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ERIC ED372435: Enhancing Creative Dramatic Play and Story Reenactme...
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A classroom research project in Alaska explored what role
dramatic play and story reenactments have as a
teaching/learning method for young childrens'
development. A review of the literature identified
several common elements that helped teachers elicit
successful dramatic story reenactments: choosing a
familiar book or story; encouraging adaptations of
stories to fit the needs of the group; directing as
little as possible; and avoiding getting caught up in the
final product. The students and the teacher began by
reenacting familiar fairy tales and folktales. The 12
students in the class formed two groups to work on
reenacting "The Three Little Pigs." The students enjoyed
the reenactments and wanted to reenact their stories
again after seeing the other group's reenactment. The
students then moved on to reenacting unfamiliar fairy
tales. The addition of a puppet stage with a variety of
puppets was successful, and showed how language,
cooperation, story comprehension, oral expression, and
imagination are all developed in this creative play. The
teacher was surprised and excited at the transformation
the students made into various kinds of characters by
just putting on a different shirt, hat, or skirt. The
dress-up area soon became one of the most popular places
in the classroom. Students developed higher-level
thinking skills as they made decisions about characters,
plot, and setting in reenacting their characters. They
developed social skills as they listened to others' ideas
and learned to compromise in the choices they made as a
group. (Contains 14 references.) (RS)
Date Published: 2014-10-18 13:09:00
Identifier: ERIC_ED372435
Item Size: 25403894
Language: english
Media Type: texts
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