After students listen to a story, they should make drawings of some character or scene in the story that they really liked. It's important for students to be able to spend more time, after the story is over, with an image from the story that struck them. It's helpful to tell the students the drawing doesn't have to be perfect. Ask them: "If you were to make a CD cover for this story, what would you put on the cover?" Sometimes that question gets them to focus very quickly.
It's helpful to put these drawings up so students get a sense of the different scenes that struck the imaginations of their classmates.Menu
Using Storytelling CDs in the Classroom
by Jay O'Callahan
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Grades K-6
After students listen to a story, they should make drawings of some character or scene in the story that they really liked. It's important for students to be able to spend more time, after the story is over, with an image from the story that struck them. It's helpful to tell the students the drawing doesn't have to be perfect. Ask them: "If you were to make a CD cover for this story, what would you put on the cover?" Sometimes that question gets them to focus very quickly.
It's helpful to put these drawings up so students get a sense of the different scenes that struck the imaginations of their classmates.
Exploring Place
Grades K-3
"Orange Cheeks" (Little Dragon)
"Orange Cheeks" can be used to explore visits to a special place. What makes special places special?
Have the students make a drawing of their grandparents, or other special people in their lives. Have the students describe, either in a drawing or a very brief story where these grandparents or special people live. What's fun about their houses? What's special about their houses? Is there a special smell or sound? What's different about the people who live there?
Kitchens, living rooms and bedrooms of grandparents take on a special feel. What objects are interesting in these rooms? What do the grandparents or special people have or use that's different from home?
Have the students draw themselves in their favorite part of their grandparent's house. What makes that part of the house such a nice place Herman and Marguerite" (Earth Stories)
This is a wonderful introduction to ecology and to the extraordinary moment of chrysalis. Herman the worm and Marguerite the caterpillar depend on each other as friends in much the same way that plants, animals and their environments interact and depend on each other in nature. Herman and Marguerite's seemingly small contribution makes a big change in their meadow home.
Herman the worm needs his grandfather to tell him he's doing something important. Herman is keeping the earth loose so the air and the water can feed the plants. The students could draw a garden and make a list of what plants need (including worms!) to grow. They could draw an underground of a garden showing all the tunnels where Herman and his grandfather live. It's important for students to get a sense of what is underneath the earth and of what makes food and a sense of how worms help us all to live. Idk but i tried my best
