With more than 50 inquiry-based and child-centered activities and exercises, A Little Drama will help teachers (including those with no theater experience of their own) develop the body, voice, mind, and heart of young children. Use these activities to help children navigate daily transitions, to calm children when it's time to quiet, and to develop children's creativity, sense of self, and social-emotional, physical, and literacy skills (and have a lot of fun along the way).

Lavinia Roberts is a playwright and theater teacher based in Brooklyn, NY. She has over thirty plays for young people published, and her work has been seen in Philadelphia, Washington DC, Los Angeles, Seattle, New York, London, Bath, and Athens, among other cities. Her play "Counting Skunks" won the Mario Fratti-Fred Newman Political Playwriting Award at the Castillo Theatre in New York City. She has a master's in educational theater for colleges and communities from New York University and a bachelor's in fine art from the University of Kansas.

Part 1: Pedagogy and Class Management
Ch. 1: Introduction and Pedagogy
Ch. 2 Focus Activities
Part 2: Building a Drama Class
Ch. 3: Breathing Exercises and Techniques
Ch. 4: Body Warm Ups
Ch. 5: Vocal Warm Ups
Ch. 6: Imaginative Play
Ch. 7: Creative Movement
Ch. 8: Reflection Tools and Closing Rituals
Part 3: Incorporating Music, Art, and Literature into the Drama Classroom
Ch. 9: Incorporating Music
Ch. 10: Incorporating Visual Art
Ch. 11: Literature and the Storybook Drama
Part 4: Bringing it All Together
Ch. 12: Devising Plays with Pre-K
Appendix
Sample Lesson Plans
Blank Lesson Plan Template
Glossary of Terms
Resources/Bibliography