Drama Tools

Three Panels for Inclusivity

Drama Exercise: 3 Panels Adaptation to Curriculum: Sensitivity towards the differently-abled (Inclusivity)  Teacher: Priti Shinde Grade: 2 School: Nahar International School, Mumbai   The Exercise  Each participant is given a […]

Name and Action Exemplar

Tool for Early and Primary Years Teachers Name and Action     Skills Cultivated: Building Personal Identities for the group Thinking and responding quickly. Using the body to expression Encouraging Verbal […]

Dog and the Bone – Phonics Pond

Skills Cultivated: Focus Thinking and responding quickly   Exercise Description Dog and the Bone is a well known children’s game. You place an object between two groups. Each person in […]

Salt and Pepper

A great tool that primary teachers can use for

  • Body warm-up
  • Pair Work
  • Introduction to thinking with your body
  • Making physical contact in a positive way (good touch)

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Historical Figures through Character Study

Co-Planned with History,  this tool can be used to teach drama concepts:  

  • Character study research exercise.
  • World of the character.
  • Visualisation and Physicalization.
  • Monologues.

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Chorus Performance: Exploring Poetic Expression

An Exemplar Unit to learn Drama Concepts

  • Synchronized moving and speaking 
  • Spatial awareness
  • Group Listening and Collective Imagination
  • Ranges – Volume, Vocal Tone, etc

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This is a Ball

A great tune in activity for teachers working with primary students. It helps cultivate skills such as

  • giving and receiving
  • thinking of possibilities
  • rhythm in speech
  • memorization

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Adaptations of Drama Tools

Our Using Drama for Learning specialists share unique adaptations of the drama tools teachers have come up with over the course of the program.

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