0:00:00.186,0:00:05.396 >>Student: Do one side and then the[br]spider crawled up the house and then... 0:00:05.396,0:00:08.356 >>Heather: Playful learning to me is[br]seeing the joy on the children's face 0:00:08.356,0:00:10.500 when they're learning something new. 0:00:10.776,0:00:15.816 So seeing them smile, seeing[br]them be able to use it in context 0:00:15.816,0:00:22.100 when they're playing, because they've[br]learned it through play from us. 0:00:22.346,0:00:26.316 When I see them giggling and laughing,[br]but still doing what I've asked them 0:00:26.316,0:00:27.656 to do, I say, "Yeah, that's it. 0:00:27.656,0:00:28.500 That's great." 0:00:36.316,0:00:39.300 >>Storyland is oral storytelling. 0:00:40.096,0:00:46.356 My students are learning the basics of[br]writing, but they're learning it orally, 0:00:46.796,0:00:49.536 which is where they need to[br]learn it in kindergarten. 0:00:49.686,0:00:52.856 They need to learn the oral[br]part of it because they can move 0:00:52.856,0:00:55.000 into the written part as they get older. 0:00:55.000,0:00:58.500 >>Once upon a time, tell me[br]about your beautiful house here. 0:00:58.500,0:01:00.200 >>Student: One day, a spider... 0:01:01.000,0:01:05.200 >>Heather: And I cover each table with[br]a tablecloth and it becomes that land. 0:01:05.200,0:01:10.596 So, you know, the land of fall, the[br]land of water, the land of snow, 0:01:10.596,0:01:12.246 so all of those different lands. 0:01:12.626,0:01:15.800 I change them up so that[br]they're not always the same. 0:01:16.396,0:01:18.800 What we play with is nature-based. 0:01:19.200,0:01:24.766 I had acorns, I have pine cones, I[br]have shells, I have pieces of wood. 0:01:25.236,0:01:29.186 I do have animals out so[br]that they can add those in. 0:01:31.000,0:01:36.026 I put out the baskets with all the[br]nature items in it, and then they come 0:01:36.026,0:01:40.006 in very quietly and they gather the[br]items that they want to play with, 0:01:40.006,0:01:42.476 and they bring it to[br]their land of choice. 0:01:50.056,0:01:54.106 And then they create[br]whatever they're making, 0:01:54.106,0:01:56.500 the house, the trees, whatever it is. 0:01:57.000,0:01:59.226 And they start telling their[br]story, you know, to themselves, 0:01:59.226,0:02:00.656 or sometimes with a partner. 0:02:00.656,0:02:03.106 >>Student: I think this[br]is actually real. 0:02:03.166,0:02:04.996 This is real, so we tuck down... 0:02:04.996,0:02:08.045 >>Heather: And then I circulate and I[br]walk around and I make sure that I touch 0:02:08.045,0:02:10.895 in with every child at least once. 0:02:10.895,0:02:14.676 >>Student: And then this ran away[br]and then they jump back up there... 0:02:14.676,0:02:17.536 >>Heather: So then, as they play[br]Storyland, I'll go around and I'll say, 0:02:17.536,0:02:19.336 "Okay, what's the setting[br]of your story?" 0:02:19.336,0:02:21.826 and then they orally tell[br]me what the setting is. 0:02:21.826,0:02:25.636 >>Student: And this is[br]the water where he swims. 0:02:26.136,0:02:28.666 >>Heather: If we're working on[br]characters, I'll say, "Okay, 0:02:28.666,0:02:30.646 who are the characters in your story?" 0:02:30.646,0:02:34.800 >>Student: It was birds[br]flying and some butterflies. 0:02:34.900,0:02:38.400 >>Heather: It was birds flying and[br]then their friends were butterflies? 0:02:40.446,0:02:44.376 >>Right now, I'm trying to work on[br]more of a beginning, middle and end. 0:02:53.156,0:02:57.556 >>And so when they get to grade one,[br]if they can orally tell the story, 0:02:57.556,0:03:00.786 they can hopefully start to[br]put something down on paper. 0:03:01.736,0:03:04.856 It's magical to them and they[br]love it, so that's a good way 0:03:04.856,0:03:06.526 for them to start their writing. 0:03:06.526,0:03:10.926 >>Student: I make this goat never[br]get his chocolate peanut butter-- 0:03:10.926,0:03:13.396 >>Heather: Oh, look, and I[br]think someone's at the door. 0:03:13.396,0:03:15.406 >>Student: That's a bear. 0:03:15.466,0:03:18.000 Hello. Who's there?