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This website is my first stop every time when looking for drama support in the classroom and onstage!
This site is very helpful. I have been using this site for two consecutive years now.
This is probably way too long, but I kept thinking of more and more reasons I love Drama Notebook!
I am thrilled to share my enthusiastic endorsement of Drama Notebook, a truly exceptional resource for theatre and creative dramatics educators. This website stands out as the best resource I have ever encountered for theatre instruction, catering to a wide range of ages from preschool through high school seniors. I Love Drama Notebook because…
1. **Comprehensive Resource Library**: Drama Notebook offers an extensive array of scripts and materials, making it incredibly versatile for teaching various concepts and producing engaging holiday programs. From beloved stories like "Three Little Pigs" and "Mother Goose" to classic Shakespearean plays, the breadth of content available is unmatched.
2. **Ease of Use**: The website is incredibly user-friendly, allowing teachers to access everything they need with just a few clicks. The intuitive design ensures that educators can efficiently find scripts, lesson plans, and thematic resources without hassle.
3. **Value for Teachers**: Drama Notebook provides outstanding value by offering a wide range of resources all in one place. The availability of a year-long Scope and Sequence, daily lesson plans, and diverse literature make it a go-to tool for planning an entire academic year.
4. **Versatility Across Age Groups**: Having taught theatre at middle school, high school, and now elementary school levels, I have found Drama Notebook equally effective across all these age groups. The resources are adaptable and relevant, supporting a broad spectrum of educational needs.
5. **Practical Workshops**: The website’s workshops for teachers are both concise and actionable, allowing educators to directly share what they’ve learned with their students. This practical approach enhances the overall teaching experience and contributes to effective classroom management.
**Conclusion:**
Drama Notebook is an invaluable asset for anyone involved in theatre and literature education. DNB would also be a valuable site for teaching ESL. Its comprehensive and easily accessible resources, combined with exceptional value and practicality, make it an essential tool for educators at all levels. I highly recommend Drama Notebook and will continue to rely on it for my teaching needs as long as I have students.
Absolutely loved performing these plays in our drama club for amateurs.
Drama Notebook site & resources was my one stop destination to help me plan my first drama club. Thank you!
Drama Notebook saved the day! This year, we decided to begin a drama club. We started looking for a short play that would incorporate numerous actors. When we found Drama Notebook, we were thrilled. The Mystery of the Missing Medallion was fun, well-written, and simple to learn. Thank you for sharing these resources with teachers like me! Thanks to Drama Notebook, our school put on the first play in thirty years!
My granddaughters (homeschooled) absolutely love when I bring these short drama scripts. They always want more.. thanks
Thank you for all the great resources. It’s been a great help for this first year Drama teacher.
My homeschool group wanted to perform a play for a local retirement community. We used this resource to find a script for them to use. It was a wonderful success.
Thank you for saving my class with fun scripts and lesson ideas.
Amazing resource for ideas, monologues, games. Absolute must for anyone working in drama field.
Brilliant resources for Speech & Drama class as an extra-curricular activity. From warmups and games to Monologues and drama pieces, there is a super library to choose from.
Thank you very much for sharing such useful resources. It has been fun to check, read and learn how to put a play together and your plans, tips and guides have make it much easier. Thank you so much for sharing!
Big thanks to Drama Notebook for all the amazing Scripts. All the scripts are ready-to-use in the classroom! Highly recommended site!
Thank you Drama Notebook for sharing such useful scripts that are fun, creative and accessible for young learners. A perfect companion for educators! Especially English language learner teachers!
Drama Notebook has provided me with a wealth of VALUABLE resources that are INSTANTLY ready-to-use in the classroom! Highly recommend this website :)!!!
Drama Notebook is an amazing resource. I am a full time home mom and homeschool my 10 year old son who is screen free. These plays and scripts have supported his passion in acting. Thank you Drama Notebook!
As a homeschool mom, I was excited to lead a group of 20 middle school aged kids. They were interested in drama. I have never directed a play. Drama Notebook gave me the script that worked great for our group. It gave me support and theater games to play. We have had a great four months! As a busy mom I appreciated how organized the scripts are... I could easily find something short, funny and easy.
Thank you Drama Notebook. You inspire me as a drama teacher. I recommend this page because it is a very complete source of drama resources for teching different ages, communities and in many ways and aspects. Thank you very much.
This site has helped our drama club get started and has helped us prepare new actors.
I have always loved theater, and after discovering my children are theater kids, I found this site and now we've started our own drama group for homeschoolers. The information here is invaluable in this!
1. I personally love drama. I started learning DIE since 2020. I would love to bring my knowledge into practice. However, I am new as a drama teacher and I got a lovely job to make a show with 16 3rd grade students for my daughter's school. I was honored but overwhelmed. i didn't know where to start until my classmate from DIE program introduced me to DRAMA NOTEBOOK.
2. The site is so well organized. I found more than I expected. I found structured lessons and more detailed info such as stage directions which deepened my understanding of stage show.
3. For now I need to absorb what I have learned and I can't think of anything for improvement.
Thank you so much for all the info and the idea of sharing.
This is fantastic site with loads of great resources and ideas. I particularly like the warm up and improv ideas.
I always sign up whenever I pick up a drama class! Such a life saver when I have to teach out of my specialist area.
Many fun scripts for kids and they are organized in a way that makes it easy to find what I'm looking for.
This site is a great resource for any drama class!!
My theater classes of children ages 6 through 14 have just loved the play we are producing from Drama Notebook! And they were so easy to work with. I submitted some proposed changes and they bent over backwards to make sure we could have the production be just like we wanted it!
What an incredible site. I love teaching but one of my struggles is finding content and decent material. I am always hesitant when it comes to spending money because we all prefer the "free stuff" but I decided to take the plunge and start investing more in better material. Since doing so I am so much less stressed before a lesson and my classes seem to run a lot smoother, the kids really enjoy the material and I am a stronger and more confident teacher because of it. I remember coming home after my first "Drama Notebook infused lesson," specifically, 20 Practice Scenes for Pairs and Two Lines Game and saying to my husband, "Wow! I think that was my best class yet!" So thank you to all the amazing content creators, this material is amazing and worth every cent! Can't wait to teach my next class!
Drama Notebook has been a real lifesaver to this Music teacher turned Drama teacher. I’ve learned a lot from the professional development sessions I’ve watched (I’m in Australia, so I’ve watched the sessions afterwards rather than attending in the middle of the night) and the script library and other resources have been invaluable.
I love this site and what it has to offer. I teach a variety of ages, and I have found so many incredible resources here. The workshops that they offer are also top notch!
I'll admit I was a little skeptical when I first heard of Drama Notebook a few years ago. I very wrongly assumed that it was some kind of watered-down, elementary-teacher-with-no-actual-theatre-training type of site. While it CAN help these types of teachers, the exercises, tips, and scripts are fantastic for even seasoned drama folks. For me, it helps create a structure to a lot of the abstract techniques I've been taught myself, it sparks my imagination further, and reveals so many games I've never heard of before. The sheer volume of resources is impressive. I also attended a free workshop, and Janea and Jennifer were so warm and genuine. I definitely recommend D.N. to anyone teaching drama to kids and teens!
As a teacher in the french school system, I also have to teach english to my students. I wanted to do Read Aloud Plays and came upon this site. I love the quantity and variety of plays available!
I can't wait to use them with my students. I will definitely recommend this ressource to my colleagues!
The resources available on this site are incredibly helpful! So often, I've struggled to find scripts that work well for young kids and teens. Having such a wealth of these scripts has made my job so much easier!
Really valuable resources! Super helpful website that has helped me a lot.
Great bang for your buck if you need some inspiration and new ideas. I work with adults with a variety of disabilities and many of these activities are easily modifiable for the population I serve. I love the wide variety of themes and topics covered and the fact that it is evident that the scripts, games and activities have been tested by a real theatre teachers.
Amazing site. Staggering amount of available resources. Would recommend
Always an excellent place - and one of the few places - to find great scripts for my elementary actors. A lifesaver!
Drama Notebook has a great selection of plays for all ages.
Great site to get some new scripts to look through! I was very impressed by the diverse scripts and especially loved the classics. Thanks for putting together such a fabulous site!
Drama Notebook has been a lifesaver for me! As a first-time theater camp teacher, I absolutely needed a resource like this to ensure I had everything I would need at a moment's notice to ensure my classes went smoothly. I ended up downloading much more than I thought I would need, and thank goodness it was there so that I could focus on the kids. It was amazing to know that my curriculum was taken care of so I could work on developing my own skills. Thanks, Drama Notebook!
Love everything about this site… including prompt help when needed. Thanks
Thank you for saving my junior high drama class! You have given me so much material I can never get through all of it. Cheers, Laura
I found the DRAMA NOTEBOOK fabulous. It saves time planning and would be very helpful for new teachers. Also valuable for teachers who have been away from teaching. I was in this position for a while. It keeps you up to date and I liked the stated age groups catered for and the subjects and content covered. The "Professional Development" workshops are a must for all teachers no matter their experience. Information sharing from experienced teachers is so enriching.
I just found the Drama Notebook and it offers variety of activities and ideas for school lessons and extra-curricular activities with my students. Thanks!
I use Drama Notebook daily! My middle school students love practicing with their scripts and there is always something new and interesting for the kids.
Excellent customer service. Responsive and helpful staff.
The website is very user friendly.
Thank you.
This website has helped me so much!!! I would recommend it to anyone who teaches theatre!
I have loved the lesson plans and scripts from this website! Everything is easy to put into action in class. The resources are also easy to tweak and make your own. I would recommend this to any theater teacher or general education teacher looking to add more theater to their classroom.
I’ve been quite happy with the selection and variety that Drama Notebook has offered and use the resource for my homeschool group.
This is a great site for when you have no idea what to do with a class. The plays and activities work so great for middle school and jr. high. I've used a few of them for my high school kids as well.
