By Rachel Leonard | Project leader
Since moving premises, Kids Play Family Drama has went from strength to strength. We have reached new families in an extremely deprived area and have positive responses from all participants. With the help of Global Giving, we managed to send two of our group workers on council-run Autism Awareness training, which was beneficial to them and the running of the group.
Here at Kids Play we encourage each child to have a voice (and by golly, some of them are LOUD!) So each week we shine the spotlight (a metaphorical spotlight I may add…we don’t have the budget for a real one) on anyone who wants to perform. This can be a song, dance, Shakespearean monologue, poem, martial arts demonstration: we’re pretty much open to anything. Highlights have included one 5 year old boy’s beautiful rendition of the ever-so-popular ‘Let It Go’ in a wonderfully strong Glaswegian accent; a 9 year old girl with the voice of a 40 year old soul singer, and most recently, a recital of a poem which the child had written herself. About llamas.
The poem comprised of a detailed description of all the different llamas one could find (if one looked hard enough), such as “Happy llama” “ sad llama” “strong llama” “party llama” “Cool llama” “Not-cool llama” “Mama llama”
And so on and so forth.
Who knew there were 3 pages-worth of varying llamas?
My personal favourite was of course, the “drama llama.”
We’re looking forward to being joined by any new families who would like to spend some family time enjoying drama games and bonding through drama movement and song. The stress relief and social aspect of the group is also a reason our big kids enjoy the sessions as much as the wee ones.
The group runs at Bluevale community Centre, on Mondays, snack time is from 4pm and Drama is from 4.30-5.30. If you’re interested in bringing your family along, follow us @kidsplaydrama or on facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/kidsplaydrama
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