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 […]

Drama Lessons for High School from an Award Winning Drama Teacher

Drama Lessons for High School from an Award Winning Drama Teacher Hello! I wanted to introduce you to drama lessons for high school from an award-winning drama teacher. 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 […]

Growth Mindset in the Study of Famous Theater Artists

Growth Mindset in Theater Artists

Today, let’s talk about the importance of growth mindset in the study of famous theater artists, Growth mindset is a popular buzz word phrase used for a few years.  At first, I wasn’t certain I knew what it was.  Now that I’ve studied it, it’s a terrific philosophy.  Growth mindset is the belief that we […]

What is Talk like a Pirate Day?

Today, I’d like to share about the question, What is Talk Like a Pirate day?” Simply put, it’s a non-official day where people talk like pirates.  It’s just fun! Here is the origin: Talk Like a Pirate Day is the brainchild (if that’s the right word) of two friends, John Baur and Mark Summers, who […]

The Importance of a Drama Word Wall for Secondary Students

drama bulletin board with drama vocabulary words posted on it

The Importance of a Drama Word Wall for Secondary Students Let’s chat about the importance of a drams word wall for secondary students. When I was a child, I remember spelling word tests. Education has changed a lot since then, thank goodness. I’m a good speller and I give all the credit to Miss DeLong.  […]