I’ve just finished putting together a selection of games and classroom activities I’ve written up. I’m super-excited to share these with everyone – Email me to order! 25 activities, 5 bucks, one sweet book! See what all the teacher-candidates at Laurentian are so excited about!
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A fabulous voice actor and good friend of mine (Melissa Altro aka “Muffy” from TV’s Arthur) is offering a voice workshop for adults. Looks great! If you’re at all interested, check it out. Melissa is a fireball of enthusiasm and her energy is contagious. Check out details below: A Cartoon Voice Workshop for Adults With [...]
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I was thrilled to have been invited back to New Hambur’s Forest Glen PS last week to work with their three grade 8 classes. It was an awesome experience for me to get to work with students that I’d met through our week together last year. When they were in grade seven, these students participated [...]
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I just had a fabulous workshop (two, acutally) with teacher candidates at Laurentian University here in Sudbury. I also used this with the grade 8 classes I worked with in New Hamburg last week (it’s been a busy teaching time – I’m loving it!). Use this as a great tool for introducing improvised storytelling: This [...]
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Refuge: 1. Shelter or protection from danger, trouble, etc 2. a place of shelter, protection, or safety Synonyms: safety, retreat, sanctuary, haven, stronghold. Today I was reminded of something lovely about “the drama room” in a high school. For a lot of teenagers, there is one place in their high school that can be their [...]
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Hooray! This is the first in a series of one-sheet books I’m putting together to help teachers when they need a drama exercise in-a-pinch. Made from a single sheet, the booklets can be folded like this and shared easily with colleagues around the photocopier. You can get the first one – still in trial phases [...]
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I was delighted to return to Forest Glen Public School in New Hamburg, ON this month. It was the perfect venue for the first official JumpStart workshops. In all of the three grade seven classes there was a mix of students from two different feeder programs, so there were at least 10 students in each [...]
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Falling (about 20 minutes for full progression, can be done over a series of days/sessions) Attribution: I learned this at the Improv Show in Kingston from my co-coach and business partner Richard Allen. I’ve since used it with groups of students aged 13-14 and 15-18 with huge success. Good for: trust, awareness, team building, group [...]
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