Children's+Plays

The Little Red Hen

I think that this is a very good play for all young children to perform because it is not only a fun play but a play full of lessons. This play is about a Little Red Hen that is spending the whole day baking a loaf of bread. Periodically throughout the day she is visited by various other animals that want her to drop what she is doing and instead go outside and play. Instead she decides to keep at her work and at the end of the day she has a beautiful loaf of bread! The smell draws all the animals that visited her back to her window, and instead of eating the bread all by herself she decides to share it with all of her friends. So this play is really about sharing, work ethics, and helping your friends. Sharing is a big part of the end of the play but work ethic is a prevalent theme throughout the whole of the play. Instead of going out and playing the Little Red Hen decides to keep working which is amazing work ethics! On the other hand, the other animals decide to go out and play instead of helping their friend with the bread, which is poor work ethics. Again, it is a really fun play to do for the children, I would know because when I was in kindergarten i performed in this play! I had so much fun! I would highly recommend this play for any children production!