Entry 5: The Show Must Go On!

By the grace of God I was about to begin my classes on the day I proposed on my proposal! (September 20) I met with Mrs. Hardee's 1st grade class and I had a BLAST!! :) It was truly wonderful! they were all so creative and excited about drama! It definitely made me smile! On Tuesday I met with Mrs. Cannon's 1st grade class and again, what wonderful kids! They all jumped right in and we're so excited that we had to calm them down a couple times. I really didn't have much of a voice that day...so it made things difficult, but we pressed through! The kids by the end were giving me suggestions and asking me to stay longer and play more games. Their excitement was so encouraging! Unfortunately today (Thursday) I wasn't able to go to school because I was sick. I wasn't able to meet Mrs. Hollingsworths' 2nd grade class. This upset me greatly because I knew they have been looking forward to it early in the week. However, God had a different plan, so instead next Thursday I'm going to resume with Mrs. Hollingsworth's class and then continue the normal pattern. That should get us on track!
The first couple lessons we will be play simple name games to become more comfortable around eachother and test the waters out a little bit more. This first week we played a game called Transformation (similar to the game I played with the Board members). They loved it! We went around the circle and after they said their names they said their favorite animal and we all acted like the animal! After a few rounds of that we played a game of charades. I was so tickled because three boys got up there, stood in a line and (after about 5 seconds of guessing) excalimed, "We're a brick wall!" It was cute. I am definitely looking forward to the rest of the lessons! I tried to encourage them that with acting you can turn into anything, just by the way you move/present yourself and that it is important to show the audience what is invisible. I'll elaborate on that idea more as the lessons progress, but I am so thankful to have passionate kids who are excited to learn about drama! :) This will be a great few months!