Teachers in one Yorkshire school are discovering that drama and story used together can be valuable keys with which to unlock children's creative potential.
'Being involved personally enables children to access what is happening in a story much more than if it is just read to them,' explains Becky Patterson, a drama specialist employed by a local arts group, Integrate Arts Education (IAE), to deliver sessions at Crigglestone St James CE Junior and Infant School in Wakefield. 'The felt experience can release latent knowledge, help children articulate responses and generate ideas far more successfully than if they are merely the passive recipients of learning.'
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