Pre-K Lessons

Recommended Lesson Sequence for Pre-Kindergarten  This year-long planning guide maps a year of drama teaching for Pre-Kindergarten students.  This is adjusted and shortened from the longer schedule for older students in Kindergarten.  We put these lessons in a recommended delivery order below, but you may revise, rearrange, and adapt as you see fit.  This sequence is … Read more

Kindergarten Lessons

Recommended Lesson Sequence for Kindergarten  Purchase Lesson Sequence Outline only Purchase or download individual lessons below This year-long planning guide maps a year of drama teaching.  We put these lessons in a recommended delivery order below, but you may revise, rearrange, and adapt as you see fit.  This sequence is not a mandate; rather, it is … Read more

Kindergarten Drama Objectives & Standards

Kindergarten Drama Objectives  Drama Objectives Alignment to National Standards  These objectives cover essential learning in the art form for five- to seven-year-old students.   This first PDF download above contains objectives used in our Kindergarten Curriculum (appears below for members) in a handy printout for reference​.  We have aligned the objectives with the United States National Standards as shown in the … Read more

Tips for Kindergarten (& pre-K) Drama

 Tips on Using Drama with Pre-K and Kindergarten  Working with children in the pre-K and Kindergarten age requires special skills.  Managing the classroom with active, developing children can be a challenge, but employing drama skills to assist can make things easier–and we can show you how.  In our blog, we discussed using drama as a classroom management … Read more

Character Education for Kindergarten

Drama & Character Education Building character is a life long process.  The formation of good character begins when people are very young.  There are many human qualities that make character: honesty responsibility, resourcefulness, etc.  Many of these qualities can be taught through a well-designed drama program.  How does it work? FIRST:  drama is a study … Read more

Kindergarten Curriculum Overview

Classroom teachers and drama educators: all you need to implement this program in your classroom is a group of students, a space large enough in which to move comfortably, a signaling device, and you! MISSION This curriculum is a first step to introducing the youngest students to drama and creative expression through movement, verbalization, and role-playing; … Read more