Kinesthetic learners will jump right in when given the opportunity to play theater games.
Even the simplest games can build a child’s confidence and skills. Theater games utilize two of children’s biggest assets, imagination and energy, to build on their ability to focus, creatively problem solve, and cooperate. Before today, I had worked with teenagers and children as young as eight, but since I have a 3 year-old, I decided to try some theater games with her playgroup and modify them for preschoolers.
My general format was:
* Introductions: We said, “Hello, my name is…and I like…” filling in our own names and something alliterative that we like. Older kids can turn this into memory game in which you repeat everyone who has gone before you and then add your own. For a younger or more shy group, you can choose a “hello song” in which the whole group sings hello to each child in turn.
