Varied storytelling is useful for different reasons. First the kindergartner wants to be "big" more than anything: she is expansive, generous, and open in the way she lives and the way she tells stories. The expansiveness that accompanies her retelling of stories is all part of her growth experience: it builds stamina and, on the page, it builds fluency. To deny a kindergartner the opportunity to tell an expansive story on the page or orally is to be inattentive to her developmental needs.
Kindergartners really do believe in magic! They are moving back and forth constantly between an imaginary universe and what is real around them. This unit seeks to bridge those worlds and help our children understand that there is power in what they know and what they imagine as possible writing topics. Some students feel more comfortable telling imaginary stories while others prefer to tell you about their visit to their grandmothers house. A unit in storytelling honours both entry points. This unit is not about fantasy verses reality, but rather about the nature of story itself, which encompasses both of those worlds. Kindergartners know better than anyone how to make the ordinary extraordinary, and that is what storytelling is all about.
The goals of this unit at to tell stories that contain story elements, tell stories that are sequential and use strategies for finding story ideas.
Get ready for your child to start telling you some great stories!!!
:)
Miss Mynes
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