Rehearsal

Thursday, November 5

🕟 4:30–5:30 PM📍 Children’s Wishes · Warwick

Week 9

Bring the Story to Life

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Today’s goal

Practice body language and concentration as we continue staging our play.

Rehearsal plan

What we’re doing today

1
Introduction/ Team Builder

Night at the Museum

Night at the Museum: there is a magical museum and all the statues come to life! One person, playing the night guard, will go outside the room and say what the theme of the room is (animals, space, spooky, transportation, etc...) and come into the room. The actors as statues need to freeze until the night guard is facing away from them, then they can move. If they get caught, they're "retired to the basement storage" and have to sit down... until the next round.

Goal
To establish expected and unexpected behaviors for the class, to encourage pragmatic skills, and to begin peer interaction
Skills
Initiating conversations, conflict resolution, personal space/boundaries
Materials
White Board, Marker
2
Warm Ups

Body, Face & Voice

Body: Stretch up to the ceiling like a cat, unscrew the lightbulb/pet the dog, marionette, crayons. Voice: Face massage, big face, little face, a thousand funny faces, Addams Family, lip trills, vocal waterfall, tongue twisters

Goal
To ready the body and voice for the following exercises
Skills
Body language, facial expressions, tone of voice
Materials
None
3
Project

Continue Staging

Continue staging the play.

Goal
To encourage quick reaction time, listening to verbal and non verbal cues, and using the body in a safe way.
Skills
Peer interaction, problem solving, body language, tone of voice, gestures, facial expressions
Materials
Scripts
4
Relax/Goodbyes!

Cool Down

Teachers lead a cool-down involving breathing exercises and calming movements

Goal
To introduce healthy coping tools which will enable the students to calmly transition in the car and at home
Skills
Coping Skills
Materials
None

Weekly wrap-up

Check back after rehearsal for highlights and reminders.