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Download full textWashburn, Judith Sostarich – 1983
Through storytelling and creative drama, teachers can introduce children to good quality literature they might otherwise miss. By making the connection between books and storytelling and between books and creative drama, the storyteller/teacher introduces literature as a source of pleasure. Storytelling and creative dramatics also give children…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Creative Dramatics
Peer reviewedHurwitz, Sally C. – Young Children, 2001
Describes how the personal narratives of Vivian Paley led one early childhood specialist to surprising insights about the ways young children and adults learn. Focuses on the role of children's storytelling and playacting in supporting thinking, classroom discipline techniques, and using children's thinking to improve one's teaching skills. (KB)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Discipline, Dramatic Play, Early Childhood Education
Sloyer, Shirlee – 1982
Comprehensive instructions for selecting, staging, directing, and evaluating a program of readers theatre is provided for teachers of the elementary school grades. A step-by-step guide using a wide variety of detailed examples is presented in the first section of the booklet. Various chapters in this section discuss (1) readers theatre's unique…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Skills, Childrens Literature, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques
Schinke-Llano, Linda, Ed.; Rauff, Rebecca, Ed. – 1996
The collection of class activities for teaching English as a second language (ESL) to young children consists of ideas contributed by classroom teachers. The book is divided into 14 sections: (1) social interaction, including activities ranging from first-time classroom encounters to learning about and working with special-needs children; (2)…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Daily Living Skills
