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STORYTELLING IN KINDERGARTEN
By: Wendy Kanter & Sonia Morosin
Santa Barbara Charter School, Compiled Fall, 2016
STORIES CAN BE…
-True, not true, or a combination
-Written, oral, dramatized, or sung
-Teacher generated or student generated
-Found in books, songs, poems, or passed on in the oral tradition
-Set in the past, present, future, or travel through time
-Multicultural
STORIES HAVE…
-Characters
-Setting(s)
-Plot
-Beginning, middle, & end
-Problem and solution
-Rituals (setting a tone and a mood)
SUBJECTS
-People
-Animals (real & imaginary)
-Animate and inanimate objects (i.e. rocks)
-Family & friends
-Heroes/Superheroes
INTEGRATING IN KINDERGARTEN LANGUAGE ARTS
-Through writing (informative, narrative, opinion)
-Reading books (to self and others)
-Read aloud
-Alphabet images and stories
-Developing listening and oral skills (i.e. sharing time)
-Compare & contrast stories (i.e. The Gingerbread Boy)
INTEGRATING IN KINDERGARTEN MATH
-Story problems (addition and subtraction)
-Math literature (i.e. bunk bed story)
-Telling math stories
INTEGRATING IN KINDERGARTEN SCIENCE
Reading, writing, observations, experiments, and illustrations of...
-Life cycles (of plants and animals)
-Weather and water cycle
-Space (astronauts)
-FOSS units
INTEGRATING IN KINDERGARTEN GARDENING
-Direct experience, observations, & storytelling...
-Plants (interactions between them)
-Animals (interactions between them)
-Place based (local habitat)
INTEGRATING IN KINDERGARTEN SOCIAL STUDIES
-Reading, writing, & illustrate...
-Biographies (self, heroes)
-Natives Americans
SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
-Conflict Resolution Process
-Role Playing
-Books & Stories
INTEGRATING IN KINDERGARTEN ART
-Illustrating stories
-Telling stories visually (no words)
-Fiber arts
-Music (songs as stories; instrumentation to read aloud)
-Dramatic arts (act out stories of their own, their peers, and literature)
INTEGRATING IN KINDERGARTEN BIG BUDDIES
-Bigs write stories and read aloud
-Littles dictate, Bigs write, all illustrate
-Tell stories to each other
-Bigs read books to Littles
INTEGRATING IN KINDERGARTEN GRANDPARENTS’ DAY
-Grandparents read to Littles
-Grandparents pass down stories to Littles (i.e. life history)
-Read aloud about elders
INTEGRATING IN KINDERGARTEN IMAGINATIVE PLAY
-Block building
-Legos
-Playhouse corner (doll house, play kitchen)
-Free draw
INTEGRATING IN KINDERGARTEN FIELD TRIPS AND GUESTS
-Field trips out into the community
-Michael Katz storytelling
-Music presentation
-Parent presentations (careers)