How Do I Use Arts Integration in the Classroom?
How Do I Use Arts Integration in the Classroom? When I was a little girl, I spent a lot of time playing out on the east porch of our huge old house. Usually, I pretended I was a princess. I’d drape a towel over my head and promenade around the porch and make my castle […]
Why is it Important to Create a Lesson Plan?
Why is it Important to Create a Lesson Plan? Today, let’s discuss why is it important to create a lesson plan. I studied education about a million years ago when I was in college. My teacher was terrific! I thought I was prepared. I could write a lesson plan. Consequently, her instruction provided invaluable. It’s not […]
Drama Lessons for Families Who are Home-Bound
Drama Lessons for Families Who are Home-Bound Tick, tock, tick, tock……. Is it only Wednesday? Have you worn out the Play-dough, grown frustrated by the board game, broke the new cool toy, gained five pounds by baking chocolate chip cookies and just can’t make one more blanket fort? Families: Have you exhausted your ideas […]
Learning Through Reader’s Theater Scripts
Learning Through Readers Theater Scripts Today’s let us consider an old friend of mine–readers theater. Learning through readers theater scripts is effortless. I’m getting ahead of myself here. Shocking News Did you know that 40% of our students can not read fluently. Forty per cent! Yikes. When we were raising our daughters, I made it […]
Drama Lessons for Home-Bound Students or During the Corona Virus Quarantine
Drama Lessons for Home-Bound Students or During the Corona Virus Quarantine In light of the Corona virus illness, and many people quarantined at home, I thought I’d offer you some suggestions of drama lessons a teacher could assign or a student could take home with them. I am part of several Facebook groups for […]
Creative Dramatics Lessons from an Award Winning Drama Teacher
Creative Dramatics Lessons from an Award Winning Drama Teacher Hello! You may not know me or be familiar with my work. I’m Deborah Baldwin (but my friends call me Deb.) I am a recently retired award-winning drama teacher of thirty-eight years. At that time, I directed over 250 plays and musicals with students and adults […]