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Lecure, Bruce – Teaching Theatre, 1995
Gives instructions for a theater exercise that involves a student lip-synching to a song. Cautions that the presentation must be balanced equally, with attention paid to both realism in the actual lip-synching, and to how the performer gives meaning to the song. States that students generally should not try to emulate well-known performers. (PA)
Descriptors: Acting, Characterization, Class Activities, Creative Activities
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Feinberg, Rose M. – Language Arts, 1976
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creative Dramatics, Elementary Education, Imagination
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Sawyer, Walter; Leff, Arlene – Contemporary Education, 1979
Creative dramatics offer the educator a variety of uses in the development of children's language arts proficiency and psychomotor skill level. (LH)
Descriptors: Child Development, Creative Activities, Language Arts, Learning Activities
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Gabbei, Ritchie; Clemmens, Heidi – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2005
Creative movement is an ideal vehicle for integrating curriculum, because the potential for human inspiration is limitless. When working in a creative-movement setting, students communicate thoughts, ideas, or feelings without fear of being judged incorrect or losing a competition. Yet, pantomime is just the beginning. The next step would be to…
Descriptors: Pantomime, Schemata (Cognition), Physical Education Teachers, Movement Education
Gillies, Emily – 1973
This pamphlet provides suggestions for teachers for using creative dramatics in the classroom. The contents include: "Dr. Edwin Land Considers the Nature of Creativity"; "Six Basic Principles for Using Creative Dramatics with All Children," which discusses tuning in the senses, listening and recording, pantomime, rhythms and movement, presenting a…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creative Development, Creative Dramatics, Elementary Education
Rubin, Janet – 1977
Creative dramatics can be used to teach young children a variety of communication skills. Noisy stories help children to learn and make sounds and later can be used for dramatization purposes. Narrative pantomimes can teach children word order, sensory awareness, and nonverbal communication. Phrases, pictures, and props help stimulate imagination,…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Creative Activities, Creative Dramatics, Dramatic Play
Freericks, Mary – Instructor, 1980
Pantomime, the use of the body to communicate without words, is a natural activity for children, an ancient art which is enjoying new popularity. Presented are tips on teaching mime to children. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Body Language, Class Activities, Creative Activities, Creative Dramatics
Barnfield, Gabriel – 1968
This book offers a perspective on creative drama, an art form akin to the spontaneous, imaginative painting produced by children, which frees the soul of the child to act naturally, give out unabashedly, and develop through such acting the realization of his own deep emotions. Critical of formal drama which can inhibit and deaden the free…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Creative Dramatics, Creativity, Dance