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Little Plays for Little People Grades K-3: Theatre Games and Activities

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Hooray for Chari Greenberg! I found this book very well written, easy to follow, and fun! This is a great book for someone who knows nothing about acting, but would like to teach children how to act. The explanations are so simple and easy that I was inspired to think that even I could teach children's theatre. This book illustrates acting skills, auditioning, and play line-ups. There are many examples and exercises for helping children improve their acting skill. Another positive trait is that the author anticipates and addresses classroom behavior. For example, it mentions that the kids may try to run around while they are plants and to remind them that plants stay in place.

This book contains some well-formatted entertaining plays that allow children to act out the stories while the teacher feeds them lines. I tried out the warm-up exercises and two other plays, "Friends 1 and 2 have an argument" and "Goldilocks and the Many Bears" on children ages 4-9 and the kids had a great time! I asked the kids what they thought of the plays and they said, "They were fun!" The kids and I look forward to performing more of these charming little plays.