ACTING GAME FOR AGES 7-12
KIDS IN SPACE
If you are exploring outer space themes or astronomy in your classroom or during after school time, try this acting game. Feel free to plug in any suggestions that can further propel your stellar studies.
How to play
1) Start by
dividing the class in half. Ask half the class to sit down to form the
audience, and the other half to stand up on the stage (or acting area) to
become the actors.
2) Ask the
actors to enter the stage, face the audience and say, “Hello audience!” Tell
the audience to respond by saying, “Hello actors!”
3) Select an
action for the actors to perform using the KIDS IN SPACE suggestions below.
Start by having the class say, “AND ACTION!”
4) After a few
moments, instruct the actors to “FREEZE!” and select a different action to
perform. Start again by saying, “AND ACTION!”
5) Actors on
stage perform three or more actions, then bow as the audience applauds.
6) Switch the
groups, so the students in the audience become the actors on stage, and begin
again.
KIDS IN SPACE Suggestions:
- walking on the moon
- blasting off in a rocket
- aliens exploring the earth
- shooting stars
- landing a space ship
- floating comic dust
- planets orbiting
- spiraling in a black hole
- rays of the sun
- looking through a telescope, mapping the stars
- comets entering the earth’s atmophere
- the rings around Saturn
