One fun activity I've done with younger elementary school age kids is I had them make "magical telescopes" to be able to see magical things. You can't see magical stuff without one, of course.
We used paper towel rolls and decorated them all up with construction paper, stickers, markers, etc. Then we went on a hunt with our telescopes to see what we could see :) I started it going and then the kids starting really getting into it and had a blast. We went all over the room looking through our telescopes. Someone would shout out what they saw, "Look, a monkey, up in a tree!" Then I'd ask what is magical about the monkey. I'd get replies like, "He can talk." or "He's purple with pink stripes!". We found all sorts of things, butterflies, lions, talking trees, you name it :) It was a great activity to get their imaginations going. Of course they got to take their telescopes home with them so they could search for magical things there too.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Hello!
First, my name is Angie & I'm really excited to be a contributor for this blog :) I live in Utah, where I've been since I was four years old. I've been involved in drama/theater since middle school and I've been involved in children's drama for about 7 years, including developing and running an elementary school and middle school theater program, directing an elementary school play, stage managing many children's productions and being a backstage mom. My latest drama project was developing and teaching a two month preschool theater class... and I'm in the process of planning out my next one. I have three kids (ages 11, 8 & 7) who are all involved in drama. I work in an art's center where I plan children's activities along with working in the box office and teaching the little drama class. I just thought I'd introduce myself.
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