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“Creativity represents the miraculous coming together of the uninhibited energy of the child with its apparent opposite and enemy – the sense of order imposed on the disciplined adult intelligence.” Norman Podhoretz A Personal Thought After working on this project and thinking about time removed, I’ve come to realise how my own anxieties about deadlines and time-lines has caused me to lose, on many occasions, the joy of what I am doing in the present. We’ve written a little song to remind us to love and enjoy the “here and now." (Download song MP3 or use CD track 1, song lyrics in appendix 1) The lyrics are as follows: Here and Now Right here Right here and now Discover the wonder These moments allow Right here Right here and now Discover the wonder These moments allow Pilawuk Pilawuk provides perspective on how children could deal with the disappointment of not being the ‘chosen’ student for the activities in this play package and at the performance of Hickory Dickory Dock in the following passage: “In my language, Ngangiwumerri, we teach children to think of others and make others happy. We learn by 'doing' and by 'watching/observing'. Sometimes in life we want to 'do' fun things all the time. To grow up into a good person we also need to 'watch/observe' others having fun even if we are busting to 'do' the fun things. In my language when you are not chosen to 'do' the fun thing/activity and you have to 'watch/observe' we say 'nyinyi ta nginni' which means 'I'm happy for you!' Say this ('nyinyi ta nginni' and the person's name) in your head and SMILE. Keep smiling until all the sadness in your gut/tummy from not being picked has gone or until the activity has finished. Learn how to say it in your own language or other languages so that every time you are not chosen you can look forward to saying 'I'm happy for you…(name) in different languages.” Nyinyi ta nginni - Pronunciation: • Nyin-yi ('nyin' sound the 'n' then say 'yin' as in 'yin yang', 'yi' as in the 'ye' in 'year') • ta (the 'a' is an 'u' sound as in 'up') • ngin-ni ('ng' as in 'sing', 'in' as in the English word 'in' & 'ni' as in knee') 3
SECONDS This section explores the notion of seconds. It consists of 3 suggested activities: Embodying Seconds, Seconds Sequence, Henry’s Heartbeat. 1. Embodying Seconds a) Tell the children that a second is the time it takes to jump in the air, or to wave or to turnaround or to wink. b) Ask the children to think of other things that take about one second - there are lots. Make a list, e.g. a skip, a clap, a kiss, a yawn, a slap, a smile, a breath, a step, a scratch, a knock, a click, a bounce, a flick, fold arms, a puff, a sigh, a yelp, a hand shake, a nod, a tongue poke, a nudge, a grab, a pop, a drip, a bark. c) Going around the circle, ask each child to choose one action that takes about a second to do. d) Then go around the circle with each child doing their action in turn. e) Ask the children how many seconds it should take to get around the circle. If each of their actions takes one second, how many seconds will 15 actions take? 2. Seconds Sequence a) Ask each child to choose 3 one-second actions and get them to put the 3 actions together in a 3 second sequence. The teacher could demonstrate. Children could draw their choices out of a hat, e.g. a smile, a skip, and a turn. b) When children have had time to practice their sequence get them to loop the sequence - repeat it over and over. c) Tell the children that you will play a song called the One Minute Song (download MP3 or use CD track number 1, lyrics in appendix 2) that will last exactly sixty seconds. Ask them to do their sequence as a dance for the length of the song. 3. Henry’s Heartbeat a) Read the story of Henry's Heart to the children (download story as a PDF or PowerPoint, text in appendix 3). b) The story can be shown on computer or printed out and read. c) Explain to the children that often when people say, wait a second they don’t really mean wait one second like Henry thought they did - they really mean wait 4
Page 1 and 2: 0 A Play Package for Patch Theatre
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