1 00:00:00,186 --> 00:00:05,266 (Child) Do one side and then the spider crawled up the house and then... 2 00:00:05,266 --> 00:00:08,706 (Heather) Playful learning to me is seeing the joy on the children's face 3 00:00:08,706 --> 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 --> 00:00:26,116 When I see them giggling and laughing, but still doing what I've asked them 7 00:00:26,116 --> 00:00:27,606 to do, I say, "Yeah, that's it. 8 00:00:27,606 --> 00:00:28,620 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 (Child) One day, a spider... 16 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:05,200 (Heather) 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 --> 00:01:34,951 I put out the baskets with all the nature items in it, 24 00:01:35,646 --> 00:01:37,406 and then they come in very quietly 25 00:01:37,406 --> 00:01:40,426 and they gather the items that they want to play with, 26 00:01:40,426 --> 00:01:42,476 and they bring it to their land of choice. 27 00:01:50,056 --> 00:01:54,106 And then they create whatever they're making, 28 00:01:54,106 --> 00:01:56,500 the house, the trees, whatever it is. 29 00:01:56,810 --> 00:01:59,656 And they start telling their story, you know, to themselves, 30 00:01:59,656 --> 00:02:01,026 or sometimes with a partner. 31 00:02:01,026 --> 00:02:03,106 (Child) I think this is actually real. 32 00:02:03,106 --> 00:02:04,876 This is real, so we tuck down... 33 00:02:04,876 --> 00:02:06,405 (Heather) And then I circulate 34 00:02:06,405 --> 00:02:08,865 and I walked around and I make sure that I touch in 35 00:02:08,865 --> 00:02:10,895 with every child at least once. 36 00:02:10,895 --> 00:02:14,526 (Child) And then this ran away and then they jump back up there... 37 00:02:14,526 --> 00:02:17,856 (Heather) So then, as they play Storyland, I'll go around and I'll say: 38 00:02:17,856 --> 00:02:19,826 "Okay, what's the setting of your story?" 39 00:02:19,826 --> 00:02:22,376 and then they orally tell me what the setting is. 40 00:02:22,376 --> 00:02:25,636 (Child) And this is the water where he swims. 41 00:02:26,136 --> 00:02:28,106 (Heather) If we're working on characters, 42 00:02:28,106 --> 00:02:30,756 I'll say: "Okay, who are the characters in your story?" 43 00:02:30,756 --> 00:02:34,800 (Child) It was birds flying and some butterflies. 44 00:02:34,900 --> 00:02:38,400 (Heather) It was birds flying and then their friends were butterflies? 45 00:02:40,446 --> 00:02:44,376 Right now, I'm trying to work on more of a beginning, middle and end. 46 00:02:53,156 --> 00:02:57,556 And so when they get to grade one, if they can orally tell the story, 47 00:02:57,556 --> 00:03:00,786 they can hopefully start to put something down on paper. 48 00:03:01,736 --> 00:03:03,578 It's magical to them and they love it, 49 00:03:03,578 --> 00:03:06,526 so that's a good way for them to start their writing. 50 00:03:06,526 --> 00:03:10,926 (Child) I make this goat never get his chocolate peanut butter-- 51 00:03:10,926 --> 00:03:13,506 (Heather) Oh, look, and I think someone's at the door. 52 00:03:13,506 --> 00:03:15,406 (Child) That's a bear. 53 00:03:15,466 --> 00:03:18,000 (Child) Hello. Who's there?