1 00:00:00,186 --> 00:00:05,396 >>Student: Do one side and then the spider crawled up the house and then... 2 00:00:05,396 --> 00:00:08,356 >>Heather: Playful learning to me is seeing the joy on the children's face 3 00:00:08,356 --> 00:00:10,500 when they're learning something new. 4 00:00:10,776 --> 00:00:15,816 So seeing them smile, seeing them be able to use it in context 5 00:00:15,816 --> 00:00:22,100 when they're playing, because they've learned it through play from us. 6 00:00:22,346 --> 00:00:26,316 When I see them giggling and laughing, but still doing what I've asked them 7 00:00:26,316 --> 00:00:27,656 to do, I say, "Yeah, that's it. 8 00:00:27,656 --> 00:00:28,500 That's great." 9 00:00:36,316 --> 00:00:39,300 >>Storyland is oral storytelling. 10 00:00:40,096 --> 00:00:46,356 My students are learning the basics of writing, but they're learning it orally, 11 00:00:46,796 --> 00:00:49,536 which is where they need to learn it in kindergarten. 12 00:00:49,686 --> 00:00:52,856 They need to learn the oral part of it because they can move 13 00:00:52,856 --> 00:00:55,000 into the written part as they get older. 14 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,500 >>Once upon a time, tell me about your beautiful house here. 15 00:00:58,500 --> 00:01:00,200 >>Student: One day, a spider... 16 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:05,200 >>Heather: And I cover each table with a tablecloth and it becomes that land. 17 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:10,596 So, you know, the land of fall, the land of water, the land of snow, 18 00:01:10,596 --> 00:01:12,246 so all of those different lands. 19 00:01:12,626 --> 00:01:15,800 I change them up so that they're not always the same. 20 00:01:16,396 --> 00:01:18,800 What we play with is nature-based. 21 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:24,766 I had acorns, I have pine cones, I have shells, I have pieces of wood. 22 00:01:25,236 --> 00:01:29,186 I do have animals out so that they can add those in. 23 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:36,026 I put out the baskets with all the nature items in it, and then they come 24 00:01:36,026 --> 00:01:40,006 in very quietly and they gather the items that they want to play with, 25 00:01:40,006 --> 00:01:42,476 and they bring it to their land of choice. 26 00:01:50,056 --> 00:01:54,106 And then they create whatever they're making, 27 00:01:54,106 --> 00:01:56,500 the house, the trees, whatever it is. 28 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,226 And they start telling their story, you know, to themselves, 29 00:01:59,226 --> 00:02:00,656 or sometimes with a partner. 30 00:02:00,656 --> 00:02:03,106 >>Student: I think this is actually real. 31 00:02:03,166 --> 00:02:04,996 This is real, so we tuck down... 32 00:02:04,996 --> 00:02:08,045 >>Heather: And then I circulate and I walk around and I make sure that I touch 33 00:02:08,045 --> 00:02:10,895 in with every child at least once. 34 00:02:10,895 --> 00:02:14,676 >>Student: And then this ran away and then they jump back up there... 35 00:02:14,676 --> 00:02:17,536 >>Heather: So then, as they play Storyland, I'll go around and I'll say, 36 00:02:17,536 --> 00:02:19,336 "Okay, what's the setting of your story?" 37 00:02:19,336 --> 00:02:21,826 and then they orally tell me what the setting is. 38 00:02:21,826 --> 00:02:25,636 >>Student: And this is the water where he swims. 39 00:02:26,136 --> 00:02:28,666 >>Heather: If we're working on characters, I'll say, "Okay, 40 00:02:28,666 --> 00:02:30,646 who are the characters in your story?" 41 00:02:30,646 --> 00:02:34,800 >>Student: It was birds flying and some butterflies. 42 00:02:34,900 --> 00:02:38,400 >>Heather: It was birds flying and then their friends were butterflies? 43 00:02:40,446 --> 00:02:44,376 >>Right now, I'm trying to work on more of a beginning, middle and end. 44 00:02:53,156 --> 00:02:57,556 >>And so when they get to grade one, if they can orally tell the story, 45 00:02:57,556 --> 00:03:00,786 they can hopefully start to put something down on paper. 46 00:03:01,736 --> 00:03:04,856 It's magical to them and they love it, so that's a good way 47 00:03:04,856 --> 00:03:06,526 for them to start their writing. 48 00:03:06,526 --> 00:03:10,926 >>Student: I make this goat never get his chocolate peanut butter-- 49 00:03:10,926 --> 00:03:13,396 >>Heather: Oh, look, and I think someone's at the door. 50 00:03:13,396 --> 00:03:15,406 >>Student: That's a bear. 51 00:03:15,466 --> 00:03:18,000 Hello. Who's there?