It is quite a challenge to come up with a unique storytelling experience. But, I love a good challenge!
Ravenna Integrated Preschool invited me to perform two storytelling events with the theme, KID INVENTOR DAY. After much thought and reading piles of books I decided that I would focus on Ohio Inventors. I chose the inventors; Harry Stevens (hot dog), Garrett Morgan (traffic signal), and Thomas Edison (light bulb) -- three Ohio inventors whose inventions would unlock my storytelling creativity.
The best hot dog book I found was
Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! by Mo Willems. I have a friend who made a pigeon costume for Halloween last year. I decided I needed to make a costume of my own.
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The costume was rather simple to make. I purchased a blue surf towel from Amazon. Then, I sewed on some eyes, wore a baseball cap with a yellow bill, attached a piece of foam to a belt, and viola! |
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I was ready to eat the hot dog, but the duckling kept interrupting. |
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I think I have their attention. Weird guys in pigeon costumes will do that! |
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Mo Willems' books are great for paired reading. Two copies of the book is a must! |
The best traffic signal book I found was
Red Light, Green Light by Anastasia Suen. The text is simple with rhyme. It was just what I was looking for.
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I made a few traffic light props. I had student volunteers hold them up during our movement activity. |
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Stop the light is red! Now...the light is green, march, march, march. Now the light is yellow, march, slooooooow. |
The best lightbulb book I found was
Night Lights by Susan Gal. There is probably under 20 words in this book but it was the perfect book to introduce a shadow guessing game.
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This is a simple but fun idea. I used a large light, a white sheet, and a bag full of items to create a shadow guessing game. A student volunteer held up the items for the others in the audience to guess. The first bag was full of kitchen utensils. |
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The second bag was full of winter clothing items. |
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The third bag was full of stuffed animals. |
This was the end of my prepared story time, but they wanted me to keep going...So, I said, "Wait...I am an Ohio inventor too, right? I invented a book."
They loved
DODO!
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I found this astronaut hat at a garage sale many years ago. It has come in handy when reading DODO! |
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I love wearing a clown wig! |
I am so thankful Ravenna Integrated Preschool invited me to come read to them. It allowed me to try many new things and for that I very grateful!
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