It may be that you will want to look further to find opportunities in your community for classes in the performing arts. While many schools are now adding theater to the curriculum, unfortunately it is absent in most elementary schools. Libraries, museums, churches, playgrounds and camps, YMCAs and YWCAs. Local colleges and universities for year-round or summer classes for children. Performing arts centers, professional and community theaters.
Many facilities have splendid programs in the arts.
Visit classes, check the age levels of the children and the preparation of the teachers. Classes in creative drama, puppetry, mime and dance offer enrichment beyond whatever the school provides. Again, for the young child, the chance to explore creatively and act spontaneously is more valuable than pressured situations involving either a performance for an audience or a predetermined product. While creative drama involves children as active participants, children's theater engages them as audience. Plays range from entertainment for the primary grades to more mature material designed for junior high school.