MYTHS, LEGENDS and FAIRYTALES is a collection of nine original early childhood one act kids play scripts written and produced in schools by theatre professionals from Creative Educational Systems. Most of the plays have a playing time of 15-25 minutes -- perfect for a school assembly program or a children's theatre production. And each script has been successfully performed by young people.

The plays are accompanied by curriculum suggestions in the areas of language arts, social studies, mathematics, science, art, music and dance. This provides the educator with an incredibly useful template for connecting the material in each play to the students' curriculum.

Each play is also followed by production notes on staging, style, costumes, sets and lighting, properties and sound and music. Every idea you need to create a successful production is right here.

Audiences of young people watching a live play will:

• assimilate the curriculum or thematic content of the play,
• empathize with how other people may think and feel,
• discover what possibilities exist in the world beyond their own neighborhoods,
• understand the results of actions made from good and evil intentions, and
• realize why people behave the way they do.

Children will inevitably identify with one character or another and vicariously experience the emotional progression of that character until the end of the play -- and sometimes, long after.

Children participating in the production of a play will experience all of the above, plus:

• an in-depth understanding of the curriculum or thematic content of the play,
• the internal motivations of the character they portray,
• the self-discipline needed to perform successfully in front of an audience,
• the dynamics of interpersonal relationships crucial to the opening of a show,
• the process of going over the same thing time and again in the pursuit of excellence, AND
• instant feedback as to how well they performed the tasks to which they committed themselves.

The plays include:
(for a fuller description of an individual play, click the title)

Coyote the Firebringer: What better way to get an experiential understanding of Native American culture than by performing this folktale with the iconic Native American trickster Coyote, which explains the origin of fire.
(Recommended for Grades PK-4) A $6 value.

Emperor's New Clothes: How about teaching a great lesson in humility and compassion while allowing your students to build their self-esteem in performance? This comical treatment of "Emperor's New Clothes" brings Hans Christian Andersen story to life for performers and audience alike.
(Recommended for Grades PK-3) A $6 value.

Jack and the Beanstalk: This classic English Fairy Tale will come to life for your students as they perform a comical rendition of the familiar "Jack and the Beanstalk," enchanting the audience and feeling good about themselves, as well.
(Recommended for Grades PK-3) A $6 value.

Jungle Book With his friends and famous Disney Jungle Book characters, Baloo the Bear and Bageera the Black Panther, as his teachers, Mowgli learns the Laws of the Jungle and eventually banishes his old enemy, the tiger, in this thrilling original adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's classic tale, "The Jungle Book."
(Recommended for Grades PK-3) An $11 value.

Lon Po Po This delightful musical play adaptation of Lon Po Po, the Chinese Red Riding Hood fairy tale will have your audience laughing in stitches and your students feeling proud of the comical characters they have created.
(Recommended for Grades K-3) A $6 value.

Peter and the Wolf We've all heard the classic musical symphony for children, Peter and the Wolf composed by Sergei Prokofiev. Now your students can enjoy reading or acting out the immortal Russian story in this play script which captures all the fun characters and story elements of the original children's symphony.
(Recommended for Grades PK-3) A $6 value.

The Princess and the Pea: Students engage in reading, listening and speaking in this delightful Reader's Theatre version of the Princess and the Pea. If desired, the show can become a narrated pantomime, fully produced with costumes, etc. for an experience you and the students will be proud of.
(Recommended for11Grades K-3) An $6 value.

The Sparrow Maiden: Learn the ancient culture of Japan by acting out one of its traditional stories. Your students experience, first hand, the delightful story of a woman who learns that kindness is its own reward and that not everything comes in large packages... sometimes the most precious things are actually the smallest.
(Recommended for Grades K-3) An $6 value.

The Little Red Hen: Young students will be proud of their work as actors in this musical play adaptation of the story of the Little Red Hen. Young audiences will too, and in addition to understanding the process of how bread is made, the message to help others comes across to them loud and clear.
(Recommended for Grades K-3) An $6 value.

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