EMILY LOVES TO BOUNCE - The Arts Centre

CONTENTS
Activities below are broadly categorised into
Written Spoken Visual Arts Performance Arts
The contents list also indicates prime focus areas of activities and if these
are recommended for individual and/or group work.
Note: some of the writing exercises can be done in illustration form for
lower level students.
This page is intended as a reference guide only. Teachers are encouraged to
adapt and remodel exercises to suit individual situations and relevant
learning outcomes, as clearly there is much scope for overlap and
divergence across learning areas.
ABOUT EMILY LOVES TO BOUNCE pg 3
THEATRE ETIQUETTE pre show discussion/worksheet pg 4
ACTIVITIES
Written :
Wordsearch - vocabulary individual pg 5
Inventing Games - English (explanation) group pg 6
Spoken :
Imagine If - English narrative individual pg 6
Issues - English, communication group pg 6-7
Making Stories - English narrative group pg 7
Describing Different Things - English group pg 7
Visual Arts :
Music as Stimuli - art, music individual pg 8
Book Illustration - art individual pg 8
Squiggles - art individual pg 8
Box Design - art, craft individual pg 9
Box Craft - craft, drama group pg 9
Shadow Puppetry - craft, design, drama individual/group pg 9
Growing Sculptures - craft group pg 10
Performance Arts :
Characterisation - drama individual pg 10
Original Rendition - music group pg 10
Moving Through Space - mov’t, drama group pg 11
Moving Objects - puppetry, movement group pg 11
Improvisation – music, dance group pg 12
Stage a Children’s Book - perf arts, fine art group pg 12
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