Plays

Sociodramatic and Fantastical Play for Children’s Development An important part of a child’s development is play. It is important for children to participate in play because it provides children with the ability to improve their cognitive functions, language, and self-regulation. Vygotsky was one of many theorists that believed sociodramatic play is necessary for for cognitive, social, and emotional development for children (Elias and Berk, 2002). Sociodramatic play is also important for…

Play is a major part of a child’s development. Whether this play is solitary or with other children, there are areas that are being developed. When children play it is not simply a waste of time, but a time where the child’s cognitive, social, and dramatic stages of play are expanding. Although one may not be able to see the growth that is happening within a child when they play, there are levels that the child is growing into and becoming more advanced. While there may be activities that seem…

Play therapy, as defined by the Association for Play Therapy, is "the systematic use of a theoretical model to establish an interpersonal process wherein trained play therapists use the therapeutic powers of play to help clients prevent or resolve psychosocial difficulties and achieve optimal growth and development" (2016). Since the early 1900s when play therapy techniques were developed, the method has become an increasingly popular way of engaging children in psychoanalytical practice by…

However researchers have argued the theory on Play-Based Learning in Early childhood classroom. The challenges face by early childhood teachers is that the play-based the teachers do not have defined outcomes. Researcher Fisher (2002, 2008) state that the teachers from United Kingdom have identified the skills, the concept and knowledge that children should acquire by the age of five. Hence it is the responsibility of teachers to plan and cover the curriculum in a structured manner in order to…

“Come and look at the freaks,” are song lyrics from “The Sid e Show” and that is what the play is about, freaks. The Siamese twins were called freaks simply because they were joined together by a piece of flesh. “The Side Show” was a very great play. Since it was a musical, I knew I would enjoy it. I do not think there was one thing I did not enjoy about the play. The reason I enjoyed the play is because the story about the freaks was very vivid and understanding. The actors, costumes, music,…

Philadelphia Story was a play put on by the theater department at the University of North Texas, performed in a proscenium. This worked well because of the big stage you could have a big set, which in this play, was amazing. The play starts with the main character Tracy writing thankyou notes for the gifts she has received for her upcoming wedding, which happens to be the following day. After being introduced to all the characters you learn that this isn’t Tracy’s first wedding, but she use to…

production of a play. However, I am not really sure what was going on in this play, which does not mean I did not like it, but I was in awe/confused most of the time. The reason why this production was so different because its not one of those classics like Shakespeare’s “Richard III” where you know what you are getting yourself into when you are an audience member. Instead, this play had concepts of body changing and to me there was not a single main actor the entire time. By changing who the…

I liked the play because it gave a good description on the murder of Amyas Crale. The play described how Caroline Crale had murdered her husband by the coniine that was put in his beer. The coniine is extracted from the hemlock plant. The hemlock is the same plant that killed Socrates. When Amyas Crale drank the poison, he started to have cramps and pains as he slowly died. Crale complained that the beer tasted foul. As he painted Elsa Geer, his hands started to ache as the poison was going…

interested in watching the play even though we did not have the best weather conditions. Luckily, I was able to get front row seat tickets to see the play The Glass Menagerie performs by PCPA. When I went inside the theater the first thing that I noticed was that the majority of the audience was mature people and I thought that this might have an impact on the performance. I was disappointed because I imagined a really big theater, but at the end, I ended…

Edna Ferber, is a play about three generations of a wealthy family during the 1920s. I watched the play on December 6, 2015 at the Pierce College Arts Building. The play was directed Anita Adcock, who did great job setting the play as she intended it to be. Everything from the costumes, the lighting, to the typecasting was excellently produced. Particularly, the set design was able to greatly express the theme of the play. The setting mainly takes place in the family’s home. The play included…