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1. How Theater Can Benefit Children

2. Apart from the very few, many children hate that
time of the year when they have to put on
costumes, memorize a few lines, go on stage
and act out a character.
While their kids dread the event, majority of
parents see school plays as perfect occasions
to whip out the video camera and capture their
kids’ cute moments on stage.

3. However, theater or
dramatic arts goes beyond
putting on costumes and
silly make-up.

4. Participating in stage
plays actually has
far-reaching benefits
in the development of
children.

5. This is exactly why many coed summer camps
include theater arts in their program.
Listed below are some of the top reasons why
parents should encourage their children to
participate in theater arts.

7. A common knee-jerk reaction among parents
when their child decides to participate in
theater arts is the possibility of academic
setback.
With time spent on rehearsals, parents
that
theater will take away precious study hours from
their kids.

8. However, the effect of theater
on the academic performance
of children is the exact
opposite of what parents are
afraid of.

9. According to a study conducted by UCLA,
students who are involved in the performing
arts tend to perform better academically.
In a separate research by The College Board,
incoming university students who are active in
the theater arts score 100 points higher in
their SAT compared to other students.

10. They have more advanced
reading comprehension and
mathematical skills.

11. If you want to gauge whether your kid will
improve academically through theater arts
involvement, sending him or her to an
overnight summer camp with a good dramatic
arts program is a great way to go about it.

13. In her article published in the Huffington Post,
dramatist and theatre essayist Laura
Gunderson said that there is a lack of empathy
in today’s world.
Theater, on the other hand, is one of the most
intense exercises in empathy.

14. When children take on roles,
they have to put themselves in
another character’s shoes and
that’s exactly what empathy is.

15. They don’t only empathize with
their own character, they also
empathize with the other
characters in the play.

16. According to clinical psychologists, empathy
plays a crucial role in a child’s development
because it’s vital in how he or she relates to
others.
The sooner a kid learns empathy, the more adept
he or she can be in interacting and socializing
with other children.

18. Your kid won’t always get the part that he or
she wants. There will be times that he will
forget a line during a show.
During rehearsals, she needs to endure
constructive criticism from the director.
Your child won’t always get the loudest
applause during curtain call.

19. As a parent, you would naturally want to
protect your child from experiencing these
defeats, but they will experience failures
sooner or later.
Through theater, they learn to rise up from
these defeats and strive to make themselves
better.

20. As you can see, the benefits that theater
can bring your child are far more significant
than you initially thought.

21. If you’re looking for a venue that
can spark your child’s interest in
the performing arts outside of
his or her school, there are a
number of coed summer camps
that have theater in their
program.

22. The dramatics art program at Camp Walt
Whitman involves professional theatre
coaches to ensure every kid’s talent is honed
to its fullest potential.

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