Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Another StoryWalk at a Picnic

Today was our annual Picnic at the Gardens.  It was a beautiful day to be out meeting friends and enjoying many activities that were spread throughout the gardens.

One activity was a StoryWalk with the book The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry and The Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Wood.
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I set it up all around the outside of the garden so they could see what is in every
                                         part of the garden.
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         Colleen, another facilitator, suggested we add props to this walk.

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  I made scratch and sniff strawberries to add to the page that read,
   “The big hungry bear can smell a red, ripe strawberry a mile away.”

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          Tin cans and sticks were placed with the page that read,
“BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The bear will tromp through the forest on big, hungry feet.”

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Colleen brought locks and keys to be with the page that read, “or who is guarding it.”

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A basket of silly glasses were put with the page that read, “or how it is disguised.”

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Beside the page that reads, “share half with me.” I placed strawberry cards that
                            I had cut in half and they had to match.

And finally they looked for the Big Hungry Bear at the end of the story.
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 Adding props to the story brought it further to life and the children more involved.
                       I’ll do more like this next school year.