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Drama Rhymes: An Instructional Strategy
Author(s) -
Roush Betty E.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the reading teacher
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.642
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1936-2714
pISSN - 0034-0561
DOI - 10.1598/rt.58.6.7
Subject(s) - dramatization , psychology , drama , reading (process) , context (archaeology) , primary education , teaching method , pedagogy , early childhood education , linguistics , mathematics education , visual arts , art , philosophy , paleontology , biology
The author shares activities for use in the primary classroom that require active participation with nursery rhymes through dramatization. The activities involve repeated readings, reading in context, and examining rhyming components, and help to develop young children's phonemic awareness and oral language skills.