Kids Monologue of the Month

Tips for preparing a monologue:

Imagine the person you're speaking to. If you're supposed to be speaking to the audience, imagine who they are--friends? enemies? the doorman?
Imagine where you are and the things that are around you.

Create a set by using real objects that are handy--chairs, benches, fake tree, etc.
You can use real objects for props, too--book, wallet, football, etc.
Be expressive--get mad or happy or sad or just have some attitude as you perform your monologue.
Movement & Gestures--use them. Don't just stand still while doing a monologue.

If there are stage directions—in parenthesis—on the monologue below, use them or come up with your own. They're just suggestions. If a monologue has ellipses (three dots in a row), act as if you’re listening to someone else responding or speaking to you. But those ellipses might also just mean there's a slight pause. Read through the monologue and see if you're listening to someone or just pausing for effect.
Break a leg! (That's theater talk for "good luck." It's bad luck to say "good luck" in the theater so you say "Break a leg!")

Here is a monologue for August (sorry for having to skip June and July):

The Shampoo of Death

Mom! Mom! Mom!...Don't come in! I'm in the shower!...I'm yelling because I got shampoo in my eye and it's stinging!...No, I don't want you to come in and help me! Just tell me what to do!...Okay, I'll let the water run over my face! (screams) Aa! Now both eyes are stinging!...No! Don't come in!...When you told me to let the water run over my face, there was still shampoo in my hair!...Well, I know that now. Next time I'll rinse out my hair first--with my eyes closed!...Yes, now all the shampoo is out of my hair! But my eyes are stinging!...I can't open my eyes! What if more shampoo runs into them?!...Okay! I'll try to open my eyes slowly, but they still kind of sting....Okay, I'll wipe my eyes with my washcloth. (screams) Aa! There was soap on the washcloth!