FAMILY STORY DRAMArandom image A great chance for a parent or grandparent to explore children’s books together and find ways to make reading at home more dynamic! A great way for grown-ups and kids to spend quality time together in structured dramatic play. Our teacher, Mallory Morris, was specifically trained in this program at the acclaimed Seattle Children’s Theatre by the instructor who developed this wildly popular class for Seattle families. We bring it to the east coast with their blessing and the hope that Upstate families will see the benefit of blending reading, social problem solving and theatre arts. Great preparation for literacy and problem solving, this class allows the students to explore themes, characters and environments of a different children’s book each week. Students act-out and perform creatively through the world of the book, but the focus is more on understanding the parts of the book and overcoming obstacles creatively within a group rather than in simple individual performance. Fantastic for group interaction and socialization while keeping students engaged at solving the conflict presented in the literature. Students begin to learn literary concepts and are called upon to summarize (in group discussion) the main idea and details from the source material (central idea, narration, how pictures are sources of information that give us clues to words and how they support the text, distinguish between fact and opinion, use of repetition, dialogue, imagery) and draw conclusions for solving the problem. Great fun and great foundation work for reading and fantastic for guiding more dramatic read-aloud time at home! Maximum enrollment 10, Minimum enrollment 5
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