This exercise demonstrates to the children how important it is to project their voices.
What You Need:
three bean bags
What You Do:
Place three bean bags in front of a row of children. One about 10 feet away from them - the second about 20 feet away, the third about 35-40 feet away (this can obviously be changed to suit the physical
environment of the class).
Ask each child to look directly at the first bean bag, say their name and the name of their favorite animal.
Instruct him to say the exact same things to the second bean bag.
Would he speak with the same volume? Of course not - the "person" is further away.
When asked to address the third bean bag, he obviously should be projecting his voice as loud as he can.
After all the class has addressed the bean bags, let them know they were really acting in a play just then - reaching the first three rows, the middle rows, and the back rows of the theatre!
Bio:
Kids 4 Broadway, in operation as the Way Off-Broadway Theatre Workshop for over nine years, was founded by professional actress and producer Connor Snyder. Her 22 year professional theatre and television background enabled her to develop this theatre company - just for kids - ages 7-17. Snyder has taught and directed over 1500 young people and produced countless productions, including 13 original plays and comedies she wrote exclusively for the workshop.
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