As the Pages of Literature Turn

These past few weeks have been amazing, the kids' follow along with interest and curiosity during my literature lessons. They have many questions and when I ask them questions they have such interesting views on the topic. The first week I decided to kick start the project by starting with a genre that is of interest to a boy and girl, a fairy tale. I read the book of Rumpelstiltskin to them and did a review sheet afterwards to see how much they remember. The kids' loved it; they couldn't get passed the fact that Rumpelstiltskin was riding a flying spoon.

This past week I taught about adventure I read the book Charlie Drives the stage after that we re-created the story outside using a little imagination, we used swimming noodles as Indian bows, trees, and robbers' guns'. We used cotton balls for an avalanche, and paper as the rocks that fell on the carriage. I drew their names from a jar to decide who would play what part, and I had groups of Indians', robbers', horses, and kids who were in charge of the avalanche, falling trees, and rocks. We had a boy play Charlie and a girl play the Senator. They ran around the track going through the obstacles just like they did in the book. I even had kids’ tell me they were going to play again at recess. That made me smile a bit.

I am really excited because the kids’ all get so energetic when I walk in the room, they all crowd around wondering what we’ll be doing that day and what the book will be. I am so happy they are already finding joy in reading after only two weeks. I am excited to further my project and watch as their excitement grows with every story. I hope that once I leave they realize that they can create their own adventures on and off the page.