This is a book that looks at how drama has its basis in good early years practice. Most early years practitioners are doing some drama and are edging towards more structured work - this text will help them go further by building their own skills.
Using tried and tested example dramas based on traditional stories, the authors show how clearly dramas are constructed. They move from the simple use if TiR (Teacher in Role) to more complex, full dramas, using traditional stories including Little Bo Peep, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Humpty Dumpty, The Pied Piper, The Billy Goats Gruff and Hansel and Gretel.
Drama in the early years covers a number of key areas where drama is of particular importance for this age group including:
* drama in the National Curriculum
* how drama can help your teaching of the Literacy Hour
* personal and social education and citizenship
* drama and special needs
* assessment
* recording and progression
* developing a school policy for drama.
Foreword vii Jonothan Neelands Acknowledgements ix Introduction 1(4) PART I Thinking about drama 5(156) Why use drama? 7(12) How does drama work? Teacher intervention strategies when using drama with story 19(17) Drama and the literacy hour 36(15) Teacher in Role 51(12) Moving children into role: `Mantle of the Expert 63(12) Story and drama for the Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural (SMSC) curriculum -- including Citizenship 75(11) Drama and language development 86(9) Using drama in the nursery and reception classes 95(10) Drama and special needs 105(9) Planning and structuring for drama 114(10) Developing drama from story starters 124(20) Assessment, recording and progression 144(17) Introduction to the example dramas 156(5) PART II `Mantle of the Expert dramas 161(38) Mr Wolf Makes Mistakes 163(5) Little Bo Peep 168(7) Cinderella 175(5) Sleeping Beauty 180(8) Jill and the Beanstalk 188(11) PART III Seven more dramas 199(49) Baby Bear Did It 201(4) The King of Spring 205(5) Humpty Dumpty 210(6) The Giants Coat 216(7) The Pied Piper 223(10) The Billy Goats Gruff 233(6) Hansel and Gretel 239(9) Appendix: Developing a school policy for drama: the key elements 248(2) References 250(2) Bibliography 252(3) Index 255
Nigel Toye and Francis Prendiville are both Senior Lecturers in Drama at St Martins College at Ambleside, Lancaster and Carlisle campuses. They each have extensive teaching experience, both in the classroom and in an advisory capacity, and bring to this book the very best examples of good practice.
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