“Morah Britt tells good stories. She tells me about when she was a kid.” -Yonah
As the thread of interest in dramatic play continues, the children create their own narratives. These narratives emerge in their play as well as drawings and stories.
The children write stories together and draw pictures of their characters.
Then the Morah’s initiate a class book. Each child writes and illustrates their own page.
“I’m drawing a monster.” -Logan
“Lava Monster!” -Lev
The children continue to draw pictures of their favorite characters. Morah’s put out popsicle sticks, scissors, and glue as a provocation and the children make their pictures into puppets.
Some children begin using the puppets in the puppet theater and perform their stories for others.
“We are telling a story about a baby.” -Annabel
"I'm using my queen puppet."-Maddy
Margot’s mom, Anna Giles came in to do a playwriting workshop with the children. She worked with them in small groups. The children took turns, each adding a suggestion furthering the story. This resulted in three different stories. She then recorded the stories for us so that the children could later reenact them for an audience. The children had so much fun writing plays as a group and then acting these plays out. Their stories inspired even more costumes and puppets!
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