Shakespeare’s Heartbeat: Drama games for children with by Kelly Hunter

By Kelly Hunter

Children at the autistic spectrum event various levels of problems; all of that are understood as a disassociation of brain and physique. Expressing emotions, making eye touch, conserving a gradual heartbeat and spotting faces are all a part of the autism difficulty that are poetically explored by means of Shakespeare.


Over ten years, Hunter labored with kids on all issues of the spectrum, constructing drama video games for the categorical objective of combatting autism. those specified video games, derived from particular moments within the performs, shed new mild on easy methods to educate Shakespeare to little ones, utilizing the drama as an exploration of the way it feels to be alive.


Shakespeare’s Heartbeat is a step by step consultant, detailing the best way to reveal, play and proportion those sensory video games. The publication includes:





  • Games according to A Midsummer Night’s Dream



  • Games in accordance with The Tempest



  • Tips and suggestion for enjoying one-on-one with the children



  • An afterword describing Hunter’s trip from performer and practitioner to author of this work.



Shakespeare’s poetic definitions of seeing, considering and loving demonstrate the very procedures that youngsters with autism locate so tricky to accomplish. This booklet offers an imperative studying device for these wishing to motivate children’s eye touch and facial features, increase their spatial wisdom and language abilities and introduce them to creative play.

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Shakespeare’s Heartbeat: Drama games for children with autism

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