Nurturing Emergent Readers Through Readers Theater

摘要: Readers theater is a familiar literacy strategy for children who can read independently; however, it also be used with younger have not yet developed independent reading skills. The purpose of this article to adapt the concept readers use emergent readers. It focuses first on defining and its many benefits, particularly in areas development. Finally, includes suggestions successfully implementing program young children. Three-year-old Joey his classmates love pigs consider Three Little Pigs folktale height suspense, action drama. These naturally extend tale into their play by building houses where giggling ‘‘pigs’’ hide from big bad wolf that never quite blow house down. Like children’s play, imagination drives world suspending our disbelief pretending we are place time removed reality. Imagination one hallmarks childhood skill fantasies like Joey. Drama holds both power potential early programs because ability harness child’s well-honed enhance learning. sociodramatic required them problem solving motor skills block houses, develop understandings story structure reenacting parts provided opportunities enter, retell recreate tale’s Joey’s teacher further extended involvement through modified version theater. type drama particular strong connections development ease which implemented. However, underused children, part mistaken belief only participate. This defines theater, focusing how describes some theater’s characteristics benefits make appropriate classroom concludes specific implementation.