Early Years (3-4 years)
Our Early Years programme, for 3 – 4 year olds, aims to give pre-schoolers confidence and self-esteem as well as vital skills in verbal communication.
This is achieved through;
- Storytelling
- Dramatic play
- Speech training
- Creative movement
- Songs and language development activities
Classes help develop important life skills for pre-schoolers such as listening, sharing, taking turns, following instructions, sequencing and memory skills and vocalising thoughts and emotions.
This is all done in a fun, stimulating way to ensure all children are getting the most out of their lesson.
Our specially written curriculum and specialist teacher training ensures our students have a balanced, fun-filled lesson every week. Although the structure remains the same each week, each lesson is different and, with the different age groups offered, a child can join the Academy at three years of age and stay until they are 18 without ever repeating a lesson.
Please note: Not all locations offer Early Years classes. Contact us to find out more.
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Age groups cover:
- Early Years – 3 to 4 years
- Lower Primary – 5 to 8 years
- Upper Primary – 9 to 11 years
- Youth Theatre – 12 years plus
Benefits of our Programme
In 1979 Helen O’Grady, a trained drama teacher and actress, recognised a need for young children to develop their confidence and self-esteem and to improve their verbal communication skills.
Now, many years later, when we all rely so much on technology and communicate mostly through messages, emails and social media, that need has never been greater.
Our fun-packed lessons, for all age groups, instil, firstly in children, the beauty of the spoken word. They enable young people to have something to say, the confidence to say it and the creativity to make it interesting.
Ongoing attendance in the programme develops individuals at their own rate, in so many ways and allows them to carry their new found skills seamlessly into ‘real life’. There is no doubt it is the confident, well-spoken and interesting candidate who will impress the panel/ the school board/ the interviewers/ the audience. These are skills which can be learnt and learnt while having fun and making new friends.
“I would highly recommend this class”
I am very grateful to be working with such positive people. The family of Drama Kids is spread so far and wide. How wonderful knowing we are all linked together by our passion to help children develop and believe in themselves through are stunning curriculum.
“I would highly recommend this class”
My children attend Drama Kids Derbyshire and I am overwhelmed by everything the academy has given my children; confidence, fun, memories, excitement and belief in themselves. Thank you so much!
“I would highly recommend this class”
Thank you Drama Kids: Our son has been going to the academy for a number of years and what a difference it has made to his speech and confidence. Our boy is 11 and has oral dyspraxia, which affects his ability to speak clearly and his short term memory. He loves his drama and is very outgoing. He wants to get involved in the drama lessons and annual plays that his primary school put on, but has been held back because of his dyspraxia and has never had a speaking part. Drama Kids has been awesome, the staff are so helpful and understanding of our son’s difficulty and he has always had a proper speaking part, even during the early years. Thank you Drama Kids for helping our son thrive and grow into a confident young man.
