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Character Voices

Kindergartners learn that actors use different voices for different characters — a giant’s big deep voice, a mouse’s tiny squeak — and practice matching voices to characters.

KindergartenActing25 minutes1 class periodArtistic ProcessExplicit teaching4 StandardsNCAS
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Lesson at a Glance

Everything you need before the bell rings

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to…

  • ✓Use different voices.
  • ✓Match voices to characters.
  • ✓Be a character.
  • ✓Have fun acting.
Essential Question

Actors change their voice to be different characters — a big giant or a squeaky mouse! What voice goes with each one?

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Vocabulary Terms
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Standards Aligned
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Interactive Task
Match It · Interactive

Match the Voice to the Character

Project this and match each character to its voice — tap a character, then tap the voice.

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Character
Its Voice
Now tap the voice!
The Lesson · Artistic Process (Warm-Up · Explore · Rehearse · Perform · Reflect)

25 minutes, five moves

Tap any phase to open the teacher moves and student actions.

1

Warm-Up — Change Your Voice

3 min

Actors use a big giant voice or a squeaky mouse voice — how?

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Use a silly voice.
  • Ask who it is.
  • Warm up voices.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Listen.
  • Guess.
  • Warm up.
2

Explore — Character Voices

7 min

Children explore.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Send children to Match the Voice.
  • Match each one.
  • Try the voices.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Match.
  • Try them.
  • Name.
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Rehearse — Rehearse

7 min

Children rehearse.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Use a giant voice.
  • Use a mouse voice.
  • Pick a character.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Big!
  • Squeak!
  • Pick it.
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Perform — Perform

5 min

Children perform.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Use a voice for others to guess.
  • Be the character.
  • Be kind.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Use it.
  • Be it.
  • Be kind.
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Reflect — Reflect

3 min

Children respond.

👩‍🏫 Teacher Moves

  • Name a character.
  • Use its voice.
  • Complete the exit ticket.

🎒 Student Actions

  • Name one.
  • Use it.
  • Complete the exit ticket.
Standards Alignment

Built to the standards you report on

Aligned to the National Core Arts Standards (Theatre).

NCAS
TH:Pr5.1.K

Use voice to be a character.

NCAS
TH:Cr1.1.K

Explore character voices.

NCAS
TH:Pr4.1.K

Make voice choices.

NCAS
TH:Re7.1.K

Notice character voices.

Differentiation

One lesson, every learner

Multilingual Learners

ELL / EMERGING READERS
  • Character + voice cards.
  • Sentence frame: “A ___ has a ___ voice.”
  • Model the voices.

Support & Access

IEP / 504
  • Start with giant and mouse.
  • Use big voices.
  • Match one pair.

Stretch & Extend

GIFTED / EARLY FINISHERS
  • Add more characters.
  • Use a voice in a scene.
  • Make up a voice.
Materials

What to gather

  • 📽️Screen / board
  • 🎭A pretend stage
  • 💻Match the Voice to the Character
  • 🎤A pretend mic
  • 🖍️Crayons
  • 🎫Exit-ticket slips
Vocabulary

Key terms — hover for a quick definition

voicethe sound you makecharacterwho you pretend to begiantbig, deep voicemousetiny, squeaky voicerobotbeep-boop voicedeeplow and bigsqueakytiny and highactto be a character
Evaluate

Exit Ticket

Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.

QUESTION 1
What voice does a giant have?
A big, deep, slow voice.
QUESTION 2
What voice does a mouse have?
A tiny, squeaky voice.
QUESTION 3
Why do actors change their voice?
To be different characters!

Reflect: use a voice.

Have children use a giant voice and a mouse voice for a family member to guess. A printable voices sheet is in the Arts library.

Study · Flashcards

Study the key terms

Tap a card to flip it, then rate whether you knew it. Built from this lesson’s vocabulary.

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Practice · Quiz

Check your understanding

A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.

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Practice · Worksheet

Printable worksheet

A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.

🖨️ Character VoicesPrint
Name: ________________________
Date: ____________

Part A · Write the word that matches each meaning

Word bank: act, character, deep, giant, mouse, robot, squeaky, voice
  1. who you pretend to be
  2. tiny, squeaky voice
  3. the sound you make
  4. low and big
  5. big, deep voice
  6. beep-boop voice
  7. to be a character
  8. tiny and high

Part B · Show what you learned

  1. What voice does a giant have?
  2. What voice does a mouse have?
  3. Why do actors change their voice?
Answer key — Part A: 1) character · 2) mouse · 3) voice · 4) deep · 5) giant · 6) robot · 7) act · 8) squeaky
Part B: 1) A big, deep, slow voice. 2) A tiny, squeaky voice. 3) To be different characters!