The Reasons to Teach Broadway Musicals to Your Students
The Reasons to Teach Broadway Musicals to Your Students There is a phenomena I can’t quite explain. It used to be people weren’t all that excited about musicals. Well, some people weren’t. I always liked them. In fact, I remember the first musical I attended. I saw Pearl Bailey in Hello Dolly! on Broadway. That […]
A Playwriting Unit or How to Help Your Students Feel Seen
A Playwriting Lesson or How to Help Your Students Feel Seen Today, let’s talk about a playwriting unit to help your students feel seen. I’m old enough to remember the days in school when we wrote notes to our friends. Most of the time they were pretty innocent. Occasionally, they seemed very important–asking a friend […]
High Expectations of Our Students Yields Results
High Expectations of Our Students Yields Results For thirty-eight years, I was accused of being a tough teacher. Whenever this occurred, I responded to the comment with, “Really? I only want the best for you because you can do your best with a little help from me.” I’ve been thinking about this statement quite a […]
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 […]
Circus Themed Lesson Plans–a New Twist for Drama Classes
Circus Themed Lessons–a New Twist for Drama Classes Let’s talk about circus themed lesson–a new twist for drama class, shall we? “Welcome to the circus!”–You know, I don’t think I’ve heard a circus master of ceremonies actually say this, have you? It must be from the movie, Dumbo which was one of my favorites when […]
Your Secret Teaching Allies-Super Heroes
Let’s talk about your secret teaching allies–super heroes. If you are a teacher, you may be using them in your lessons all ready. If not, I’m going to give you some good reasons to implement them! The obvious reason to use super heroes in our teaching is that our students relate to them, especially elementary […]