Retelling

 

Most of the week we read and reread the story of "The Three Pigs". I explained to the children good readers always reread a good book because they learn new things each time they read it. The learning can be a new word, something we learned from the pictures or from the story itself. After the fourth day of reading the story "The Three Pigs", one of the children commented they never realized the pig was wearing wolf slippers at the end of the story.

 

Then Friday in a little bucket, I placed a paper wolf attached to a popsicle stick, a big pig, 3 little pigs, a bag of straw, a bag of little sticks and a bag of Lego. These props were to assist the children to retell the events of the story in their own words. Luckily I had a parent volunteer who assisted the children and they seemed to have a great time retelling the story. The little bucket for retell will be a centre for this coming week.
This week I will add another two little buckets because we will be working on story "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" and "The Little Red Hen". Unfortunately most of the props for this story will be paper props. Hopefully the children will not mind.

 

 

Puppet Theatre

The puppet theatre is getting fabulous use, which enhances the children's communication skills and offers them an opportunity to use their presentation skills as well. The children are making up their own little stories and most of the children are speaking in an appropriate voice and in a kind manner. There is evidence where they are going to the other children to ask them if they would like to come and see the puppet show and be the audience.

 

The other day I over heard one of the children, who was the puppeteer say to someone in the audience, "you must sit down or the show will have to stop. Please remember to show your listening manners". I complimented the puppeteer for using wonderful speaking manner.

 

It is a wonderful experience to witness the children implementing what they have learned into their own play situations.