A play for pre-school children

Commissioned by a pre-school playgroup in the USA, this is a simple but dramatic depiction of the change of seasons from Winter to Spring. Chances for costume, movement and simple lines plus two especially-composed songs make this a lovely package for very young children.

Production notes: Where it says "stage", this means any space on which the children are performing.

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Now here is a sample from the play and click to hear the Winter Song

The Coming of Spring
Cast List
Winter	dressed in sliver or white with flashes - as menacing as possible
The Wind	a group (depending on how many you've got) of children with streamers attached to their costumes so that when they run the streamers fly out behind}}
The Rain	a group of children carrying different devices depending on the type of rainfall
The Snow & Ice	a group of children dressed in white
People	a group of children dressed appropriately
Spring	Dressed in yellows and light greens
Animals	Whatever you want and whatever is appropriate
Plants	As above
Scene 1
Narrator	In Winter, it is dark, and cold and wet. People hurry from place to place, their heads bowed down, pulling their coats tight round about them. Winter stands on stage to one side. S/he directs the Wind and The Rain. The People children walk about on the stage not looking where they are going, gripping the fronts of their coats)
Narrator	The wind howls and blows right through the people on the street. The Wind children race on the stage, running through the people and then leave.
Narrator	When it rains, it feels likes knives on your skin. The rain children run on. They are holding spikey shapes (made of cardboard) with which they jab at the air - and then they leave.
Narrator	Sometimes there is freezing snow and ice. Snow and ice children on - they can float or shake near the people. The people grip their coats even tighter.
Narrator	People like to stay indoors, where it is dry and warm. The people children gradually leave the stage in different directions as if going into their own homes.
Narrator	Animals like to stay warm and dry too. Many of them stay asleep for all of the winter. Flowers and plants lose their leaves and petals. Everything above ground withers and dies but they stay alive, deep in the earth to protect themselves from the cold.
Winter song
Narrator	Then when it seems it's been cold and wet for ever, something marvellous happens. Spring starts to take control. First, s/he talks to Winter and tells him/her it's time to go. Winter is back on stage, with the wind rain ice & snow Spring comes on stage
Spring	Go away Winter, it's time for me now
Narrator	But Winter takes some persuading
Winter	No. I want to stay. I'm having fun. Winter waves his/her arms and the wind and rain and ice and snow all have a little flurry on stage