Group Activities for Social Emotional Learning Using Sketch Comedy and Improv Games / Shawn Amador, Eleni Liossis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Amador, Shawn, author.

Liossis, Eleni, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drama in education.

Social skills--Study and teaching (Elementary).

Social skills.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (146 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2025.

Place of Publication:

London : Jessica Kingsley Publisher, 2023.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

A guide for educators and therapists to engage children in social-emotional learning through structured activities. The social skill-based improv games, participant written plays, and basic plays are accompanied with downloadable materials, and offer a graduated exposure of techniques for different participant comfort levels

Contents:

Preface Acknowledgements Chapter One: History of Social Theatre (R), Research, and Methodology History of Social Theatre Other Applications of Social Theatre Research and Methodology How Can Social Theatre be Applied? Social Emotional Learning and Parts of Improv Building Skill Based Activities from Scratch Meaning of Humor in Social Theatre Group Humor versus. 'Stand Up Comedy' Rules of Improv in Application to Social Theatre Activities Chapter Two: Establishing Group Flow with Boundaries and Rules Helpful activities to keep Group Flow/structure Rule Setting Social Theatre Group Rules Activity: Using Hands in Group Communication "Silly Hands" Activity: Non-Verbal Body Language in Group Communication "Hot Sauce" Activity: Sharing Group Attention (Who's in the Spotlight?) "Attention Monster" Activity: Sharing and Supporting Group Attention. "Spotlight Chapter Three: Strengthening Eye Contact and Deepening Social Relationships Introduction Activity: Building Connections through Eye Contact "Circle Name Game with leveled challenges" Activity: Connecting with Eye Contact Activity: Strengthening Eye Contact "Joint Attention Circle" Activity: Practicing Joint Attention "Passing the Ball" Activity: Strengthening Joint Attention "Mirroring the Mirror" Chapter Four: Reading Social Cues Introduction Activity: Discovering Details "What Changes" Activity: Recognizing Others Wants "You Wanted to See This?" Activity: Group Problem Solving Using "The Huddle" Activity: Building Listening Skills "Where did that come from?" Role Play: Mutual Eye Gaze and Recognizing Boredom Activity: What to do About Boredom and Cues Chapter Five: Recognizing and Expressing Feelings Introduction Activity: Recognizing and Expressing Feelings "The Chase" Activity: Connecting Eyes and Emotions "Eye Pass Emo Pass" Activity: Tone Matching and Feelings Puppet "Voice Message" Activity: Matching Feelings and Empathy [Version A, B, C, and D] Version A - "Reading Others Emotions" Version B - "Reading Others Vocal Tones and Body/Facial Expressions" Version C - "Matching Empathy to Feelings" Version D - "Matching Empathy to Feelings - Exploring Anger" Chapter Six: Conversation Strategies Introduction Activity: "Presents" in Conversation PLAY: "Your Presence is a Present!" Activity: Building Conversation Skills "WTMI" (Way To Much Information) Activity: Transition Word Association Activity: "When I'm Stuck, Make Topic Bigger!" [Version A and Version B] Version A - Bigger Version B - Narrow Activity: Social Wonder/World Wonder [Version A and Version B] Version A - Activity Version B - Role Play Chapter Seven: ????EXPANDING Flexibility Introduction Activity: "I'm Stuffed!" A Role Play about Flexible Thinking and Boxes Play: "I'm Stuffed" Activity: Flexible Imaginations with One Word Storytelling Activity: Morphing Clay Activity: Acting with Props with Different Purpose Activity: Flexible Imaginations with "Yes, Lets!!!!" Chapter Eight: Defining Relationship Roles Introduction Level of Relationships and Behavior Processing: What Are Relationships and Why are they Important? Activity: Improvising a Relationship. Activity: Defining Relationships Relationship Roles and Response Worksheet PLAY - "Interesting Shoes and Relationship Response" Chapter Nine: Perspective Taking Introduction Activity: Perspective Taking "Switching Perspectives" Activity: Perspective Taking "Testing Perspectives" Activity: Perspective Taking "Step Into My Mind" Activity: Perspective Taking "Step into My Body" Activity: Refer to Chapter ? for Mirror the Mirror (add in)????? Chapter Ten: ??Developing the Inner Monolog, Coping Skills, and Mindfulness Introduction Activity: Developing Inner Monologue "The Shield" Activity: Finding our Inner Monologue Plays Activity: Play about Negative Thinking: "Dr. Evil's Remote Control" Mindfulness Activities Activity: Group Mindfulness with "ZIP-ZAP-ZOP" Activity: Being In The Moment Activity: Metronome Activity: Bubble Pop Activity: Invisible Shield

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781805016854

1805016857

9781839972935

1839972939

OCLC:

1356046158