Jumpstart! Drama contains more than forty engaging, practical, easy-to-do and highly motivating drama activities which will appeal to busy primary teachers who wish to enliven their practice and make more use of drama in line with the Framework for Literacy.
All the activities connect to well-known texts, which are popular in primary classrooms, and the conventions described can be used in a variety of subjects, suiting a wide range of learning styles. The book is organised around four sections which can be dipped into, each providing rich and accessible ideas to stimulate drama in the classroom, helping teachers to:
This is Book 21 in the Jumpstart Series. See all Jumpstart books here.
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Teresa Cremin is Professor of Education (Literacy), The Open University, UK, a Fellow of the English Association and a Director of the Cambridge Primary Review Trust.
More about Teresa CreminRoger McDonald is Senior Lecturer in Primary Education at the University of Greenwich, UK.
More about Roger McDonaldTeresa Cremin is Professor of Education at the Open University, UK, and author of numerous bestselling books, including Learning to Teach in the Primary School and Storytelling in Early Childhood.
Roger McDonald is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Greenwich, Vice President of the United Kingdom Literacy Association and author of The Really Useful