A friend of mine (Ammanda) decided that she wanted to do something more for her kids than just Reading, wRiting and aRithmatic. She thought it would be fun for them to put on a play and asked if my kids would join them. It took a little persuasion on my part, but the 4 oldest agreed to do it. For the past couple of months, the met on Monday afternoons to rehearse. They built the scenery, talked about looking at the audience and all that other theater stuff, made costumes, learned lines and had fun. They decided to put on 2 plays. The first was The Three Pigs. It was from a CD and the kids had to act it out and lip sync. The second was Little Red Riding Hood. For this one they came up with how they wanted to play to look and what lines they wanted to say. Then last week they put on a performance for dads and a few friends. I was super impressed with how cute they looked and how well they performed. Originally Braedi only wanted to help with off stage stuff, but she saw how much fun it looked and decided to take a roll. Their animations were great and they were well prepared. Ammanda did a good job teaching them how to perform. I wish that I could download video, because it would be cute to see. Picture will have to suffice. Enjoy!
Braedi announcing the play
The pigs building their house nice and strong
The wolves after being beaten by the pig
Corbin announcing the play
Little Red Riding Hood and her mom
Granny
Little Red Riding Hood talking to the wolf disguised as her Granny (bad picture)
the Hunter coming to the rescue
How fun! I am so glad your children participated!
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