Puppets and Props
Building Oral Language by Retelling Familiar Stories (Virtual Tour)
Stage of Literacy Development:
Stage 0: Foundation for LiteracyStage 1: Beginning Literacy
Ages:
3-7
Grade Range:
PreK K 1stFood Groups:
Primary:
Oral Language & ELL, Reading Comprehension Strategies
Secondary:
Vocabulary
Transcript
This is our puppet center. And the children can come over and use the puppets for imaginative play, conversation, puppet shows with one another. And we also use it as part of our story retell, we want the children to be able to retell their favorite stories in the correct sequence. So we have a variety of things that they can do. One of the things they can do, for instance if they were retelling Brown Bear, Brown Bear, they could come and get the little story components, and the puppet holds the story component and the child tells the story in sequence. And they absolutely love doing that. Another thing they can do is use the Velcro story board, and we have all the pieces of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, and they just retell the story and they put it on. Now this can easily be changed up and we have other stories in the Velcro pieces, but it's so easy to make these little story parts on the Popsicle sticks and the children really enjoy coming here.
Related References
Activity Objective
The goal of Puppets and Props: Building Oral Language by Retelling Familiar Stories (Virtual Tour) is to create activities and purposes for students to use complex oral language structures.
Quick Tips
Additional Comments:
- Include a variety of familiar picture books at the puppet center for the students to use when retelling the story.
- Model the expectations for the puppet center and provide students with opportunities to practice the activity.
- A Velcro story board is another way that students are able to retell a familiar story.
- Add new stories and puppets on a regular basis to keep the students engaged throughout the year.
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