Kindergarten / The Golden Goose

Downloadable Production Guide (.pdf)

Back to The Golden Goose Intro


Sample Activities

For the play, you will be asked to take a magical journey to the Land of the Golden Goose. Have you ever pretended to take a trip to a magical land of your very own? What was it like? Were there special animals or plants? What about people? Draw a picture of your imaginary land.

Kings and Queens often have many advisors. The advisors are citizens of the kingdom whose job it is to help the King or Queen make good and fair decisions. Pretend that you and your class are advisors to a King or Queen. The King comes to you with a problem; he wants to make sure that his subjects learn how valuable it is to work together. He wants to hold a Festival to celebrate the importance of cooperation. You must come up with a schedule of activities, games or projects that the people could do at the Festival. Discuss with the other advisors in your class your ideas for things to do at the Festival.


NYS Learning Standards

Preparatory Classroom Workshop

ARTS 1: Creating, Performing and Participating in the Arts - THEATRE
ARTS 2: Knowing and Using Arts Materials and Resources - THEATRE
ELA 1.1: Language for Information and Understanding - Listening and Reading
ELA 1.2: Language for Information and Understanding - Speaking and Writing
ELA 4.1: Language for Social Interaction - Listening and Speaking

The Golden Goose Performance

ARTS 1: Creating, Performing and Participating in the Arts - THEATRE
ARTS 2: Knowing and Using Arts Materials and Resources - THEATRE
ARTS 4: Understanding the Cultural Dimensions and Contributions of the Arts - THEATRE
ELA 1.1: Language for Information and Understanding - Listening and Reading
ELA 1.2: Language for Information and Understanding - Speaking and Writing
ELA 2.1: Language for Literary Response and Expression - Listening and Reading
ELA 2.2: Language for Literary Response and Expression - Speaking and Writing
ELA 4.1: Language for Social Interaction - Listening and Speaking

Production Guide
standards addressed by the suggested activities


ARTS 1: Creating, Performing and Participating in the Arts - THEATRE
ARTS 3: Responding to and Analyzing Works of Art - THEATRE
ARTS 4: Understanding the Cultural Dimensions and Contributions of the Arts - THEATRE
ELA 1.1: Language for Information and Understanding - Listening and Reading
ELA 1.2: Language for Information and Understanding - Speaking and Writing
ELA 2.1: Language for Literary Response and Expression - Listening and Reading
ELA 2.2: Language for Literary Response and Expression - Speaking and Writing
ELA 3.1: Language for Critical Evaluation and Analysis - Listening and Reading
ELA 3.2: Language for Critical Evaluation and Analysis - Speaking and Writing
ELA 4.1: Language for Social Interaction - Listening and Speaking