What have you learned? This week I learned how much drama activities can enhance everyday learning in the classroom.
What are your new perspectives about using drama in your future classroom? Drama wasn't ever my thing in grade school and I didn't see myself using it very much in my future classroom either, until class on Tuesday. I hadn't ever thought of the idea of extending a simple picture book by incorporating a few short process drama tools before, but I love it now! I got so much from the book we read in class by stopping and doing correlating activities like Decision Alley, I can't wait to see how students react to such activities.
So What kinds of activities do you think you will use most as you begin teaching? My favorite drama activities that I have done so far have been Machines and Decision Alley, I love the way they get students up and moving and thinking. I am sure there will be many other activities that I will learn to love, maybe even come up with my own!
Now What - Why do children need creative drama? Why is it important to integrate drama with other curricular areas? Students need to have a well rounded education that goes beyond reading and writing from their desks: they need to be active! By adding drama activities to daily lessons, students not only get the benefits from physical activity, their brains get exercise they can't get in any other way than from thinking outside the box to solve a problem and be creative.
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