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Story-telling
and Story-making:
Imagine, create and share adventures for a special toy or doll.
Related
Curriculum Framework Benchmarks for Michigan Teachers
Objectives:
- Read
or listen to stories that involve children's toys or dolls.
- Create
their own story using a doll or toy from the online collections
of The Henry Ford.
Materials
Needed:
Procedures:
- Select
books with dolls or toys as central characters to read aloud
to students. Suggested titles for reading aloud to children
include: Corduroy by Donald Freeman, The Velveteen
Rabbit by Margery Williams, Winnie the Pooh by A.A.
Milne or Babushka's Doll by Patricia Polacco.
- Encourage
thinking and imagining about the life of these dolls or toys
by asking questions like: Who is the central character?
What questions do you have about this character? What do you
wonder about this character? What kinds of problems does this
character encounter?
- Ask
students or another adult in your school building to bring in
a favorite doll or toy from home and share with the class one
of its "adventures."
- Invite
students to review online or in printed form toys
and dolls from the online collections of The Henry Ford.
- Ask
students to select a favorite toy or doll and create a story
using that doll or toy as a central character.
Suggested Student Assessment:
- Organize
a storytelling festival so that students can share their stories
with classmates or schoolmates.
Extension Activities:
- Invite
a children's book author to the classroom to read about or discuss
her favorite storybook characters.
- Visit
the library to find other books with toys or dolls that are
central characters.
- Watch
movies like Toy Story 1 and Toy Story 2 to spark
imagination and discussion about the "private" lives
of toys and dolls.
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