It’s Wednesday! Halfway through another week. Today’s invitations center on the belief that everyone has a story to tell and that all our stories are important.
Language/Literacy Invitation: Storyteller’s workshop
Staple a few sheets of paper together and invite your child to dictate a story and illustrate it using crayons, pencils or markers. Telling stories is an opportunity for children to put their imaginings and experiences into words and pictures. It is a chance for creative expression to begin to blossom and often brings such joy to the author to see their story in a book.
Building Invitation: Build a story from blocks
After writing their story, or instead of writing their story, invite your child to tell a story using the language of blocks. This may look like building houses for the three little pigs and knocking them over, or creating a world with tall buildings, or volcanoes. You can photograph or make a video of your child’s work so they can reflect on it later when the blocks are put away.
Music/Movement Invitation: Dance a story
To connect brain, body and imagination, invite your child to select some music, possibly put on a costume, and tell a story using dance. You can do this inside or outside if your child’s story needs more space. You can share this short video of the Northern Ballet’s Goldilocks and the Three Bears for extra inspiration.
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