Once upon a time..." is a phrase we have been hearing this week in the Rivers Class.
In drama with Ms Streelman and Ms Sytsma, the children have been working on telling their own stories and then acting them out. The teacher records the stories that the children tell and then some of them are enacted in the drama area as Ms Streelman narrates using the children's words.
Many of the stories feature birds, unsurprising given our current theme of study. Sometimes the stories contain accurate information about the life cycle and habits of birds, other stories contain more make-believe moments.
In drama with Ms Streelman and Ms Sytsma, the children have been working on telling their own stories and then acting them out. The teacher records the stories that the children tell and then some of them are enacted in the drama area as Ms Streelman narrates using the children's words.
Many of the stories feature birds, unsurprising given our current theme of study. Sometimes the stories contain accurate information about the life cycle and habits of birds, other stories contain more make-believe moments.
The children build sets and practice acting out each other's stories.
The first stories the children told were a little disorganized. So we have discussed staying on one topic or theme and having a beginning, middle, and ending. The stories are getting stronger.
Here are some prompt questions we asked:
How does your story start? Where is the story set? Who is in the story?
How can you show what the characters are feeling?
How can you show what the characters are doing?
Sometimes when a story goes well, a group performs it as a play at the end of the day. Here is a short clip of a story that was told by one student and acted out by five others.
Press play!
