Month: May 2020

All learners have a story.  Story workshop supports inspiration through play with avariety of materials.  Within play and creation, students are encouraged to develop a story and detail, consider different perspectives and develop language.  It is our hope that this process will support the children in seeing themselves as storytellers and authors.

We had been lucky to experience Story Workshop twice before the Covid Crisis. Mrs. Field, in our library, had guided the students in their use of rich materials to develop stories.  Within our theme of Castles and Dragons, I saw an opportunity for students to continue this type of learning at home.

Div. 5 did a brilliant job of using what they had to build their stories.  One of the main principals of Story Workshop is the idea of “possibilities”.  Many of the objects we used are not what they seem.  A glue stick represents a guard.  Batteries are knights.  A salt and pepper shaker is a king and queen. A pinecone can be a bear.  It is the author who assigns a role to that item.

I am so excited to read the stories that will come from these builds.  Here are some examples of the student creations:

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