What aspects are important in your opinion to take in consideration when planning a storytelling activity?


What aspects are important in your opinion to take in consideration when planning a storytelling activity? 
 I was teaching storytelling to maternal (3 year old kids) it was so difficult because they are spanish speakers learning in a bilingual context. the first I did  was to choose the correct story for their age. I choose The hungry giant.  i choose flashcards for the story and after i did pictures of vocabulary. I started the class introducing vocabulary showing the flashcard and i intruduced the chracter. After that I started with the story. At first was difficult for them to understand, but at the end they mimic what the giant was doing in the pictures. 
thing to consider in my opinion: age, level, context.
 
How do they affect the moment in which we are with our students? 
I believe that storytelling specially for young learners is very important. As a teacher i like to give my students this moment of fun where i can see that they not only enjoy the pictures but also to make the moves of the words (run, jump  etc) it is like a feedback. I also think that in the moment they show us the things that we need to improve with them. In the future i plan to use it with older childrens. 
 

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  1. Damien HerlihyApril 26, 2016 at 1:36 AM

    Hi, Abigail, nice post. I think story book selection is really important too.

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  2. Juan UribeApril 28, 2016 at 12:55 PM

    Hi Abi! 

    Choosing a story your students can relate to and planning student movement moments make the story familiar and interactive. 

    I would suggest you try bilingual storytelling with your young learners as a way of promoting a calm and gradual transition from Spanish to English. This transition will allow you to maintain your spontaneity and you will also make sure that your students are following you and that English is not noise (when you can not break the flow of words and make meaning of what is being said). 

    I wrote a post about this technique I use: 
    http://childrenlearningenglishaffectively.blogspot.com.br/2009/10/first-post-on-blog-bilingual.html

    Give it a try and let me know later how it went! 

    Wishing you great stories, storyteacher Aby!!!

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