Suggests ways to create dramatic play environments in which children can have experiences with all the language arts. (DD)

Describes how a teacher can personally assume a role and thereby facilitate students' role playing. (DD)

Discusses seven books and a film that can help teachers capitalize on the benefits of drama in the classroom. (ARH)

Considers whether dramatic play with toys would be as important for beginning readers and whether it could be used to support their story writing. Discusses the introduction of toys to the writers' workshop. Considers how to reflect on the physical world as a source for story ideas. (SG)

Children seem to learn language more quickly when movement precedes language use. (JH)

Drama and movement bring delight, happiness, increased learning into every aspect of the English program. (JH)

Describes four-year-olds' fantasy play, and how their language manifests their imaginations, moods, and personal fears. (HTH)

Examines ways in which the varying degrees of distance that occur in drama may help children to engage in more abstract levels of thought and language. (HTH)

Discusses the role of language in drama in education. Examines the levels at which drama can enhance learning and understanding of language: social, symbolic, and reflective. (HTH)

Individual short stories are to encourage role playing are presented.

Preparational and situational cues are explained in terms of childrens dramatic responses to compassionate love. (JH)

Describes a drama lesson in which a class of grade-one students spent one and a half hours engaged with second-year elementary education student teachers. Illustrates the power of drama to deeply engage students in a range of language arts activities. (SR)

Dramatic play and role playing are two techniques that can be used to help children understand their feelings about death. (JH)

British drama instructor discusses how drama provides a sense of immediacy to subjects or stories and to the discovery process of learning. She also discusses how the dialectic aspects of drama aids in children's language development. (HTH)