Why is drama good for children?
Drama is known to be very creative, children have the chance to dive into a new character, learn or even create a background for these characters. For many people, they believe drama only benefits the creative side – helping a child nourish their imagination. And, yes, drama does do this but it also benefits children in many other ways and helping them in everyday life.
In this blog, we will discuss how and why drama is a good activity for a child to do.
Social skills
Being able to socialise is a vital skill that everyone needs, as being able to communicate is how people can move from one step to another in their life. This is why it’s important for children to develop this skill from a young as it will make their life slightly easier. There are different ways that a drama club does this.
Confidence
Improving a child’s confidence level helps them develop their social skills because, with no confidence, people will shy away from talking to others. In the world of acting, any child is welcomed – it doesn’t matter if they are quiet, as drama is the place for them to grow and become more outgoing than before. Most drama clubs do different activities to help a child speak clearer with confidence.
For example, improv, some people might dislike this due to the worry of thinking of something on the spot and acting without a script. But the truth is, this helps children understand that daily life is filled with improv. Knowing this, develops confidence in children, as not only does it help them have the strength to speak up for themselves, but they will be able to do this in a proud and clear way.
Empathy
Drama is filled with different characters for a child to explore, with each character they’ll learn new backgrounds – what does this character like? What are they scared of? And why? All crucial information to help the child act as this character in the best way possible. At a younger age, many children believe everyone’s life is the same as theirs when most of us know that this is not true. Drama is the perfect way to ease children to understand that not everyone has the same life as them, without forcing it on them.
As children learn the ins and outs of each of their characters, they’ll start to understand that their friends have different lives as well. All of this helps a child with empathy – the ability to understand how someone feels. Both confidence and empathy are needed for a child to grow their social skills. Confidence helps them have faith within themselves, making it easier to communicate with friends and family. Whereas empathy allows the child to register how someone is feeling and with that, sometimes the tone of the communication might have to change. With this, children’s social skills will heighten – making it easier for them at school and when they are adults in the working world.
Improving their education
In life, education is key, it normally helps with landing a successful job – something that every parent wants for their child. The truth is, drama is known to help children to succeed highly in their educational years. James S. Catterall, a professor at the University of California at Los Angeles, did a study on the arts and how it affects a child’s education. Here, he found out that children who participated in drama achieved highly in the classroom.
In this blog, we will discuss how and why drama is a good activity for a child to do.
Social skills
Being able to socialise is a vital skill that everyone needs, as being able to communicate is how people can move from one step to another in their life. This is why it’s important for children to develop this skill from a young as it will make their life slightly easier. There are different ways that a drama club does this.
Confidence
Improving a child’s confidence level helps them develop their social skills because, with no confidence, people will shy away from talking to others. In the world of acting, any child is welcomed – it doesn’t matter if they are quiet, as drama is the place for them to grow and become more outgoing than before. Most drama clubs do different activities to help a child speak clearer with confidence.
For example, improv, some people might dislike this due to the worry of thinking of something on the spot and acting without a script. But the truth is, this helps children understand that daily life is filled with improv. Knowing this, develops confidence in children, as not only does it help them have the strength to speak up for themselves, but they will be able to do this in a proud and clear way.
Empathy
Drama is filled with different characters for a child to explore, with each character they’ll learn new backgrounds – what does this character like? What are they scared of? And why? All crucial information to help the child act as this character in the best way possible. At a younger age, many children believe everyone’s life is the same as theirs when most of us know that this is not true. Drama is the perfect way to ease children to understand that not everyone has the same life as them, without forcing it on them.
As children learn the ins and outs of each of their characters, they’ll start to understand that their friends have different lives as well. All of this helps a child with empathy – the ability to understand how someone feels. Both confidence and empathy are needed for a child to grow their social skills. Confidence helps them have faith within themselves, making it easier to communicate with friends and family. Whereas empathy allows the child to register how someone is feeling and with that, sometimes the tone of the communication might have to change. With this, children’s social skills will heighten – making it easier for them at school and when they are adults in the working world.
Improving their education
In life, education is key, it normally helps with landing a successful job – something that every parent wants for their child. The truth is, drama is known to help children to succeed highly in their educational years. James S. Catterall, a professor at the University of California at Los Angeles, did a study on the arts and how it affects a child’s education. Here, he found out that children who participated in drama achieved highly in the classroom.