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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.19,0:00:05.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Student: Do one side and then the\Nspider crawled up the house and then...
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.40,0:00:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Heather: Playful learning to me is\Nseeing the joy on the children's face
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.36,0:00:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they're learning something new.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.78,0:00:15.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So seeing them smile, seeing\Nthem be able to use it in context
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.82,0:00:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they're playing, because they've\Nlearned it through play from us.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.35,0:00:26.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I see them giggling and laughing,\Nbut still doing what I've asked them
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.32,0:00:27.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do, I say, "Yeah, that's it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.66,0:00:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's great."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.32,0:00:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Storyland is oral storytelling.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.10,0:00:46.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My students are learning the basics of\Nwriting, but they're learning it orally,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.80,0:00:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is where they need to\Nlearn it in kindergarten.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.69,0:00:52.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They need to learn the oral\Npart of it because they can move
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.86,0:00:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the written part as they get older.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.00,0:00:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Once upon a time, tell me\Nabout your beautiful house here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.50,0:01:00.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Student: One day, a spider...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.00,0:01:05.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Heather: And I cover each table with\Na tablecloth and it becomes that land.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.20,0:01:10.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, you know, the land of fall, the\Nland of water, the land of snow,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.60,0:01:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so all of those different lands.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.63,0:01:15.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I change them up so that\Nthey're not always the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.40,0:01:18.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we play with is nature-based.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.20,0:01:24.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had acorns, I have pine cones, I\Nhave shells, I have pieces of wood.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.24,0:01:29.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do have animals out so\Nthat they can add those in.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.00,0:01:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I put out the baskets with all the\Nnature items in it, and then they come
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.03,0:01:40.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in very quietly and they gather the\Nitems that they want to play with,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.01,0:01:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they bring it to\Ntheir land of choice.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.06,0:01:54.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then they create\Nwhatever they're making,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.11,0:01:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the house, the trees, whatever it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.00,0:01:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they start telling their\Nstory, you know, to themselves,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.23,0:02:00.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or sometimes with a partner.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.66,0:02:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Student: I think this\Nis actually real.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.17,0:02:04.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is real, so we tuck down...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.100,0:02:08.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Heather: And then I circulate and I\Nwalk around and I make sure that I touch
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.04,0:02:10.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in with every child at least once.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.90,0:02:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Student: And then this ran away\Nand then they jump back up there...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.68,0:02:17.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Heather: So then, as they play\NStoryland, I'll go around and I'll say,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.54,0:02:19.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Okay, what's the setting\Nof your story?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.34,0:02:21.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they orally tell\Nme what the setting is.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.83,0:02:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Student: And this is\Nthe water where he swims.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.14,0:02:28.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Heather: If we're working on\Ncharacters, I'll say, "Okay,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.67,0:02:30.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are the characters in your story?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.65,0:02:34.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Student: It was birds\Nflying and some butterflies.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.90,0:02:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Heather: It was birds flying and\Nthen their friends were butterflies?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.45,0:02:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Right now, I'm trying to work on\Nmore of a beginning, middle and end.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.16,0:02:57.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>And so when they get to grade one,\Nif they can orally tell the story,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.56,0:03:00.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can hopefully start to\Nput something down on paper.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.74,0:03:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's magical to them and they\Nlove it, so that's a good way
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.86,0:03:06.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for them to start their writing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.53,0:03:10.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Student: I make this goat never\Nget his chocolate peanut butter--
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.93,0:03:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Heather: Oh, look, and I\Nthink someone's at the door.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.40,0:03:15.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,>>Student: That's a bear.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.47,0:03:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello. Who's there?