CE230Seminar 7

Welcome to tonight’s seminar on Creative Drama! Get comfortable and enjoy chatting with your classmates. We will begin the seminar at 7:00.

Tonight’s Quote• “Imagination is more

important than knowledge, for knowledge is limited to all we know and understand while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.”

• --Albert Einstein

Questions about Unit 7 Project?

Drama and Learning

• Children learn through play and things that they experience

• Gesture and mime are language in motion.

• It is multisensory.• It involves 3 of

Gardner’s intelligences.

What do you think are the

most significant differences

between creative drama

and socio-dramatic play?

Share any experiences you have had with creative drama or socio-

dramatic play with children.

Benefits

• Language development• Extemporaneous

speaking• Social and emotional

development• Developing imagination

Types of Drama

• Dramatic play• Prop boxes• Pantomime• Participation Stories• Creative dramatics and

Play making• Story dramatization• Child-created plays• Puppetry

• Storytelling• Children as tellers• Presentation or

performance• Readers’ Theater

Why should you include creative drama?

• Social Skills– Good and original ideas

are valued– Social awareness is

increased– Children often work in

groups towards a common goal

– Problem solving is learned– Communication skills are

emphasized.

• Individual Growth and Development– Sense awareness is

emphasized– Cross curricular– Imagination/independent

thinking is encouraged– It is FUN!– Can be a healthy release of

energy– Leads to a greater

appreciation of formal drama

http://www.susancanthony.com/Resources/timsav/creativedrama.html

It has been a pleasure to be with

you tonight as always. Have a great

week and don’t forget to play!

Resources:

http://www.susancanthony.com/Resources/timsav/creativedrama.html

http://www.angelfire.com/ego/edp303/why.htm

http://www.creativedrama.com/creative.htm

http://www.imaginationstage.org/Our%20Classes/EarlyChildhoodProgramClasses.htm