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 […]
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 […]
How to Audition Children for a Play or Musical
How to Audition Children for a Play or Musical This is a subject near and dear to my heart. I became a youth theater director by accident. My college friends would say they thought that’s what I would end up doing with my theater degree. I had no idea, really. But it stuck with me. […]