1. Creative drama and music in instructional settings : Merging theory and practice ; Terminology and roles ; Getting started ; Preparing successful lessons ; Content and achievement standards ; Patterns of progression ; The importance of arts education ; Guidelines for success -- 2. Beginning activities : Ice-breakers ; Finger plays ; Nursery rhyme finger plays ; Noisy stories ; Replaying ; Sound awareness ; Familiar songs ; Sample lesson -- 3. Listening and seeing imaginatively : Introducing basic creative drama skills : Concentration ; Classroom management ; Quieting activities ; Heightening the imagination: abstract/concrete images ; Musical echoes ; Rhythmic dialogues ; Sound journals ; Sample lesson -- 4. Expressing creatively without words : Creative movement ; Pantomime ; Assisting the players: sidecoaching ; Recommended listening and movement repertory ; Sample lesson -- 5. Building blocks for creative choices : Creative choices in music: ensemble singing ; Ensemble playing in drama ; Circle games ; Choral reading ; Characterization ; Group story building ; Representative songs ; Sample lesson -- 6. Improvisation and story creation : Story creation ; Story creation from props ; Story creation from pictures ; Story creation from pictures activity: every picture tells a story ; Open-ended stories ; Improvisation and music ; Solo activities ; Ensemble activities ; Improvisations in creative drama ; Improvisation as story creation ; Role playing ; Sample lesson -- 7. Integrating creative choices : Story dramatization ; Accompaniment ; Composition ; A final word ; Some suggested stories to dramatize ; Sample lesson -- Appendices : A. Sample lesson ; B. Reflections for journal exploration ; C. Further resources ; Glossary.