Creative Dramatics for Young Ones - Fairytale Style

Completed by 124 learners

Ages 3-6

Live Group Class

In this weekly class, we'll explore different fairytales and folktales and bring them to life through different theatre explorations.

Jill Stuck (she/her)

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5.0

Number of reviews:

(356 reviews)

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Live video meetings

1x per week

1-6 learners per class

25 min

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What's included

1 live meeting

25 mins in-class hours per week

Class Experience

Your young one will join in class and warm up their bodies, voices, and imaginations through theatre creative dramatics.  Through songs and games, your little one will find ways of self expression while working as an ensemble.  Theatrical songs and storytelling will give each child ways to stretch and grown and be creative.  

We'll explore fairytales and folktales and fables in new and unique ways week to week.  Each week will be dive into a new "fairytale" and bring it to live with our bodies, voices, and imaginations.  We'll take the stage and see how to be big and bold, and loud and proud we can be.  


Dec 14	The Fisherman and His Wife	
Dec 21	The Ant and the Grasshopper	
Dec 28	Little Red Hen
	
No class Jan 4, 11		

Jan 18	Goldilocks and the Three Bears	
Jan 25	Princess and the Pea	
Feb 1	The Elves and the Shoemaker	
Feb 8	The Lion and the mouse.  	
Feb 15	Bremen Town Musicians	
Feb 22	Little Red Riding Hood	
Mar 1	Jack and the Beanstalk	
Mar 8	Frog Prince	
Mar 15	Beauty and the Beast	
Mar 22    Little Red Hen
Mar 29	Puss in Boots	

April 5     Rapunzel
April 12    The Little Mermaid
April 19    Don't Wake King Alimango
April 26    6 Blind Mice
May 3       The Valiant Little Tailor
May 10     Tom Thumb
May 17     Rumplestilskin
May 24    The Emperor's New Clothes
May 31     The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Learning Goals

Students will learn the three tools actors needs to be big and bold on stage - their bodies, their voices, and their imaginations.  

Students will learn ways to warm up these tools and why we need to warm up these tools.  They will find ways to express themselves and be big and bold and becoming and important piece of a theater ensemble.

Other Details

Supply List

An open space for the student to sit criss-cross applesauce, as well as, stand and move around.  

*Some fairytales may involve special supplies that will be emailed out week to week.  It is usually a piece of paper or something found around the house and adjustments will be made for students without supplies.

External Resources

Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

Meet the teacher

Jill Stuck (she/her)

Joined June, 2020

5.0

356reviews

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Teacher expertise and credentials

Bachelor's Degree in Music or Theatre or Arts from Towson University

I am back from hiking the Appalachian Trail!  I am opening up my teaching schedule and up to schedule requests (and class requests).  In January, I begin a MFA in children's book writing but will be able to continue teaching.  

I am a theater educator and artist based in Chicago, IL.  I am the founder and director of Storytown, a fully improvised, interactive adventure for kids.  Through Storytown, we work to cultivate creativity and arts appreciation while audiences to story structure and problem solving.  

I graduated from Towson University with BA in Theater Arts and then moved to Chicago to study improvisation.  I studied at  the iO and Second City.  I have performed around Chicago with iO, Second City's Skybox Theater,  Moving Dock Theater Company, Redtwist Theatre, and WNEP with Seven Deadly Plays and 365 Sketches.

I focus on improvisation because it teaches students to express themselves while being big and bold.  When we fail, we fail greatly and get right back up and try again.  My goal is not to train students to be actors when they grow up, but rather to make them better humans.  I focus on "yes, and" and ensemble building.  I believe we're better when we support each other and work as a team.

I live in Chicago with my cat Sonny and my husband.  We love hiking and camping when we can. Not Sonny, but she does like laying outside on our balcony.