Many teachers are put into teaching things that they don’t have the training to teach. This does not refer to teachers are teaching a primary subject. Many are very qualified. However, there are many a teach who are out there that are coaching football or running the chess department and do not have any idea about the subjects they are teaching. For many teachers, this department is the theater department.

Many schools have a theater department and they see it as a great way for children to learn how to express themselves and to make friends, but for the teacher who is teaching it it can mean a lot of anxiety if they aren’t sure how to get the most out of kids. These are a list of the basics that any theater teacher must know and must teach in order for the children to be successful in their art.

The first thing all kids need as a beginning to every rehearsal and for their own kickstart, is a a good warm up game. Warm up games can be anything and are just meant to get the students out of their head. They can be as silly as making funny noises. The biggest rule for students is to commit. Without commitment there is very little that a student can do to make themselves or their performance better.

The next thing a student needs is complete honesty in their scenes. While students will vary in their level of talent, none of them have to vary in their commitment to honesty in a scene. Asking and answering questions in the scene that are rooted in honesty will be the key to having success on the stage. A drama teacher can try and get that out of the students. If they do that they can make any production worth watching.