A Little Drama: Playful Activities for Young Children [Paperback]

With more than 200 inquiry-based and child-centered activities and exercises,A Little Dramawill help teachers (including those with no theater experience of their own) develop the body, voice, mind, and heart of young children. Use these activities to help children navigate daily transitions, to calm children when its time to quiet, and to develop childrens creativity, sense of self, and social-emotional, physical, and literacy skills (and have a lot of fun along the way).The perfect resource for promoting childrens social-emotional learning through more than 200 theater and drama activities across the early childhood curriculum. Filled with easy-to-implement ideas for incorporating drama into early childhood classrooms . . . This book is an excellent resource for both beginning and experienced early childhood educators. —Booklist

A substantial and comprehensive addition to the field of theatre pedagogy in the early childhood classroom. Easy-to-use and full of multidisciplinary activities,A Little Dramaserves as a valuable reminder that young children learn in different ways, and that play and drama can help to diversify teaching and to meet students varied learning needs. —Alexander Santiago-Jirau, director of education, New York Theatre Workshop and instructor, Educational Theatre at New York UniversitySteinhardt

A Little Dramais the most comprehensive and thorough book on how to use dramatic activities with young children, that I have ever come across. It is a must-have tool for educators, administrators, parents, or anyone that works with the very young. —James Miles, executive director, Arts Corps & veteran Teaching Artist

Lavinia Roberts provides a wealth of well-organized drama activities, especially for busy educators who have not facilitated drama with young children. Teachers may easily choose and integrate any number of brief exercises, including simple yoga poses, that inspirel³.