We’ve
often spoken about the benefits of drama in terms of Creativity, Communication
and Confidence. Those are the three key principles to all things Helen O’
Grady.
Often,
however, we forget the benefits of drama for our children’s social skills.
Learning
while playing different characters, realistic and not-so-realistic, gives
students a great opportunity to explore parts of their personalities and find
out more about who they are. In the Helen O’ Grady lesson students are also
given the opportunity to do this while interacting with other students.
As
students range across 2 or 3 years within the age group they get to interact
with others who are older and they benefit from learning from others as well as
students who are younger so they learn to mentor as well.
While the
school classroom and break time play gives children the space they need to
interact with other students, the drama lesson expands on this, throws in ample
amounts of freedom and expression and students walk away with skill for stage
AND the social space.
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