Book Description

WHAT IT IS: This fun and hilarious musical play helps you explore character-building while bringing your classroom to life! Easy-to-do play comes with script, audio CD, and teacher's guide. NO music or drama experience is required¿you don't have to sing or play a note! Go big and perform on stage, keep it simple with a classroom performance, or simply do reader's theater in class. No fancy sets, costumes, or performance spaces are needed, so it's all up to you! Flexible casting for 8-40 students and permission to edit the script and songs make it easy to tailor the play to the needs of your class and community. Your purchase of one copy per teacher includes permission to photocopy the script for students. /// WHAT IT TEACHES: Written specifically for younger students, "Mother Goose's Character Camp" is the perfect simple introduction to character issues, including sharing, kindness, perseverence, honesty, apologizing and forgiving, and following rules. It's designed so that any scene/song can be omitted to make a shorter show. 5 to 15 minutes; grades K-3. /// SYNOPSIS: It's the last night of Mother Goose's Character Camp, and our Nursery Rhymers are eager to share what they've learned. Has Pussycat learned not to lie? What will Baa Baa Black Sheep do with all that wool? /// WHAT IT DOES: Filled with catchy songs and simple, humorous lines, "Mother Goose's Character Camp" is a great way to introduce character education to younger students and explore nursery rhymes in both language arts and social studies contexts. And, like all Bad Wolf Press plays, this show can be used to improve reading comprehension, vocabulary, performance and speaking skills, class camaraderie and teamwork, and school engagement and parental involvement¿all while enabling students to be part of a truly fun and creative experience they will never forget!