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Explore your children’s dramatic talents with these free play scripts for kids. Read on to understand how the fine arts develop young minds.
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Why Use Acting Scripts for Kids
Provide your homeschool with a drama script for kids, and you will see learning happen without your children even knowing. Performance brings language arts to life. When your children rehearse and remember lines of plays, skits, or other readings, they are practicing sentence syntax and how to read with emotion. They are interpreting the written word, practicing demonstrative body language, and considering their audience. They are building self-confidence, overcoming fears of public speaking, and learning to read feedback from viewers. They are discovering purpose for reading and writing and—most definitely—enjoying themselves while learning!
Your entire family will enjoy these royalty-free English play, skit, dramatic reading, and pageant scripts for children, which are arranged according to difficulty. Skits require little or no rehearsal and are often quite funny. Readings take fewer people and some rehearsal, while plays require more people and lots of rehearsal. Near the end of this page, you will find a few plays for advanced actors or older teens and a section for Christian scripts. At the very end, you will find resources for supporting your children as they explore acting. All together we’ve provided hours of creative arts fun.
Dive into drama and you’ll see how theater entertains not only the audience, it entertains the performers too!
Free Skits for Kids
Annie, Jr.
Based on the book, Annie, by Thomas Meehan. The classic tale of little orphan Annie.11 characters.
Camp Skits
“Nothing makes an assembly period, overnight campfire, or family night more fun than camp skits. They are a great way to include a dramatic piece to your camp program. They also provide an opportunity for both campers and counselors to have some great fun. Most of the skits listed here require minimal preparation and can be easily adapted to accommodate groups of all sizes.”
Cinderella (Kidsinco)
Based on the classic story by the Brothers Grimm. 7 characters.
Songs, Skits and Yells
“Most of these songs, skits and yells have been taken from various places around the internet. The original source is indicated where known.”
Free Readings for Kids
Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s on First?”
Complete script for a dramatic reading for two people. Sound file is available too, so you can learn to get the timing right.
Dinosaur Jokes, Puns & Riddles
A list of dinosaur jokes and puns to be performed.
Generic Radio Workshop: Vintage Radio Script Library
Online collection of scripts from the Golden Age of Radio.
Poetry Out Loud
A collection of poems to be performed out loud.
Readers’ Theater Editions
“Reader’s Theater Editions are free scripts for reader’s theater (or readers theatre) adapted from stories written by Aaron Shepard and others—mostly humor, fantasy, and world tales from a variety of cultures. A full range of reading levels is included, with scripts aimed mostly at ages 8–15.”
Free Play Scripts for Middle Schoolers
Aellea Classic Movie Scripts
Scripts and transcripts to classic movies (and others) made before 1970.
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Kidsinco Complete List of Playscripts
More than 600 playscripts in English and over 150playscripts in Spanish.
The Land of Lost Stories
The story is about technology preventing kids from reading classic children’s stories, so the story characters are discarded onto an island where they long to return to the “hearts and minds” of kids.
Little Women
Classic movie script from 1933, RKO Radio Pictures Inc., directed by George Cukor. Based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott. Script by Sarah Y. Mason and Vicor Heerman.
Peter Pan or The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up
This classic play, by J. M. Barrie, was produced at the Duke of York’s Theatre on December 27, 1904 and ran for 145 performances.
The Princess Bride
Are there any sports in it? Are you kidding? It has fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, True Love, miracles, and more! Based on the book by William Goldman and the movie directed by Rob Reiner.
Rinse the Blood off My Toga
“Rinse the Blood Off My Toga,” by Johnny Wayne and Frank Schuster—with apologies to William Shakespeare (and to Francis Bacon, just in case).” Features the character of Flavius Maximus, Private Roman Eye.
Sasha and the Pearl (The Puppetry Home Page)
“Although ‘Sasha and the Pearl’ was written as a marionette play, it can easily be performed with other puppets as needed. As for characters, I have left them purposefully vague in some cases to allow for the greatest amount of interpretation. Have fun and let me know what you think!”
Free Advanced Scripts for High Schoolers and Mature Actors
The Foresters: Robin Hood and Maid Marian
Based on the classic story by Lord Alfred Tennyson (1892). Complete script for those who would like to do an olde English play.
The Oxford Shakespeare
The 1914 Oxford edition of the “Complete Works of William Shakespeare ranks among the most authoritative published in the twentieth century. The 37 plays, 154 sonnets and miscellaneous verse constitute the literary cornerstone of Western civilization.” Find links to 37 of Shakespeare’s plays here.
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Saint Joan
By George Bernard Shaw (1924). “Joan of Arc, a village girl from the Vosges, was born about 1412; burnt for heresy, witchcraft, and sorcery in 1431; rehabilitated after a fashion in 1456; designated Venerable in 1904; declared Blessed in 1908; and finally canonized in 1920.” Access the script to perform her story here.
Screenplays for You
“Welcome to ‘Screenplays for You,’ famous collection of free movie scripts and screenplays! Fast and secure site, responsive design, exclusive updates and no dead links – enjoy it….” Screenplays are listed alphabetically.
Waiting for Godot
A play by Samuel Beckett (1953). The basic plot revolves around two characters who have been told they must wait for Godot, though they aren’t sure who he is or what he looks like. Many opportunities come their way, but they turn them down because they might miss Godot.
Free Christian Play Scripts for Kids
The Baker’s Dozen
A Saint Nicholas tale told by Aaron Shepard. In the Dutch colonial town later known as Albany, New York, there lived a baker, Van Amsterdam, who was as honest as he could be.
The Birth of Jesus
“A lively skit about the people and times during the birth of Jesus.” Skit for ages 9-14.
Christmas Around the World: A Christmas Play
A simple Christmas pageant, written by Leanne Guenther, with lots of built-in flexibility, so it can be performed by a family or a large group.
Christmas Skit: Story of Bethlehem – Song
A skit by Marcia Taylor about the birth of Jesus. Divide the group into four smaller groups and assign each group one of the words listed here. Read the story. After each of the words is read, pause for the group to sing the first line of the song.
The War Prayer
“Twain wrote the story in 1904–5, but after trying just once to publish it, he set it aside. He wrote a friend, ‘I don’t think the prayer will be published in my time. None but the dead are permitted to tell the truth’…. Whether due to suppression of truth or in part to Twain’s own reluctance to seem too radical, the story was in fact published only after his death. It appeared at last in 1923 in the collection Europe and Elsewhere, edited by Albert Bigelow Paine. The story drew new attention during the Vietnam War, with that conflict’s echoes of the earlier Philippine involvement.” Adapted for Reader’s Theater by Aaron Shepard.
Resources for Homeschoolers on Producing Plays
Fake Blood Recipes
Here are some recipes for you to make your own realistic-looking fake blood. Real blood is reddish-brown, so you may need to alter the amounts of ingredients for the desired effect. Keep in mind, fake blood is messy, and some of these recipes may leave stains, so use with caution and allow plenty of time for drying.
Hard Choices: Casting your play
Award-winning screenwriter, curriculum writer for Children’s Ministry Deals, and founder of Righteous Insanity, John Cosper, shares tips for how to determine who will play the parts in your production.
The History of Costumes: From Ancient to 19th Century
This is a great resource for both building background knowledge about the history of theatrical costumes and for finding images of costumes by time period and culture.
Across The World Adoptions
The UN agency for children
In the aftermath of World War II, the plight of Europe’s children was grave, and a new agency created by the United Nations stepped in to provide food and clothing and health care to these children.
In 1953, UNICEF became a permanent part of the UN and began a successful global campaign against yaws, a disfiguring disease affecting millions of children, and one that can be cured with penicillin.
Declaration of the Rights of the Child
In 1959, the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, which defines children’s rights to protection, education, health care, shelter, and good nutrition.
Education
Following more than a decade of focus on child health issues, UNICEF expanded its interests to address the needs of the whole child. Thus began an abiding concern with education, starting with support for teacher training and classroom equipment in newly independent countries.
In 1965, the organization was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize “for the Promotion of brotherhood among nations.” Today, UNICEF works in more than 190 countries and territories, focusing special effort on reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all children, everywhere.
Convention on the Rights of the Child
UNICEF's work is guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989). The Conventionis the most rapidly and widely ratified international human rights treaty in history. The Convention changed the way children are viewed and treated – i.e., as human beings with a distinct set of rights instead of as passive objects of care and charity. The unprecedented acceptance of the Convention clearly shows a wide global commitment to advancing children’s rights.
Much has been accomplished since the adoption of the Convention, from declining infant mortality to rising school enrolment, but much remains to be done.
State of the World's Children
Every child has the right to health, education and protection, and every society has a stake in expanding children’s opportunities in life. Yet, around the world, millions of children are denied a fair chance for no reason other than the country, gender or circumstances into which they are born.
Poverty affects children disproportionately. Around the world, one out of five children lives in extreme poverty, living on less than US$1.90 a day. Their families struggle to afford the basic health care and nutrition needed to provide them a strong start. These deprivations leave a lasting imprint; in 2019, 149 million children under the age of five were stunted.
Despite great progress in school enrolment in many parts of the world, more than 175 million children are not enrolled in pre-primary education, missing a critical investment opportunity and suffering deep inequalities from the start. 6 out of 10 leave primary school without achieving minimum proficiency levels in reading and mathematics, according to a 2017 UNESCO report. This challenge is compounded by the increasingly protracted nature of armed conflict.
Children and armed conflict
More than twenty years ago, the world united to condemn and mobilize against the use of children in armed conflict. Since then, thousands of children have been released as a result of Action Plans mandated by the UN Security Council and other actions aimed at ending and preventing recruitment and use of children by armed forces and groups. However, serious challenges for the protection of children affected by armed conflict remain.
Nearly 250 million children live in countries and areas affected by armed conflict. In the Syrian Arab Republic, the nine-year conflict has caused the deaths of 400,000 people, according to estimates by the former Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura. More than 7,000 children were killed or maimed since the conflict erupted, the UN verified. In Afghanistan in the first half of 2019, child casualties represented almost one-third of the overall total of civilian casualties, with 327 deaths and 880 injured.
In Somalia, children continue to be the most affected by crises. More than 5,200 children were victims of grave violations, alone in 2018, and that is just the number of reported cases. Children get recruited, used, killed and maimed. More than 3 million remained out of school last year. Hundreds of thousands were malnourished.
Millions of children, many of whom are unaccompanied or separated from their families are being displaced by armed conflict. These children are at a high risk of grave violations in and around camps, and other areas of refuge. Action is urgently required to alleviate the plight of children displaced by armed conflict and the Secretary-General encourages Member States to respect the rights of displaced and refugee children and to provide them with necessary support services.
Violence against children
The right of children to protection from violence is enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and yet still one billion children experience some form of emotional, physical or sexual violence every year; and one child dies from violence every five minutes.
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Violence against children knows no boundaries of culture, class or education. It takes place against children in institutions, in schools, and at home. Peer violence is also a concern, as is the growth in cyberbullying. Children exposed to violence live in isolation, loneliness and fear, not knowing where to turn for help, especially when the perpetrator is someone close. Children’s gender, disability, poverty, nationality or religious origin may all increase the risk of violence with the youngest being especially vulnerable as they are less able to speak up and seek support.
In 2006, the UN Study provided a set of recommendations on how to end violence against children; and the Secretary-General appointed a Special Representative to ensure their effective follow-up and to monitor implementation.
There has been some real progress: many states now have legislation to prohibit physical, mental and sexual violence and support victims; campaigns are raising awareness of the negative impact of violence; and bullying, sexual violence and harmful practices against children are being tackled. We also have more data on the scale and nature of violence against children.
These are significant developments but much more needs to be done. The inclusion of a specific target (16.2) in the 2030 Agenda has shown the world’s commitment to end to all forms of violence against children. We must work urgently to ensure that noble vision becomes a reality for every child.
Children and the Sustainable Development Goals
For 15 years, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were a guiding force on many issues affecting the lives of children, young people and their families. Over this time, tremendous progress was made in reducing preventable child deaths, getting more children into schools, reducing extreme poverty and ensuring more people have access to safe water and nutritious food.
However, progress has been uneven and many of the most pressing issues for the world -- including addressing inequalities, promoting inclusive economic growth, protecting children from violence and combating climate change -- were not adequately covered in the MDGs.
With the adoption of the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in September of 2015, world leaders have committed to ending poverty by 2030. But unless accelerated efforts are made:
- Almost 52 million children may die before reaching their fifth birthday between 2019 and 2030.
- Children in sub-Saharan Africa will be 16 times more likely to die before their fifth birthday than children in high-income countries.
- Nine out of 10 children living in extreme poverty will live in sub-Saharan Africa.
- More than 60 million primary school-aged children will be out of school – roughly the same number as are out of school today. More than half will be from sub-Saharan Africa.
- More than 150 million additional girls will marry before their 18th birthday by 2030.
These vast inequities and dangers do more than violate the rights and imperil the futures of individual children. They perpetuate intergenerational cycles of disadvantage and inequality that undermine the stability of societies and even the security of nations everywhere.
Children and the UN system
From the focus on education of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), to the efforts of theInternational Labour Organisation (ILO) to abolish child labor, to the Children and Youth Programme of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), to the nutritional work for mothers and young children provided by the World Food Programme (WFP), to disease-eradication campaigns by the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN system is there for children.
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