How to Do Monologues for Theatrical Kids
Theater games are a wonderful way to get children comfortable with play, acting and performing in front of others. This doesn't mean that every theater student will become an actor, but it never hurts to allow some fun in theater to help them learn important life lessons. Monologues will help them with memorization, speech making and presentation.
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Choose monologues that the children will understand. Theater games are supposed to help children have fun with theater, and that fun will come with doing monologues that they can grasp. Ensure that all of the words are age appropriate and easy for the child to pronounce.
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Make sure the monologues chosen for theater games are short. One-minute monologues will give you time to work with each child, without making them strain to remember and recite longer pieces.
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Keep the requirements simple. Theater games for children should be entertaining and challenging, but not to the point that you require more than one comedic and one dramatic monologue from each student.
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Change up the sex for monologues that aren't gender specific. Use names like Joe, Sam or initials to make them gender neutral. This can help you widen the monologues for boys and girls.
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Poll other teachers and parents before choosing monologues that may be questionable. Make sure that you don't offend any student or parent with your monologue selections.
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