisation develops skills such as confidence and empathy. The following activities give students an outlet to express a range of emotions. A variety of tenses, vocabulary, question forms, idioms and…
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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 Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde -A Playscript for Children
If you would like to sign up to our mailing list and receive a free copy of Aesop’s Fables on Stage, click here. The Canterville Ghost Characters: Lord Canterville, Mr Otis, Mrs Otis, Virginia, James, Lewis, Clark (twins), Mrs Umney, Sir Simon (the ghost)Stage directions: Outside Canterville Castle there is…
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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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SNOW WHITE & SEVEN DWARFS – A PLAY FOR CHILDREN
 Scene 1: *Curtains open with Snow White on one side of the stage, sitting down reading a book and the Queen on the other side of the stage looking at Snow White angrily* Narrator: Hello boys and girls. Welcome to our play. Do you all know the story of…
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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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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 Town Mouse and the Country Mouse – A Ten Minute Play
Characters: Town Mouse, Country Mouse, Country Mouse’s wife, three tree, three flowers, hedgehog, squirrel, worm, mother, father, child, cat, dog. (Town Mouse is sitting on the stage. He is looking very bored.) Storyteller 1: Once upon a time there was mouse called Town Mouse. Storyteller 2: One day he was…
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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…
