Nov 16
Shteelim and Nitzanim have both been working with the story Achbar Mitzayer (Mouse Paint), and this week Nitzanim came in to perform a story drama for Shteelim. The Shteelimers practiced story drama all together after the performance of the key parts of the story. From this experience, the Shteelimers began their exploration of story drama, …
Nov 06
Today we started acting out our new play. It’s in Hebrew. We already knew the hardest sentences. Still, there were a lot of words, and unfamiliar characters, and we weren’t sure who was supposed to speak at what time. We acted stiffly. And then, we started to get it. I was amazed at how quickly the …
Feb 15
. . . No that’s not the set-up for a joke! This strange beginning was the inciting incident of an impromptu puppet drama acted out by the Shorashim learners on Tuesday. Using toilet-roll trees we’d made earlier in our Tu b’Shevat mini-theme, and Boker/Leyla (Morning/Evening) puppets from our Shema exploration (the teddy bear and toothbrush …
