Drama Idea
An idea for a drama workshop...
...do it with small posable characters and have the kids build a small set on a tabletop. Years ago we did this using those small posable superhero and star wars characters. One group created the set, while another group of "readers" rehearsed with the kids who were moving the characters.
We had Chewbacca as Peter on the boat with Jesus the Incredible Hulk.
A mist bottle of water provided the storm. A plastic boat was attached to a dowel and rocked by one happy child.
We put the posable figures on the ends of pencils and the kids sat under the table holding the characters up towards the camera and scenery. They were positioned in such as way as they could see the monitor to see how they're characters were doing.
Very effective at teaching the story, and very fun.
During discussion time, the kids with characters had to answer as their character.
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LEGO / STORY TABLE
Another idea, added by member Luanne Payne, is to have the kids recreate scenes using Lego (see Lego - Story Table Workshop forum to learn more about this technique).
In our photos above the "lightning and speech bubbles" were added using "Paint" (found on Paint's Home menu bar under Shapes,) select your colour fill for both, then add words with Text Icon (A), select transparent, adjust size and position until text fits inside your speech bubble, just remember to not click outside of the text box until it fits properly, or you will have to start again.
Modified to explain purpose of the top part of this post, which was moved here from another location.
