How Improv Help Students Learn and Have Fun

• Helps students integrate concepts and make them their own.

• They practice creative thinking skills by putting two or more ideas together to create something new.  They become instantly involved and engaged in a learnng task.

• They learn to create their own learning, rather than passively receiving information.  Improv reinforces to children the idea that learning is fun and gratifying.

• It gives them the opportunity to build confidence in their ability to share ideas with a group and respecting and appreciating others’ ideas.  Students bond as they create beautiful and fun experiences together.

• Students abilities and strengths can be observed through improvisation that would not have been observed through formal activities.

• Improv gives students confidence as they learn to see themselves as proactive learners and creative thinkers.

 ***  Studies have shown how improv benefits students on the autism spectrum, specifically when it comes to social and language development.

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