About this series
Children love acting out plays whether it is reading aloud in a classroom or performing in front of a large audience. Stage Start and Stage Start Two is a collection of 40 plays for children. It provides children with the opportunity to have lots of fun and enjoyment as well as helping them to develop reading, comprehension and communication skills.
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- Drama Start, Drama Activities, Plays And Monologues For Young Children (Ages 3 to 8).
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‘Drama Start’ is a collection of drama activities, including games, role playing ideas, action poems, plays and monologues, suitable for children between the ages of 3 and 8. It can be used in Early Years’ settings or in primary schools, up to and including second class. This book is also suitable for people working with children in any setting where drama is used such as community groups, out of school care facilities, therapeutic group work and so on. The book is accessible and easy to follow. It is divided into three parts – Drama Games, Plays and Monologues. Each section provides educators/teachers/leaders with a variety of creative and imaginative ideas for stimulating drama activities in many different settings.
- Drama Start Two: Drama Acivities And Plays For Children (Ages 9 -12)
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About the Author Julie Meighan is a lecturer in Drama in Education at the Cork Institute of Technology. She has taught Drama to all age groups and levels. She is the author of Drama Start: Drama Activities, Plays and Monologues for Young Children (ages 3 -8). Drama Start 2 is a collection of drama activities and plays suitable for children between the ages of nine and twelve. This book is also suitable for anyone working with children in a setting where drama is used, such as community groups, out-of-school care facilities, therapeutic group work and so on. The book is accessible and easy to follow. It is divided into two parts: Part 1 – Drama Games Part 2 – Plays Each section provides educators/leaders with a variety of creative and imaginative ideas to stimulate drama activities in many different settings.
- Stage Start! 20 Plays for Children.
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The first nine plays The Lion and the Mouse, The Little Red Hen, The Gingerbread man, The Ants and the Grasshopper, The Enormous Turnip, Chicken Licken, The Hare and the Tortoise, The Stage Start is a collection of 20 plays suitable for primary school children.Three Billy Goats Gruff, The Ugly Duckling and The Boy Who Cried Wolf, are all based on well known and well loved traditional children’s stories. The play Chinese New Year is based on the legend of how each animal became associated with a Chinese year. The Lonely Dragon is based on a therapeutic story I wrote about isolation and making friends. The play How the Zebra got his Stripes tells the fun story of the legend of how all the different jungle animals came to look like they do today. The Selfish Giant is based on the very popular short story by Oscar Wilde. The Land of Trolls and Gargoyles is a play about a child’s attachment to his parent, and No Excuse deals with the topic of bullying. Caught in the Act, At Doctor’s Crowne and A Winter’s Tale have fewer characters and can be used in a small drama class or with smaller groups. Finally Anne of Green Gables is a duologue based on the very famous book Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery.
- Stage Start And Stage Start 2 40 Plays For Children
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Children love acting out plays whether it is reading aloud in a classroom or performing in front of a large audience. Stage Start and Stage Start Two is a collection of 40 plays for children. It provides children with the opportunity to have lots of fun and enjoyment as well as helping them to develop reading, comprehension and communication skills.
Julie Meighan
Julie Meighan is a lecturer in Drama in Education at the Cork Institute of Technology. She has taught Drama to all age groups and levels.
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