During this week, early years educators performed online shared storytelling sessions with all Kindergarten students. Various stories were read integrated with the current theme of Easter; Brenda boring egg story. Another story was the Bear who came to babysit and Little Red Riding Hood. In the story of Little Red Riding Hood puppet sticks were used to reinforce the characters and sharing their favourite parts of the story.
This activity is an opportunity for students to engage in lots of listening and speaking opportunities, and also closed and open-ended questions that promote thinking. Questions tackle levels of cognitive learning including remembering, understanding, and applying. Examples of these questions include:
Story: The Bear who came to babysit
- What do you think this book is going to be about?
- How do you think the children are feeling?
- The bear squeezed the bottle very hard. What might happen next?
- What are the bear and the children doing in the kitchen? Is the honey sticky?
- What are the children in the story called?
Story: Little Red Riding Hood
- What was the bag filled with?
- With whom did Little Red Riding meet?
- Why were the wolf’s eyes big? Why do we use our eyes for?
These online storytelling sessions are providing students with opportunities for learning, involving parents/guardians at home and even linking the story to a post-activity. Students are enthusiastically participating in these activities. A student designed her own egg in relation to the story Brenda boring egg story. Other students created their own teddybear toast after the story the Bear who came to babysit was read to them.
These photos illustrate the experiences shared by the educators during the storytelling sessions together with the continuation of the story through the post-activities.
