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Drama is one of the greatest confidence-builders for children. By incorporating drama into your classroom, home or other learning environment, you offer children rich and stimulating opportunities to explore, create and imagine.

ARTS:LIVE’s drama courses and activities take children through the fundamentals of performance, including the basics of movement and dialogue, sourcing materials and unlocking meaning in texts, character development and technical staging. There are also advanced courses to teach devised theatre, process drama and the development of site-specific works.

There are also plenty of fun drama games that are designed to help children build confidence and play creatively. All the activities contain simple step-by-step instructions, so you don’t need to be an expert to help guide children through them!

We’ve previewed all the courses and activities on ARTS:LIVE so you can take a look at what’s on offer. Get exploring today and register for free to access everything you need to unlock the world of drama!

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  • 10 × 45 minute lessons

    Poetry and Drama

    Years 3-6
    Get excited about the world of language and the possibilities of sound. Poetry And Drama introduces the process of breaking down a poem for performance, and offers suggestions as to how you can explore the rich language in contemporary and traditional poems.
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  • 10 x 70 minute lessons

    Stories from Home

    Years 7-10, Secondary
    Ever wanted to learn more about the craft of theatre-making? Stories from Home will take you through a structured ten lesson project and by the end, you will have an original show. Students will draw on fictional diary entries from refugee characters to inform their devising, play building and assessment tasks.
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  • 4 x 60 minute lessons

    The Listies Make a Scene

    Years 1-6
    The gross, gory, funny and silly children's theatre-makers The Listies demonstrate how to create a show using improvisation, collaboration and a few quick deaths.
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  • 6 x 20 minute activities

    Cloud Child

    0-5 Year Olds, Year 1
    Watch and explore the internationally acclaimed puppet show Cloud Child by Perth based company DNA Puppetry. Watch the show with young children, explore the related craft tutorial videos and explore sensory learning and role play activities.
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  • 9 x 45 minute lessons

    Too Many Cheeky Dogs

    Years 1-6
    Take your students through a journey of discovering the world behind the wonderful Australian childrens’ book “Too Many Cheeky Dogs”. Using process drama, step inside the very pages of the book and explore the colourful characters, animals and landscapes of the Australian outback.
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  • 5 x 45 minute lessons

    Designosaurs

    Years 3-8, Secondary
    Designosaurs is an inquiry based research course that invites students to choose a threatened species to research, construct and bring to life in an interactive puppet performance expo. Through the course students learn about puppet construction and puppeteering from members of the eye-popping visual theatre company - Erth.
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  • 7 x 30 minute lessons

    The Tree and the Key

    0-5 Year Olds, Years 1-2
    The Tree and the Key is an enchanting course that immerses young children in learning through the arts. In this course, children are presented with a Magical Story Map, several colourful animated music videos and a series of playful creative learning activities that support children to develop their imaginary thinking skills.
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  • 3 x Activity Guides

    Cheeky Dogs for Early Years

    0-5 Year Olds, Year 1
    The course presents ideas for making early literacy experiences exciting and impactful by integrating the arts. This resource includes an animated version of the award winning Too Many Cheeky Dogs story.
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  • 6 x Games and Activity Guides

    Musical Games for Early Years

    3-5 Year Olds, Years 1-2
    This resource includes six musical games that get young children improvising, playing instruments, responding to music and composing in small or large groups.
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  • 3 x Activity Guides

    Cheeky Animals for Early Years

    0-5 Year Olds, Year 1
    The resource presents ideas for making early literacy experiences exciting and impactful by integrating the arts. There is an animated version of the award-winning Go Home, Cheeky Animals story included in the resource.
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  • 5 x 30 minute lessons

    The Shoe and the Clue

    0-5 Year Olds, Year 1
    Get ready for an immersive learning journey that introduces dramatic play, movement and dance for young children! You'll be presented with a series of animated song videos that feature Australian animals, a zoo, nonsense words and a funny creature called a Thingamedoo.
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  • 15 x Songs and Activity Guides

    Transition Songs for Early Years

    0-5 Year Olds
    This resource presents a series of fifteen short useful songs that can be integrated regularly to create a calm, unified and orderly early learning centre.
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