There are so many ways out there that children/students can express themselves and enjoy the art of drama and storytelling. I was amazed as I was reading at the ideas that it gave and made me think that if I (a person who never felt comfortable acting and such could do it) then I would want to try to implement that in my future classroom.
The presentations were really fun to listen to and participate in. I really liked the books that were chosen. But as I looked over the EDEL 4540 site and read over other sections ideas, that it was interesting that so much could be done with books. I had heard of some of these books before but never imagined putting these kinds of activities to them.
When I do begin to implement things in my classroom I would want to start out slow and get the children used to doing things like this. I would start up with a warm-up or two and gradually move onto more active activities and ones that make them thing on a deeper level and help them to understand what points the author was trying to convey. I really liked how our textbook had a section about "Connecting Drama to Curricular Activities" and had ideas for core focuses like social studies, literacy, math and science.
This is definitely a topic that makes me re-think my feelings about drama and the importance it plays in the classroom. I will definitely study some more about it and read up on different activities that I would want to use in my classroom. I believe that as I read children's books that I will get ideas in my head that would make me think, "I could do such and such an activity for this book." The future holds many possibilities.
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