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LIVING, BREATHING, TELLING:
USING IMPROVISED STORIES IN THE PRESCHOOL CLASSROOM
Sheila Wee
www.storywise.com.sg sheila@storywise.com.sg
WATCH THIS….
http://tinyurl.com/n7r7bwv
LIVING, BREATHING, TELLING: USING IMPROVISED STORIES IN THE - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
LIVING, BREATHING, TELLING: USING IMPROVISED STORIES IN THE - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
LIVING, BREATHING, TELLING: USING IMPROVISED STORIES IN THE PRESCHOOL CLASSROOM Sheila Wee www.storywise.com.sg sheila@storywise.com.sg WATCH THIS. http://tinyurl.com/n7r7bwv Find a partner and describe what you just saw. This was an
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Find a partner and describe what you just saw. This was an experiment carried out by behavioural psychologists in 1944. In the experiment 114 of 117 study participants described a story.
"F. Heider and M. Simmel. An experimental study of apparent behaviour". American Journal of Psychology, 13, 1944.
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FIND A PARTNER Tell your partner about:
How you got that scar
- Or
The best, or worst, present you have ever been given
- Or
A time that you were naughty as a child
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If we are feeling comfortable,
- ur own stories flow out
from us naturally and easily.
http://weeknights.deviantart.com/art/A-Flow-of-Words-70447411
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We all have minds stuffed full of:
Photo: MattRobinson - https://www.flickr.com/photos/fumauk/3784567423/in/photostream/
memories facts emotions sensory impressions
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If we have a relaxed and playful attitude, our unconscious mind can supply us with a stream of material for improvising stories.
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THE INTERRUPTER
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THE BENEFITS OF CHILDREN LISTENING TO AND TELLING STORIES
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GIVE ME A WORD
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THE CHARACTER FIRST METHOD
A Method For Creating Stories
My thanks go to Kendall Haven for teaching me this method. www.kendallhaven.com
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STEP 1
DECIDE ON A CHARACTER It can be a human, an animal, or an object It must be a completely new character
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STEP 2
DEVELOP THAT CHARACTER
Name Age Something about what he/she /it looks like Something about his/her/its personality
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STEP 3
DECIDE ON THE CHARACTER’S GOAL
What does the character want to do,
- r want to have?
It can be anything
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STEP 4
DECIDE ON THE OBSTACLE
Why hasn’t the character got what he wanted?
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STEP 5
DECIDE HOW THE STORY IS GOING TO END There are two possible endings
He gets what he wants He doesn’t get what he wants
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PAPER TEARING STORIES
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CREATE Record and/or Recall Write Read and/or Illustrate Retell
LINKING IMPROVISED STORIES TO LITERACY
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