Stories often spark during
play
conversation
connection with others
a movie or book that two or more have enjoyed (like Star Wars)
shared experiences of childhood
N., Ac., M. and An. began to tell a story of shared memories from Christmas. The light and color of the light table inspired the holiday tale called the Beepers.
Once upon a time there was a Beep Town. The people in Beep
Town are called Beepers.
It is Christmas
time. The Beepers are having a dance party and celebrating in the town square.
They are singing songs and putting up decorations and eating candy.
The Beepers put up a tree and decorated it. They are making food for the celebration.
Suddenly Santa came and they hear him dropping the presents on the town square.
Bam Bam Bam
Bam Bam Bam
The Beepers are dancing around the Christmas tree because
it was Jesus' birthday. They eat more like chocolate chip bagels and chocolate
salted oatmeal on turkey.
As the story is read to the class later, the children laugh together and they shout the sounds in chorus.
D references the book Giggle Giggle, Quack written by Doreen Cronin. This book is humorous and uses onomatopoeia (yes, this entire blog was written with the hopes of using that word)
J: Hey, the Elves can say giggle giggle when they crash into the garbage cans.
C: That's not what it would sound like. It would make this sound "crrrrrrrsh".
The sounds brought the audience into the story which felt satisfying to the writers.
The children returned to the story intent on adding more sound. They strung bells over Beeper Town because this is a sound often associated with the season.
D. and T. begin a new story using collage materials. This is a relatively new medium in our classroom. Notice the way the boys build on the plot through play...stacking thoughts on top of each other.
I see the stacking of ideas and also noticed the glances they would shoot to each other to check if the addition would fit.
ReplyDeleteEvery year it amazes me to see how the Kindergarteners become a community through the creation of the elaborate stories that they tell and retell until the stories become a part of who they are!
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