Why use drama in the English Class?

Drama is one of the most effective ways to promote oral language in the class. It's an active approach to learning that makes children be participants of a shared moment inside a fictitious context, based on a story they already know, that involves movement, gestures, facial expressions and emotions.

This school year, we have started by dramatizing "The three Billy Goats Gruff" story.
Here you can see some pictures and a video of the story. We hope you enjoy it!

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Some more Nursery Rhymes we love

As I said in a former post , Nursery Rhymes are essential to language and children's development. In our class, children love to sing and do the actions involved in the Nursery Rhymes we've learnt, and that we recall every day with the Bag of Songs or at any moment we want them to be relaxed and have fun. You can enjoy some of the most famous Nursery Rhymes below: Baa baa black sheep Five little ducks Hickory Dickory Dock Five Little Monkeys I am a little teapot Humpty Dumpty

Today is Monday

One of the bestsellers of artist Eric Carle that takes children all along the week while the animals parade across the page eating their favorite dishes: string beans, spaghetti, zoooop, roast beef, fresh fish, chicken and ice-cream. Which one are you going to eat today? Click on the video and listen to the song we learnt as we sang the book!

The little red hen

To continue promoting oral skills in the class, we're dramatizing now the "Little red hen" traditional tale. After reading the book and once we knew the whole story, we made some paper crowns to represent each character of the story. This way we become each day the Little red hen, the lazy dog, the sleepy cat and the noisy duck and bring the tale into life in the English class.

The English bus

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