When you meet people working in the area of their passion, you can feel it. It radiates from them, grabbing the attention of all those around. The kids at the Apopka Family Learning Center first experienced the troop in September, watching their play, A Book Can Take You Anywhere. Humor Resources Improv enjoyed their time so much, two representatives from came back voluntarily to work with a group of fourth and fifth graders doing a lesson in improvisational comedy. There was so much educational value in improv, especially for the very many second language learners serviced by the Apopka Family Learning Center. Improv immersed students into a dynamic literacy lesson that included many elements of social-emotional development. Mini-lessons were revealed along the way hitting topics like... -story structure -sentence structure -parts of speech -working as a team -thinking on their feet -self esteem -And everyone had so much fun! So much learning was rolled into one dynamic, worthwhile experience.
One boy sat back and watched, choosing not to participate for the first part of the session. When he joined in, he was amazing. Before our actors left, he poked his head back into the room and asked if they were coming back again, and the actors answered that they weren't sure yet. His words of thanks were, "Well, thank you for the fun time." Improv- Who knew?
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