Creative DramaticsBalloons are like nothing else. It's nice to be able to give the kids an uninflated balloon to take home in their pockeys at the end of the day. ObjectivesChildren ages 5 and up can act out stories Lang. IIIB Children ages 4 and up can use the toys to act out ideas Lang. IIIB Children between 2-3 years can demonstrate a function of an object by gestures Lang. IIB All of the children are able to use props to enact a role SE V
MaterialsBalloons; mellow music (records or tapes); floor cushions. Procedures1. Ask children to sit on the floor cushions. Start the music. Tell each child to take one balloon and pretend it is a bubble, holding it very gently so it won't pop. The children should move with the music.
2. Have children try to keep their balloons from falling to the floor (as in volleyball). Then have them try to keep them up without their hands, using arms, knees, heads, and shoulders (as in soccer).
3. Pretend the balloons are spaceships, clouds, suns rising and suns setting, huge gumdrops, and have the kids carefully and gently execute these improvisations. They may act together, in pair when appropriate, or by themselves.
4. Ask the children to put their balloons away the way they took them, very gently. |