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You have been given a group of multiage student learners and can already foresee the problems. There is a reason schools group students by age. Even in multiage rooms, the grade levels only vary by one or two years. Once you stray outside of that ...

Part 1: What is Arts Integration exactly? And what is NOT Arts Integration?  Curriculum Integration has been a buzzword for educators for the past few decades. But what does it actually mean? What does it entail from an individual educator’s perspective? And what are tangible ...

No matter the age range, I almost always begin the semester (or year or session) with our Book, Stick, Chair, Person lesson. It sets my management expectations, introduces vocabulary, and has them seated in a circle, so everyone can see each individual as they respond ...

Hello! My name is Danielle, and for those of you who don’t know me, I am the Creative Coordinator for OneStopDRAMAShop.com. We may have interacted on the OSDS Facebook or Instagram page, through one of our conferences or workshops, or you may have received a ...

Hello friends of OneStopDRAMAShop, and welcome to our final installment of our Classroom Strategies for Drama series. This installment continues with five more strategies, each including a practical example from our lesson library. We hope you have found this blog series informative and helpful. Have ...

Hello friends of OneStopDRAMAShop, and welcome back! In my last blog article, I introduced five more classroom strategies for drama, each linked to an applied example from our lesson library. This installment continues with six more strategies, each including a practical example. As always, please ...

In my last article, I went over how to choose a strategy and introduced four of my favorite Classroom Strategies for Drama. This article introduces another five strategies, each linked to an example lesson so you can see how they might be applied in a ...

I have been asked to share some of my favorite strategies for teaching drama.  In the next couple of months, I want to share 20 strategies with you, and I challenge you to select one you have never used and give it a try.  I’d ...

Classroom management and student engagement often begin with selecting the right story for your class. In my curriculum, younger students start out by playing the major characters all together. Then, as a next step, I place them in groups where they learn how to divide ...

Vocal Work – Building Vocal Confidence – Sound to Dialogue   Beginning with movement, imitation, and pantomime is an excellent choice for young actors or beginning actors of any age.  Sooner or later, however, you need to introduce the human voice.  Improvising believable dialogue is ...