Caracoles

This theatre is a objects theatre.

SHADOW THEATRE

This theatre, was realized in the Cocherón de la Villa school.

shadow theatre

Shadow Theater

AGE

This theater is for children between 2 -3 years.

AIMS

-        To differentiate the elements of nature.

-        To enjoy music theater.

-        To learn how a plant born.

-        To know the possibilities of their body to express emotions.

DEVELOPMENT

This theater shows to the children how a plant is growing..

The plants need the elements of nature to live: water, wind, light, heat, and of course the ground.

These ten minutes is a nice nature walk through the hands of mother earth.

DURATION

Duration for this theater is 10 minutes.

MATERIAL RESOURCES

Paperboard, cellophane paper, thread, glue.

Scissors, light, white curtain, branch.

WHEN

This theater will be performed in the Kid´s School “Cocherón de la Villa” at 9.00 am.

The activity is thought to do on the second term, because the children are work on this vocabulary. The spring is here!!

It is an activity to introduce the rest of the day.

WHERE

This theater will be rendered in a large room, because a lot of children are seeing the theater.

It is necessary to darken the room easily as total darkness is needed to represent the shadow theater.

Script

Once the theatre starts:

Patricia: The sun appear and dancing, in the sky, and then the sun is disappearing.

(While Patricia says this phrase, she move the sun, up and down, because the sun was dancing)

Ana Daniela: The moon is appear and dancing in the sky, and then the moon is disappearing.

(While Ana Daniela saying this phrase, the sun is disappearing, and the moon appear in the sky and dancing in the night.)

The sun and the moon are appear and disappearing for few times. And then:

Irma: Suddenly, someone stand up! Oh it´s Mother Earth.

(Bea, who is the Mother Earth, stands up slowly, and dance.)

Bea: Oh it´s a comet, I´m going to play with this.

(Suddenly, Mother Earth see a comet, and after she said the phrase, she start to play with the comet)

Bea: I´m going to plan seeds.

(Mother Earth plants the seeds, while she is dancing)

Bea: Now I´m going water the seeds.

(Mother Earth took the watering pot and started to water the seed, and dance)

Irma: The clouds appear on the sky and it´s starts raining.

(While Irma says the phrase, the clouds appears and starts raining, Bea let down the watering pot and starts dancing and playing with the rain)

Patricia: Now the wind starts whistling everywhere.

(While Patricia says the phrase, the wind whistling, and the Mother Earth is fighting to go through.)

Ana Daniela: The river waters the seed.

(While Ana Daniela says the phrase, appears the river and Mother Earth swimming.)

Irma: The fishes are swimming in the river.

(The fishes appear and start dancing in the river with the Mother Earth.)

Ana Daniela: Mother Earth goes out with her handlamp to see if the plant is growing and being bigger.

(While Ana Daniela says the phrase  Mother Earth have starts to look here and there to see what happen with her plant.)

Patricia: Oh no… the seed haven´t grown.

(Mother Earth, it’s sad because the plant hasn’t started to grow.)

Bea: Oh, oh, oh, it´s start to grow.

(Mother Earth, know is glad, the plant starts growing slowly and meanwhile, Mother Earth Starts playing and helping the plants to stand up.)

Ana Daniela: It’s starts to grow flowers and she dancing.

(Flowers starts to appears from left and right and then starts dancing)

Patricia: The leaves are appearing, from the Mother Earth.

(Mother Earth, now she put leaves on the tree, and birds in the bird’s nest.)

Irma: The birds are singing.

(While Irma says the phrase, Mother Earth go back on the ground.)

The owl babies´story

Game - grids

Shadow theatre

This are the materials what we need to realize this theatre and a few photos.

Materials:

• Scissors
• Glue
• Celophan paper colurs
• Cardboard

Rain drop plop the activity

 This activity needed:

• Paper.

Paint

• Paper celofan of differents colours.

• Water.

• Umbrella's shapes.

• Brush.