What are Theater Games for Kids?

Series Summary

Creativity can present itself in many forms: music, art, and even acting. Introducing children to creative outlets such as theater or stage acting is a great way to encourage creativity in their lives. Children can take this introduction and begin to write, direct, create and act in their own plays and theatrical presentations. A child’s imagination knows almost no limits and can make for a very interesting and entertaining presentation. Playing theater games with your child is a great way to teach them confidence and self worth as well as to get the creative juices flowing!

In this series of instructional how-to videos, our expert teaches you all about theater games for kids. Get great ideas for introducing theater techniques to children of all ages. Watch a special introduction to theater games from our expert actor. Learn about different acting and theater exercises such as mirror exercises, facial expression exercises, mood games, music games, and prop games. Teach a child how to perform a monologue or a one-sided conversation. Watch as our expert guides you on techniques for “distraction free” games as well as freeze games and gibberish games.Watch these videos and then practice these techniques with your children. Who knows what an impact it may have on your child!

Video Transcript

"Hello this is Paul Louis and today I am going to teach you how to do some basic theater games for kids. So if you were teaching a theater class with a bunch of kids these are ideal games that you could teach within your class. These games are primarily for children between the ages of 6 through maybe 12 at the most. So they are for younger children and they are a lot of fun. They are things to help the child become creative, to overcome stage fright, to take some chances and to be able to think on their feet. I have my assistant here Haley Beth and she is going to help me out today. She has taken many of my classes for children that I have taught all throughout New York and Florida so we are going to have a lot of fun. Are you ready? Ready Freddie. Ready Freddie. See already she is being creative. Okay, so I hope you enjoy the tutorial on theater games for kids and when we come back we are going to move on to a basic exercise of which we call a Mirror Exercise. Okay? Haley is familiar with that mirror exercise and when we come back we will demonstrate that. Thank you very much."