wild action stories
Sunday, October 25th, 2009
We have had a great incursion to our kindergarten called “Wild Action – the zoo comes to you“. A very animated presenter shows and talks about a selection of Australian animals, reptiles in particular, with a lot of hands on action by the children.
It is a great starting off point for many aspects of the curriculum. There is the obvious discussion about Australian animals and comparison of the different species – mammals, reptiles, birds, amphibians – and what sets them apart from each other. Our first follow up was putting together a book about the show, the animals we saw and what we were told about them. Reading and discussing it together was a fabulous large group activity, and then the children referred to it individually.
Following that the children drew a picture of their favourite animal (not always the one they held) and labelled it themselves. In most instances the children copied the names, but some are at the stage they can write words by themselves or with a little prompting. School children would probably be able to write more extensively and descriptively.
We added their photos of when they held the animals, then everyone came to the front of the group and read out their own stories.
The children really enjoy story writing and being able to read their stories aloud to their friends.
