{"id":1259,"date":"2021-08-14T20:49:28","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T00:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theteachingrabbit.com\/home\/?p=1259"},"modified":"2026-07-21T18:57:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T22:57:21","slug":"drama-activities-for-elementary-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theteachingrabbit.com\/home\/drama-activities-for-elementary-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Drama Activities for Elementary Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

Sometimes it’s hard to come up with engaging drama activities to do with your students, so it’s great to have ready-made packs of laminated cards on hand to use for some fun, interactive lessons! This Drama Card Bundle comes with different types of activities such as Charades, Movement Cards, Tableaux, and more!<\/p>\n

These 8 sets of cards can be used for drama, dance, physical education, brain breaks, or even just for some classroom fun! There are over 300 cards<\/strong> to get your students moving and acting!<\/p>\n

Charades Cards<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Kids love to play Charades! These 43 cards have bright pictures of nouns (animals, professions) or verbs (sweeping, playing hockey). Students can easily act out the scenarios for their classmates. These cards are also great to leave as a fun and easy activity for a substitute teacher.<\/p>\n

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Movement Cards\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

These 28 actions cards show both locomotor and non-locomotor movements. You can use them for brain breaks, to teach gym class, or as part of a drama or dance unit! The movements included are: digging, clapping, blowing, skiing, pulling, pushing, dancing, walking, running, wiggling, leaping, crawling, jumping, hopping, skipping, throwing, waving, swimming, tiptoeing skating, kicking, twirling, and hitting.<\/p>\n

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Emotions Cards<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Use these 24 emotions cards in drama class to act out and identify feelings (happy, sad, angry, scared, embarrassed, surprised, jealous, tired, excited, worried, disappointed, proud, friendly, curious, calm, silly, interested, shy, confident, and bored).<\/p>\n

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Tableaux Cards<\/strong><\/h2>\n

These 36 task cards of objects and scenes can be used to play a fun tableaux game! Students get into small groups, choose a card, and create the frozen picture together.<\/p>\n

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Short Skit Cards<\/strong><\/h2>\n

You can use these 40 Short Skit Scenario Cards in your elementary drama class to help students create skits in partners. For example, one of the cards in this pack asks students to act out the scenario of adopting a pet from a pet store.<\/p>\n

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Tone of Voice Cards<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Students try saying random phrases using a different tone of voice each time. The class members have to guess which tone of voice the student is using (angry, serious, silly, bored, tired, etc.).<\/p>\n

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Nature Cards<\/strong><\/h2>\n

You can use these 32 task cards of movements in the natural environment to have students create short dance phrases. Students are challenged to act out the movements of wind, rain, or animals in the environment.<\/p>\n

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Sports Charades Cards<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Students pretend they are playing different sports like basketball, hockey, tennis, and soccer!\u00a0 These 23 cards will get students moving their bodies!<\/p>\n

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Community Helpers Cards<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Students act out different types of jobs and careers using these 24 cards!\u00a0 These are especially good for students who are learning about community helpers in social studies!<\/p>\n

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All of these card sets are available together in my Drama Card Bundle<\/a>. If you purchase it, I hope you will enjoy using the activities with your students this year!<\/p>\n

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Heading back to school soon?\u00a0 Looking for more fun teaching ideas?\u00a0 Check out my Back to School Activities<\/a><\/em> blog post!<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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