Fill your classroom with opportunities to write!
I am a huge fan of inviting young children to write all throughout the day. In order to get my students writing all through out the day, I fill my classroom with lots of opportunities to write.
Young children are natural story-tellers and I love coming up with different story-telling prompts and tools for the children to use in the story-telling process. To read more about how we explore journals in my classroom, click here: Ten Tips for Keeping a Journal in Preschool.
To see the different ways my students use storytelling and journaling, check out the posts below...
Five tips for taking preschool journals outside
Come and see these five tips shared for taking preschool journals outside.
Ten tips for keeping a journal in preschool
I spent some time jotting down tips from my own experience in exploring journals in the preschool classroom.
The Mitten book is even better the second time around
In my opinion, “The Mitten” book is a must read every winter. There are different versions so you will want to pick the version you think your kids will enjoy
Telling the story of five little ducks
Our preschool class has taken quite a liking to the “5 Little Ducks” finger play. They have consistently asked to sing this song throughout the whole school year. Recently, in one
Sharing cookies : storytelling and creating
Reading a fun story about cookies, retelling the story then expanding on the topic of cookies as we made our own creative puffy paint cookies in preschool!
Storytelling on the easel
This week we have been exploring waves in the ocean through our literature, art, water play, and other experiences in preschool.
Drawing and story telling with a purple crayon
While I read the classic tale of “Harold and the Purple Crayon” to my students, I invited them to tell me their own purple crayon story.
Ten tips for keeping a journal in preschool
I spent some time jotting down tips from my own experience in exploring journals in the preschool classroom.
Count a mouse story telling props and game
Retelling the story “Mouse Count” by Ellen Stoll Walsh with our story telling props and then playing a mouse count game!
DIY table top puppet stage and The Three Little Pigs
Creating a DIY tabletop puppet stage and telling the story of The Three Little Pigs! My kids loved it!
A story in a box
Telling the story and then inviting my entire class to join me to retell this wonderful story in a box together!
Retelling our own version of the mitten book in preschool
Our own retelling and acting out of the mitten book in preschool!
Thanksgiving time story telling with symbols in preschool
Telling stories during circle time with symbols and on our own with story symbol cards in our preschool class.
In the News: Telling a story right out of the bag in preschool
Using a story telling bag is a terrific way to promote language and literacy skills in preschool!