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Play’s the Thing, Where Education is King!

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I’ve always been a firm believer that drama is critical to our educational process.  In this short video, I talk briefly about empathy, creativity, and the power of drama in education.

 

 

EMPATHY – Part 8 of Why Drama is so Important in School

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Part 8 of the 12 part series: Why Drama is so important in School. – EMPATHY

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EMPATHY defined: the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

Empathy is something that we as parents and educators try to instill in our kids from a very early age. Understanding what another person is going … Continue reading →

CONFIDENCE – Part 7 of Why Drama is so Important in School

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Part 7 of the 12 part series: Why Drama is so important in School. – CONFIDENCE

Confidence in children can be shattered so quickly and many times we don’t even know why. But, what we do know is that confidence can be built. Confidence can have an incredibly strong foundation for the future of a child, if nurtured correctly.

The DEFINITION of confidence: A feeling … Continue reading →

TEAM BUILDING – PART 6 – Why Drama is so Important in School

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Part 6 of the 12 part series: Why Drama is so important in School. – TEAM BUILDING

Working together is so important in life, yet we don’t teach this skill anywhere in school. Sure, many kids get some of this piece from sports, but not every kid plays sports. Hence the reason we need more team building activities throughout our schools.

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Why Drama is so Important in School – PART 5 – EDUCATION

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Part 5 of the 12 part series: Why Drama is so important in School. – EDUCATION

One of the best byproducts of drama is in-depth education into a specific subject matter.  There are two sides to this:

  • On Stage
  • Backstage

ON STAGE

Whatever you are performing, there is always a place and setting for it. Many times there’s a musical genre as well. This doesn’t even include new vocabulary or famous quotes and speeches.

If you perform one of these plays, you’re also learning history:

Why Drama is so Important in School – PART 4 – PRESENTATION SKILLS

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PRESENTATION SKILLS – is part 4 of the 12 part series: Why Drama is so Important in Schools.

No matter where you go in life, you’re going to have to Get up in front of a group, a class, or an audience and present an idea for a project, a report, a paper, or some other material.  Even if it is just your boss and you want to pitch a new project, you will need to prepare and present your … Continue reading →

Why Drama is so Important in School – PART 3 – SOCIAL SKILLS

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Part 3 of the 12 part series: Why Drama is so important in School. – SOCIAL SKILLS

why drama?In a day and age where we see more and more kids with their noses buried in a phone screen, the social skills naturally generated on the school and play grounds are drifting away.  We are creating a society that will … Continue reading →

Why Drama is so Important in School – PART 2 – CREATIVITY

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Part 2 of the 12 part series: Why Drama is so important in School. – CREATIVITY

Sherlock Holmes once questioned what the point was of filling his brain with useless facts, in this particular case, the Earth revolving around the Sun. As he would rather fill his brain with useful facts. Although I don’t completely agree with his philosophy, he does bring a point to light. That is, why do we learn as much as we do?  Well, I’ll tell you why.  It’s so we can take previous ideas, connect them, and create new ideas. The keyword here is: CREATE. Everything we do, who we are, … Continue reading →

Why Drama is so Important in School – PART 1 – COMPREHENSION

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Part 1 of the 12 part series: Why Drama is so important in School. – COMPREHENSION

I received an email a few weeks ago from a teacher using my books/plays for her students because she wanted them to improve their skills in reading comprehension. She wrote the following to me:

“I used your Midsummer Night’s Dream as reading material. I couldn’t get my high school special ed students to reread anything. Their thinking was, “I have already read that once and do not need to repeat.” But, by introducing this as a play that … Continue reading →

Why Drama is so Important in Schools

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Over the next several weeks and months I’ll be writing a 12-part series about why drama is so important in schools.  I’ll be covering several different aspects of the benefits of why we do drama, what it gives our kids that very few extra-curricular activities can give, as well as ideas and suggestions on to how to make theater a robust and staple program within your school.

I’ll … Continue reading →