The focus for this week was story telling. After a name review game and practicing our classroom rules we talked about the elements of a story. I gave them a pathetic example of a story and we came up with ways to make it better.
Details that help make a story great...
A character/s and knowing things about them
Animals
Action
Place or location
Emotions
Objects
Time Period/Time of day
We then split into 2 groups and each child received a card with one of the above titles. Each child drew a picture on the card that gave a clue to create a story. We traded cards with the other group and began our story making process. The children were doing such great job using their imaginations and creativity that we will complete the stories next week and share them in class.
Next week - story telling part 2!
Manchester, NH based fine arts program for homeschool students
