Drama in Arts
- mahameed9
- Sep 22, 2021
- 2 min read
Drama is an excellent way in facilitating learning about verbal and non-verbal communication. The framework suggests that we need to engage in enjoyable interaction with children and also encourage them to express themselves through language in a range of different contexts and purposes. Drama in education is an important way in expressing children’s emotions, expanding on their imagination and helps them to think critically and act independently.
Dressing up for a role play.
What does drama teach children in general?
When children are playing or performing they learning social skills, language, create and imagine abilities to regulate emotions. They take on roles and characters and experiment power and emotion, time and place.
Children learn drama because they reflect and they embody it in their daily lives. It empowers them to be active learners regularly. They tend to learn contexts through role play and it encourages them participation. Children through drama feel connected and feel good about themselves. It promotes embodied learning, they become mindful and develop great skills in literacy, numeracy, performance and understanding about their world and that of others.
Using shadow play to perform.
When children are doing drama they are assessed mostly through observation. The educator sits back and observes children how they are interacting with one another, how do they plan and respond to one another. They observer how children develop their ideas and roles whether they lead or they follow and why they do this. They look for what children enjoy to do and what triggers their excitement as well as looking for areas where they tend to struggle and find it difficult.
I use drama with my children to teach difficult, challenging and sometimes boring topics. They role-play and act to interpret stories that are just right for them. When these are done through drama they love it.
Performing Hajj rituals.
Performing the story of Prophet Noah.
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