Helpful Resources to Get YOU Started or INSPIRED...
This book and app is the brainchild of Professor Robyn Ewing (Sydney University) and John Nicholas Saunders (Sydney Theatre Company. )
The book and the below application are Australian Curriculum linked and focus on Drama skills and kinaesthetic in the classroom through literature.
The book has an abundance of ideas for texts as well as supporting texts to use in the Drama or mainstream Primary Classroom. There are a series of lessons/workshops within the text that are super easy to follow!
For those who are not sure of the lingo or games used in the book, the teachers book companion app (below) is a godsend for any teacher who needs to visualise what the activities look like in the classroom. Complete with instructional videos, you can't go wrong with these purchases!
The book and the below application are Australian Curriculum linked and focus on Drama skills and kinaesthetic in the classroom through literature.
The book has an abundance of ideas for texts as well as supporting texts to use in the Drama or mainstream Primary Classroom. There are a series of lessons/workshops within the text that are super easy to follow!
For those who are not sure of the lingo or games used in the book, the teachers book companion app (below) is a godsend for any teacher who needs to visualise what the activities look like in the classroom. Complete with instructional videos, you can't go wrong with these purchases!
If there ever was a lifesaver when I started as a Drama Teacher then THIS was IT!
This site has some freebies for you to try out and a few videos for you to refer to... Afterall, us Drama Teachers are rather 'visual' learners, it's always good to see things in action!
The subscription is a little expensive, but the library of videos and printable resources that you have access too is UNBELIEVABLE! It's roughly over $115 for the year but well worth it!
This site has some freebies for you to try out and a few videos for you to refer to... Afterall, us Drama Teachers are rather 'visual' learners, it's always good to see things in action!
The subscription is a little expensive, but the library of videos and printable resources that you have access too is UNBELIEVABLE! It's roughly over $115 for the year but well worth it!
This book is fabulous and well set out! The reader and student's (if you wish to use the structure and idea of this book the same way it's written) understand and read it as though it is a MENU, very cool!
The book (with accompanying tutorial videos) has warm ups (entree's), lesson (main's) and cool down consolidation activities (desserts) for your kids lessons. How creative! AND, well worth the purchase...
Teacher's have a forum on the official website http://dramamenu.com/ to contribute to or use, where other teacher's have added ideas from the program/ book and made lessons to suit what is being taught in class.
The book (with accompanying tutorial videos) has warm ups (entree's), lesson (main's) and cool down consolidation activities (desserts) for your kids lessons. How creative! AND, well worth the purchase...
Teacher's have a forum on the official website http://dramamenu.com/ to contribute to or use, where other teacher's have added ideas from the program/ book and made lessons to suit what is being taught in class.
LOVE this website!
I used this A LOT when I was in my own classroom for teaching English strategies. It's fabulous for engaging 'You Tube' clips for the kids and has great little tips and activities that can be used with them before and after viewing.
I used this A LOT when I was in my own classroom for teaching English strategies. It's fabulous for engaging 'You Tube' clips for the kids and has great little tips and activities that can be used with them before and after viewing.
This site has been written by a teacher named Karla in Sydney, NSW.
She teaches high-school drama and is extremely passionate about what she does. This is a great FREE website, so get on board people!
This site has warm-up games and lessons that are easily adaptable for any age group. Once you get the concept of these activities or lessons they can quite easily be turned into whatever you are teaching throughout the curriculum.
She teaches high-school drama and is extremely passionate about what she does. This is a great FREE website, so get on board people!
This site has warm-up games and lessons that are easily adaptable for any age group. Once you get the concept of these activities or lessons they can quite easily be turned into whatever you are teaching throughout the curriculum.
I found this website just by typing in 'free drama activities' into Google quite a while ago. The games are very easy to read and simple to play or adapt to your own lessons.
I really like websites that stick to the basics. This one is a quick 'go-to' when im stuck for warm-ups or want to change things up a bit.
I really like websites that stick to the basics. This one is a quick 'go-to' when im stuck for warm-ups or want to change things up a bit.