children's theater

Introduces various acting techniques through such activities as games, dramatizing stories or ideas, and staging puppet plays. Includes suggestions for writing original plays and for simple props and costumes.

Presents eleven folk tales with directions for organizing dramatic improvisations of each story.

Provides instructions for all aspects of putting on one's own play, covering writing scripts, designing sets, making costumes, and acting parts; and includes six plays and ideas for cast parties.

Presents an introduction to the story theater process, stressing the importance of creating an environment of trust in the classroom, features warm-up exercises and dramatization tips, and provides twenty-five story theater scripts for students in grades two through six, each including one of more storytellers, a chorus, and other actors.