I have never been one that had enjoyed doing drama. I love watching it and love going to plays and such, but when it comes to me doing it I become a little self-concious.
But while we were in class and doing some of those activities I loosened up a bit and had fun making all those different types of machines and realized that would be a fun activity to get kids moving and their creativity flowing.
In the reading I learned that drama has many positive effects on students like these 2 quotes,
1) "Vocabulary increases as students, read, write, speak and lisen to interesting words related to drama activities. Writing becomes more descriptive. Students write greater amounds and with greater proficiency, which shows clearer thinking and how to organize and develop ideas" (pg 205).
2) "Drama is a key teaching tool with a track record of increasing peer interaction, social relationships, and conflict resolution skills, because drama is a group art" (pg 206).
I have definitely seen strong points about using drama as a part in the classroom, it builds relationships between students and they can have fun expressing themselves physically rather then writing something down. Even though I haven't been really into doing drama myself I still have time before I have my own classroom in which I can work on this.
It is important for the children to have drama because it can help them develop many things like social skills, empathy while increasing motivation, concentration, focus and creative problem solving. It is important to integrate it in your curriculum because it livens things up in the classroom and students can learn that way instead of by listening to a lecture or reading about it.
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