Kindergarten Drama Resources

A prop box is a container filled with toys and other props that are related to a dramatic play theme. Prop boxes inspire meaningful, imaginative play, which is essential for the development of self-regulation skills.

This packet contains 50 dramatic play prop box themes for you to use! Each prop box theme comes with a cute printable label that you can affix right to the box. You also get a list of items to include in each box, as well as suggested activities for every prop box. You will find over 30 helpful tips that will get you started on using prop boxes in your classroom. In addition, there are 30 pages of printable activities that will help you implement the prop box themes.

Included Dramatic Play Themes:

Archeology

Astronaut

Babies

Bakery

Beach

Bedtime

Birthday

Camping

Candy Store

Car Mechanic

Carpentry

Castle

Chef

Clothing

Circus

Cleaning

Dancing

Detective

Dish Washing

Doctor

Farmer’s Market

Fire Fighter

Fishing

Flower Shop

Garden

Gift Wrap

Grocery Store

Hair Salon

Hot Cocoa Stand

Ice Cream Parlor

Jewelry Store

Laundromat

Magician

Office

Optometrist

Painter

Pet Store

Picnic

Pizza

Post Office

Police Officer

Restaurant

Shoe Store

Scientist

Superhero

Toy Store

Tourist

Train Station

Veterinarian

Wedding

Zoo

Kickstart the school year with this engaging and informative bundle designed to foster learning, collaboration, and community in your classroom. Packed with fun activities, this resource covers math, science, and icebreaker activity while providing valuable insights into your students' strengths and learning styles.

What's Included:

• Math Calculator
• Science-Themed Icebreaker Questions: Spark curiosity and critical thinking with thought-provoking prompts.
• Science Scavenger Hunt
• Get to Know You Bingo: Build a strong classroom community through fun and interactive icebreaker activities DICE AND BINGO.
• Get to Know You Backpack
• Tell Me About Your Child Form: Gather essential information from parents to support student success.

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A fun, simple toddler and preschool friendly dragon yoga sequence.

Poses: Superhero (locust pose), cobra, down dog, mountain pose

This engaging activity combines hands-on crafting with imaginative play to offer a multitude of benefits for young learners.

Benefits for Students:

Cognitive Development:

• Problem-solving: Children will need to think creatively to assemble their burgers, considering the order of the ingredients and the best way to attach them.
• Sequencing: Constructing the burger involves following a specific sequence of steps, enhancing their understanding of order and process.
• Spatial Awareness: Arranging the ingredients on the bun requires spatial reasoning and visualization skills.

Language and Literacy:

• Vocabulary: The activity introduces new vocabulary related to food, cooking, and restaurants, expanding their word bank.
• Narrative Skills: During dramatic play, children can create stories and dialogues, practicing their storytelling abilities.
• Communication Skills: Engaging in role-play encourages effective communication and interaction with peers.

Social-Emotional Development:

• Cooperation: Working together to create burgers or role-playing in a restaurant setting fosters collaboration and teamwork.
• Empathy: Taking on different roles allows children to understand and appreciate diverse perspectives.
• Self-expression: Through creative play, children can express their thoughts, feelings, and ideas.

Fine Motor Skills:

• Dexterity: Cutting, gluing, and manipulating small objects like burger patties and lettuce leaves refines fine motor control.
• Hand-eye Coordination: Precisely placing ingredients on the bun requires coordination between hand and eye movements.

By combining these elements, the Hamburger Craft and Dramatic Play activity provides a fun and enriching learning experience that promotes holistic development in young children.

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Bring your theatre productions to life and keep your focus on the creative side with our expertly designed Theatre Play & Musical Production Permission, Policies, and Expectations Form! Crafted by a seasoned theatre educator, this comprehensive resource is your one-stop solution for setting clear guidelines and ensuring smooth, successful productions from auditions to strike.

What’s Included:

• Editable Google Docs Template: Customize the form to fit your unique production needs. Easily tailor sections for cast, crew, and parental permissions.
• Completed Example: Gain clarity and inspiration with a fully filled-out example.
• Recommended Policies & Expectations: Benefit from insights and guidance from theatre education experts to foster a positive, respectful, and creative environment.
• Printable & Digital Options: Use the form in its digital format or print it for in-hand distribution to accommodate all your logistical needs.
• Participant Information Section: Dedicated space for cast and crew to provide essential contact and emergency details.

Why This Form?

• Streamline Communication: Clearly outline expectations and obligations.
• Enhance Organization: Keep track of permissions and ensure compliance with school or district policies.
• Empower Students: Encourage responsibility and professionalism in young thespians as they embark on their theatrical journey.

Grab your copy today and take the first step towards an unforgettable theatrical experience!

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This adorable Woodland Animals Paper Crown Headbands Printable by “The Fun Sheep” is a delightful addition for a charming school craft project that kids will absolutely adore

With these Paper Crowns, children can step into the shoes of their favorite forest creatures. It's the perfect activity to celebrate learning about animals, making it a fantastic choice for an end-of-year project or any time you want to make your lessons more fun and exciting

What comes in the product:

- SET OF 6 Paper Hat templates (6 Color + 6 Black & white version)

- Set includes: Beaver, Fox, Hedgehog, Owl, Rabbit, Skunk

- 12 pages to print

- A4 paper Size

- Best to print on card stock (Colors will vary depending on printer used)

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A SUPER FUN story script designed kids yoga instructors and educators/librarians with basic knowledge of kids yoga poses to easily incorporate yoga, mindfulness, and self-regulation skills into the story. This is a great way to combine literacy with physical fitness while using a familiar story kids love!

This is a very candy-coated version of the classic fairytale designed to help young children develop valuable learning lessons and life skills:

1. It’s important to make decisions that keep us safe.

2. We should always listen to our parents and teachers.

3. It’s good to show kindness to others when they need help.

4. We never go anywhere unless we have our parent’s or teacher’s permission.

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Breathing Cards- 12 different breathing activates children can trace with their fingers and practice breathing techniques. They offer a variety from more simple to more advanced patterns.

Green Eggs and Ham Kids Yoga Activities Set- 12 pose cards explaining how to instruct the poses, 1 yoga dice for the children to practice the poses, 1 printable to match the poses to the pictures, and 1 flip book for the children to practice drawing.

Yoga Pose Cards- 24 Bright & engaging yoga pose cards designed to be versatile and can be used in a variety of kids yoga games and brain break activities.

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This product is for educational purposes and all activities are performed at your own risk. Kids Adventure Yoga claims no liability for any injuries that may occur from engaging in activities or ideas in any purchased or free resources. Adult supervision is recommended for every activity featured in the products. Please decide based on each individual activity if it is appropriate for the children.

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Copying any part of this product and placing it on the Internet in any form (even a personal/classroom website or blog) is strictly forbidden and is a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

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This fun and engaging paleontology pretend play center encourages students to play imaginary roles of being a paleontologist. Students will engage in literacy, self-regulation, fine/gross motor skills, and social skills.

What is dramatic play?

It’s the kind of play where kids take on roles and act them out as a way of exploring themselves and their surroundings. By pretending to be someone—or something—else, children can learn new ways to express themselves, share thoughts and ideas, and even get in touch with their feelings.

Dramatic play is a very important part of childhood development. Students will engage in literacy, self-regulation, fine motor skills, gross motor skills, and social skills. They will be interacting with one another in positive ways and learning so much without realizing it!

Here’s what you’ll get:

• Station Labels - Research Lab, Sorting, Weigh, Measurement, Observation
• Open/Closed Signs
• Supply Labels - Lab Tools, Digging Tools, Shovel, Small Brush, Hard Hat, Large Brush, Pick Axe, Gloves, Goggles, Flasks, Bone Bags, Weighing Scale, Fossils, Clipboard, Test Tubes, Droppers, Notebooks, Bones, Maps, Chisel, Magnifying Glass, Bucket, Compass, Rocks, Measuring Tapes
• Caution Staff Only Sign
• Campsite Sign
• 2 Pages of Printable Fossils
• Fossil Sorting Pages - By Size, By Type (fossil, bone, egg)
• Fossil Site Sign
• Field Observation Sheet
• Dinosaur Dig Checklist

All of the hard work is done for you. Simply print and cut out the LOW PREP pages and laminate them for use year after year.

Optionally you can add hard goods to make it more interactive.

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Feeling like your lessons in your curriculum are forgettable or lack zing? Make learning stick with this dramatic play and catchy rhymes. Hard G and Soft G is just another rules based lesson, right? Oh, NOT today, my friend. You have found the Hard G/Soft G full lesson plan that will have your students begging for more. This 39 page activity pack has everything you need to bring the lesson to life. From step by step teacher directions to an assessment of the skill, this complete unit is packed full of engaging activities. Come take a look at what's inside and learn Hard G and Soft G with The 3 Billy Goats Gruff!

Take a at my preview for a better look at what is included and the quality of the design.

I also have my Hard and Soft C Pack has another great dramatic play and rhymes-so check that out when you teach that lesson. Or better yet, GET THE BUNDLE and save some $. Getting 2 AWESOMES in one download. YES!

What You'll Get Inside:

• Full Lesson Plan for Hard G
• Full Lesson Plan for Soft G
• One Cat Crown for structured dramatic play
• 3 Goat Crowns for structured dramatic play
• 6 Goat Bodies with different letters
• 5 Grass Tufts-with letters to learn the rules
• 1 Giant Troll Crown
• 1 Interactive poem anchor chart for Hard G
• 1 Poem Anchor Chart for Hard G in Color
• 1 Black/White Student Worksheet for Hard G
• 1 Interactive poem anchor chart for Soft G
• 1 Poem Anchor Chart for Soft G in Color
• 1 Black/White Student Worksheet for Soft G
• 1 Colored Anchor chart with both poems to save space
• 1 Interactive poem anchor chart for Soft G
• Bump Game Rules, Directions and 3 Versions of the Game
• 2 Versions of Word Sorts
• 1 Bonus Giant Troll...because kids LOVE the Troll!

This pack is perfect for late Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade phonics learners and any student learning phonics rules. It includes whole class instruction, with teacher directed dramatic play, poems, guided practice, a game for a center rotation and independent work. Designed to keep even the most wiggly students engaged.

Common Core Alignment:

✏️CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.3: I can know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

✏️CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.3: I can decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

What's in the Lesson Plan?

• Dramatic Play involving Goats /g/ and Giant /j/ Troll on a Bridge /j/
• Students learn a poem for the rules behind Hard G and the rules behind Soft G
• As the poem is learned, the dramatic play of the Three Billy Goats Gruff continues with each line as the other students perform arm motions to the rhyme.
• Students interact with the anchor charts to solidify WHEN g says /g/ and WHEN g says /j/
• Students create their own anchor chart to further stick the learning
• The lesson wraps up with an anchor chart for the room for reference to the Hard G and Soft G rule with the characters of Cat and Mice that students won't forget.
• Follow up with a Bump it Game in Center rotations for a few days and finally, an assessment of the skill with a Word Sort with variations for different learning levels.

You will LOVE this because:

It is DONE for you. AND it's pretty cute.

The students will beg to say the poem and 'do the acting' (Secretly learning...SHH teacher magic)

It makes a sometimes boring topic come to life and the students will REMEMBER the rule and apply it. WIN. WIN.

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Get ready to have some tail-wagging fun with our Dog Role Play Masks. This exciting pack includes 16 different designs that are perfect for sparking imaginative play in the classroom or at home. Each mask can be printed, laminated and attached to a stick or elastic for easy use in role play, puppet shows, discussions, or storytelling. Students will love barking, howling and pretending to be their favorite furry friends with these adorable dog masks. And with 16 different designs, there's plenty of variety for group play or individual exploration. Role play is an important part of childhood development, as it helps to develop creativity, social skills, and imagination. And with these dog masks, learning through play has never been more fun. So, bring some puppy power into your classroom or home today with the Dog Role Play Masks pack.

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Your students will LOVE these adorable THREE LITTLE PIGS Paper Sack Puppet Crafts! There are four puppets (3 pigs and a wolf). Children color, cut, and glue the puppets together. I have also included color versions of the puppets.

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Use these chants to introduce more literature into the classroom and make the books you are using relevant to music! Use the chant to "Freeda the Cheetah" to explore movement and play along with rhythm sticks. Follow up with a lesson on rhyming words. The chant for "One Lonely Fish" is perfect for keeping a steady beat and making this book more engaging for your little ones. Use the chant in "Pokko and the Drum" to play along with Pokko the frog on her adventures. "The Very Quiet Cricket" is great for teaching whisper voice. Finally, try to wake up the elephant from his sleep in "Wakey, Wakey, Elephant"! Use the additional activities with the some of the chants to extend your lessons. Can be used across several grade levels PreK-2nd grade.

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Start your class off with these engaging icebreaker dice where students have fun doing animal actions like:

Act; stomp; eat; hop; sound; run... like a... monkey; frog; cat; cow; elephant; lion.

What is this and what should you do?

Each student rolls the action die and the animal die. Students act out whatever they get.

⭐Some fun: Back to School | Find Someone Who... BINGO | "My Favorite" Backpack

[MATH] Back to School | All About Me Math - Calculator

[SCIENCE] Back to School | All About Me Science | Science Scavenger Hunt ⭐

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This engaging activity offers two creative approaches to exploring Thanksgiving traditions and food.

Option 1: Dramatic Play

• Laminated Play Food: Create a set of laminated food items, such as turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, and rolls.
• Dramatic Play Area: Place the laminated food items in the dramatic play area, along with play plates, utensils, and tablecloths.
• Student Engagement: Encourage students to create their own Thanksgiving dinner plates by selecting and arranging the food items.

Option 2: Arts and Crafts

• Food Cutouts: Provide students with pre-cut shapes of various Thanksgiving foods.
• Creative Assembly: Allow students to color, decorate, and cut out the food items.
• Thanksgiving Plate: Have students glue the food items onto a paper plate to create their own personalized Thanksgiving dinner.

Benefits for Students:
Both approaches offer a multitude of benefits for students:
Cognitive Development:

• Problem-Solving: Students must decide which foods to include on their plates, considering their preferences and dietary restrictions.
• Decision-Making: They can practice making choices about food portions and combinations.
• Sequencing: Students can sequence the steps involved in preparing a Thanksgiving meal, from cooking to serving.

Social-Emotional Development:

• Cooperation: Students can work together to set up the dramatic play area or assist each other with the arts and crafts project.
• Communication: They can discuss their food choices, preferences, and Thanksgiving traditions with peers.
• Empathy: By imagining themselves as hosts of a Thanksgiving dinner, students can develop empathy for others.

Language Development:

• Vocabulary: Students can learn new vocabulary related to Thanksgiving, such as "turkey," "stuffing," and "cranberry sauce."
• Sentence Structure: They can practice using descriptive language to describe the appearance, taste, and smell of different foods.
• Storytelling: Students can create stories about their Thanksgiving experiences, incorporating the food items they have chosen.

Fine Motor Skills:

• Cutting: The arts and crafts approach provides opportunities for students to practice cutting skills.
• Gluing: Students can develop their fine motor skills by gluing the food items to the plate.
• Manipulating Objects: In the dramatic play area, students can practice manipulating the laminated food items and utensils.

By participating in this activity, students can develop a deeper understanding of Thanksgiving traditions, enhance their creativity, and strengthen various cognitive, social-emotional, and language skills.

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This adorable Fall Pumpkin Patch Pretend Play Kit by “The Fun Sheep” is the ideal addition to your child's playroom, playdate, or birthday party, providing endless hours of creative fun and imaginative play to celebrate the pumpkin season

A Fun Printable to encourage little ones to learn new vocabulary expressive language and practice social skills

What comes in the product:

- Pumpkin Patch Banner

- Welcome We Are Open / Sorry We Are Closed Signs

- Pay Here / Pick Up Here Signs

- Pumpkin Pretend Money

- Prices Sign / Order Form

- Labels

- Pumpkin, Pumpkin Pie, Sunflowers and Hayride Signs

- Hayride Tickets

- Opening Times Sign

- Role Name Tags

- Receipts

- Coupons

- Cutouts for Play

- 27 pages to print

- A4 paper Size

- Best to print on card stock (Colors will vary depending on printer used)

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This is a SUPER FUN kids yoga story script designed yoga instructors, early childhood educators educators, parents, and/or librarians with basic knowledge of kids yoga poses to easily incorporate yoga, mindfulness, and self-regulation skills into the story. This is a great way to combine literacy with physical fitness while using a familiar story kids love!

This is a very candy-coated version of the classic fairytale designed to help young children develop valuable learning lessons and life skills:

✔ We should always listen to our parents and teachers.

✔ It’s important to try hard and do our very best.

✔ Making good decisions helps keep us safe.

✨ PLEASE NOTE BEFORE PURCHASE: This is the extended version of the story and may need to be modified if you are teaching children under four-years-old. ✨

his resource is great for:

⭐ Children's Yoga Classes

⭐ Mindful Moments

⭐ Brain Breaks

⭐ Sensory & Movement Breaks

⭐ Therapy (Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Speech Therapy)

⭐ Gym Class

⭐ Transitions

⭐ Indoor Recess

⭐ Morning Group

⭐ Rainy Day Activities

⭐ Calm-Down Time

Physical Benefits of Yoga:

⛹ Helps Build Strength, Balance, and Coordination

⛹ Aides in Maintaining Flexibility

⛹ Relaxes and Helps Alleviate Stress

⛹ Teaches Children Self-Awareness

⛹ Increases Body Awareness & Overall Muscle Tone

⛹ Great for Warming-Up Before Sports

⛹ Helps Children Channel their Energy

Emotional & Mental Benefits of Yoga:

❤️ Increased Confidence

❤️ Encourages Mindfulness

❤️ Helps Steady Emotions, Reduce Anxiety & Stress

❤️ Teaches Self-Regulation & Calming Techniques

❤️ Non-Competitive & Non-Judgmental- Helps Kids feel Valued & Accepted

❤️ It’s All-Inclusive- Children Participate at their own Comfort Level  

❤️ Teaches Self-Discipline & Reduces Impulsivity

❤️ Helps Children Manage their Anxiety

❤️ Aides in Developing Emotional Regulation Skills

❤️ Enhances Children’s Memory & Concentration

❤️ Teaches Self-Acceptance

❤️ Helps Boosts Children’s Self-Esteem & Supports Positive Mental Health

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You may not broadcast copy, alter, adapt, modify, change, or translate this product in any form. You may not represent that you have created or originated any portion of this product. You may not film or record yourself performing or re-creating any portion of this product for public display, publication, broadcast, or to place on the Internet. You may record performances using this product on private sites only your students can access. All rights to this product are fully retained by the publisher: Kids Adventure Yoga.

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Looking for a fun way to get your students practicing social skills through dramatic pretend play? This Spooky Bones Cafe Halloween dramatic pretend play center is perfect to incorporate into your classroom encouraging playing roles of running a cafe and making the holiday fun.

What is dramatic play?

It’s the kind of play where kids take on roles and act them out as a way of exploring themselves and their surroundings. By pretending to be someone—or something—else, children can learn new ways to express themselves, share thoughts and ideas, and even get in touch with their feelings.

Dramatic play is a very important part of childhood development. Students will engage in literacy, self-regulation, fine motor skills, gross motor skills, and social skills. They will be interacting with one another in positive ways and learning so much without realizing it!

Here’s what you’ll get:

• "Spooky Bones Cafe" Banner
• We're Open Sign
• We're Closed Sign
• Menu Sign
• Order Here Sign
• Order Forms
• Bake the Treats Sign
• Frost the Treats Sign
• Pay Here Sign
• Pretend Money
• Black and White Menu Pieces (these can be used to fulfill the order placed by the customer or they can be used as coloring pages)
• Storage/Organization Label

All of the hard work is done for you. Simply print and cut out the LOW PREP pages and laminate them for use year after year.

Optionally you can add hard goods to make it more interactive. Pumpkins, Lanterns, Aprons, Cafe Diner Baskets, etc.

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Feeling like your lessons in your curriculum are forgettable or lack zing? Make learning stick with this dramatic play and catchy rhymes. Hard C and Soft C is just another rules based lesson, right? Oh, NOT today, my friend. You have found the Hard C/Soft C full lesson plan that will have your students begging for more. This 32 page activity pack has everything you need to bring the lesson to life. From step by step teacher directions to an assessment of the skill, this complete unit is packed full of engaging activities. Come take a look at what's inside and learn Hard C and Soft C with Cat and Mice.

Take a at my preview for a better look at what is included and the quality of the design.

A perfect follow up to this lesson is my Hard and Soft G Pack for another great dramatic play and rhymes-so check that out when you teach that lesson. Or better yet, GET THE BUNDLE and save some $. Getting 2 AWESOMES in one download. YES!

Benefits to your students:

• The learning will STICK
• They will be ENGAGED and excited
• They will master the skill of decoding and spelling hard and soft c
• They will REMEMBER and APPLY the rules

What You'll Get Inside:

Full Lesson Plan for Hard C

Full Lesson Plan for Soft C

One Cat Crown for structured dramatic play

2 Mice Crowns for structured dramatic play

8 Balls of Yarn-with letters to learn the rules

1 Interactive poem anchor chart for Hard C

1 Poem Anchor Chart for Hard C in Color

1 Black/White Student Worksheet for Hard C

1 Interactive poem anchor chart for Soft C

1 Poem Anchor Chart for Soft C in Color

1 Black/White Student Worksheet for Soft C

1 Colored Anchor chart with both poems to save space

1 Interactive poem anchor chart for Soft C

Bump Game Rules, Directions and 3 Versions of the Game

2 Versions of Word Sorts

This pack is perfect for late Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade phonics learners, interventionists and any student learning phonics rules. It includes whole class instruction, with teacher directed dramatic play, poems, guided practice, a game for a center rotation and independent work. Designed to keep even the most wiggly students engaged.

Common Core Alignment:

✏️CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.K.3: I can know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.

✏️CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.1.3: I can decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

What's in the Lesson Plan?

• Dramatic Play involving a Cat /c/ and some Mice /s/
• Students learn a poem for the rules behind Hard C and the rules behind Soft C
• As the poem is learned, the dramatic play of the Cat and Mouse continues with each line as the other students perform arm motions to the rhyme.
• Students interact with the anchor charts to solidify WHEN c says /c/ and WHEN c says /s/
• Students create their own anchor chart to further stick the learning
• The lesson wraps up with an anchor chart for the room for reference to the Hard C and Soft C rule with the characters of Cat and Mice that students won't forget.
• Follow up with a Bump it Game in Center rotations for a few days and finally, an assessment of the skill with a Word Sort with variations for different learning levels.

You will LOVE this because:

It is DONE for you. AND it's pretty cute.

The students will beg to say the poem and 'do the acting' (Secretly learning...SHH teacher magic)

It makes a sometimes boring topic come to life and the students will REMEMBER the rule and apply it. WIN. WIN.

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