Suggestions for making and using hand puppets, finger puppets, and shadow puppets are supplemented with ideas for scripts, building a puppet theater, and operating marionnettes. (JW)

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)

Three new approaches--one from theater, one from humanistic psychology, and one from the art world--promise different ways of handling English teaching. (Author)

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)

Advocates encouraging children to write about what they know best--the rich fantasy worlds they create in play. (Author)

Role-playing in nutrition has many advantages as an educational technique, including building thoughts, facilitating flexible thinking, promoting awareness, and providing opportunities for practicing food-related behavior. The Curry and Arnaud model for role play is presented in terms of its components and how each component relates to nutrition…

Uses a theatrical approach to implement dramatization into science classrooms. Explains how to use dramatic science in and outside of the classroom with different scenarios. (YDS)

This paper presents a guide to the selection and use of finger plays with children. Finger plays are defined as brief stories that rhyme and can be dramatized by fingers. After touching briefly on the origins of finger plays, the paper lists several uses for this activity, including motivating students, introducing new themes or units, and…

Urges the use of plays as a means of practicing English; however, the play should be chosen to suit the players. (LG)

An historical, philosophical, and methodological overview of the Dartmouth/Rassias model of foreign language instruction is presented. The model, first developed by John Rassias at Dartmouth College, is an intensive adaptation of the traditional audiolingual approach. Great use is made of dramatic techniques to motivate students and help them…

Individual short stories are to encourage role playing are presented.

Three important concepts, plot, dialogue, and characterization, which literature and theater share, can be clarified for children through improvisation. Discusses two improvisation exercises that emphasize these three literary devices through stories and poems related to the general themes of "people and places" and "nature's world". (Author/RK)

Suggests ways in which improvisational drama can be used to foster student involvement, self-awareness, and communication. (KS)

Concerns dramatic enactment of a skit involving three major characters-the mannequin, the pirate, and the mayor-its preparation and presentation. (DD)