Have a go at playing these drama games to warm up:

Chewing Gum

Warm up your facial muscles by chewing an imaginary ball of gum. As you continue to chew, let it get bigger and bigger. Move your jaw from side to side as you move the ball of gum around in your mouth.

 

Tongue Twisters

Michael Rosen’s Chocolate Cake is full of playful phrases and interesting words. Tongue twisters are a great way to warm up for drama and are also very effective when encouraging children to feel more confident with language.

· The big beautiful blue balloon burst.

· Cooks cook cupcakes quickly.

· Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought better butter to make the bitter butter better.

· I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won’t wish the wish you wish to wish.

Food Charades!

Play this game with people at home. One of you has to mime eating a type of food. You can’t speak – only use actions. The other players have to guess what food you are ‘eating’. Here are some ideas to get you started:

spaghetti…..ice cream…..burger….sandwich…..candyfloss…..soup…..fish and chips ……banana …….apple……..chicken drumsticks