Best performance and creative home education resources

Explore the magical world of the theatre from the comfort of your home with the Royal Opera House's creative learning at home activities to get families singing, dancing and making. 

Fairytale adventures, fabulous creatures, heroes and villains, magic and trickery – all of this (and more!) is on offer as you learn famous ballet steps, compose your own music, create special effects (including making your own snow machine!), try some choreography and produce a design portfolio. 

If your child enjoys watching ballet, Northern Ballet's performance of Little Red Riding Hood is available on Cbeebies iPlayer and it's the perfect introduction to classical dance for young childdren.

Does your child dream of a career on the big screen, or a life in the entertainment business? With quizzes to help match their skills and personality to interesting film careers, thaumatrope templates, hair and make-up and costume design resources and loads of film-making ideas, Into Film at-home activities will keep film buffs occupied for hours.

There are also Film Guides for ages 5-7 and ages 7-11, informal discussion prompts and extension activities for after watching a film at home.

Help your child practise and showcase their acting skills remotely by helping them learn some monologues written specially for kids.

Beat by Beat is offering 15 free kids' monologues to download, extracted from its popular book Contemporary Monologues for Young Actors. Intended for actors aged 7-14, the monologues can be recorded on a phone as if they were a real "virtual audition" (and Beat by Beat offer lots of suggestions to help your child film great quality video to show off their talent!).

Or download a play from the Roustabout Home Delivery series: short, accessible play scripts to rehearse and perform in your home, with clear stage directions to make the acting (or directing) process as enjoyable as possible.

BBC School Radio Primary Drama resources have been developed specially for the KS1 drama and KS2 drama curriculum and aim to offer interactive learning opportunities to boost children's confidence.

The language is carefully structured and there are movement and role-play activities to encourage imaginative, co-operative responses. Explore traditional stories, create your own drama and download performance scripts, special effects sounds and backing music. Are you ready for curtain up?

The Wigmore Hall Music at Home website is packed with free live streamed concerts, music-discovery activities and resources for families, teachers and learners at home.

Why not try the composition ideas (warm-ups, singing exercises and composing fun), make some music (whether you're a trained musician or not), explore musical styles through family concerts and create your own musical world in your living-room concert hall.
 

Get a glimpse of the backstage magic worked by technicians, designers, choreographers, composers and artists with Disney On Stage's family learning activities. Educational videos from The Lion King and Aladdin productions in London's West End offer amazing access to the backstage world and all the expertise required for stage productions of Disney musicals.

You can also download creative activities linked to Disney's theatre shows (including Mary Poppins and Frozen) and other West End shows like the RSC's Matilda the Musical.