During this language block, I tell the children a story every day in the cedar grove. They listen in silence the first day, then act it out the next day before they hear a new story. They do this with great enthusiasm. These stories feed their souls and they come up with glorious pictures in their imaginations. I tell stories that have a main character who has a particular sound in their name. Then we draw that picture with beeswax crayons as a very simple color drawing. The form of the letter then emerges from the picture and the children love to discover this! From then on we find everything we can that has that sound in it or the shape of the letter in nature. For the letter B, I told the story of "Snow White and Rose Red" which you can find in Grimm's tales. We drew a big brown bear.
And this is as good a time as ever to mention that we've been observing the B-B-Bees as they prepare for the Winter.
Here are some other stories I've told:
"The Giving Tree" A poem by Shel Silverstein
"Wyeast, Klickitat, and Loowitlatkla" A Tale about Mt. Hood told by the folks of this land
"The Golden River" by John Ruskin
"The Adventures of Northwestern Garter Snake" tales from Teacher Frankie's heart and class
"Little Tuppen" An old tale retold by Paul Galdone
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