Alana Tesan is our amazing guest tonight! She is a Kindergarten teacher in the Delta District, BC, Canada
Twitter: @AlanaTesan
www.mentoringnatureconnections.ca
Alana believes that children are natural storytellers. You can find her interview excerpt in the Story Workshop: New Possibilities for Young Writers book by Susan Harris McKay. Story Workshop is a way for learners to explore their imagination and Alana believes that every learner has a story that lives inside them. There is no right or wrong way to engage in storytelling. The possibilities are open, invitational and inclusive. Alana suggests that a key to “success” is to start small and let the kids drive their own stories. By going outdoors, we can also explore stories that live on our land. We can use the materials that we find on our schoolgrounds to help tell our stories. But what else do they take outdoors to support storytelling? Their class has a wagon that is packed full of clipboards, paper, crayons, sharpies and (weather depending) some iPads to help with documentation.
Oral language and communication skills are woven throughout story workshop naturally. Alana was inspired by Kelly Shuto (@kellyshuto and @kellyshutobooks) on how to incorporate core competency language during story workshop explorations.
Novelty Nature Note:
I shared about Douglas Squirrels who have a high growth rate which means they are constantly chewing to wear down their front teeth. I love this connection to Beavers!
Alana shared about the book: Can You Hear the Trees Talking? By Peter Wohlleben and how they use an underground root system to communicate with one another.
Alana Tesan is our amazing guest tonight! She is a Kindergarten teacher in the Delta District, BC, Canada
Twitter: @AlanaTesan
www.mentoringnatureconnections.ca
Alana believes that children are natural storytellers. You can find her interview excerpt in the Story Workshop: New Possibilities for Young Writers book by Susan Harris McKay. Story Workshop is a way for learners to explore their imagination and Alana believes that every learner has a story that lives inside them. There is no right or wrong way to engage in storytelling. The possibilities are open, invitational and inclusive. Alana suggests that a key to “success” is to start small and let the kids drive their own stories. By going outdoors, we can also explore stories that live on our land. We can use the materials that we find on our schoolgrounds to help tell our stories. But what else do they take outdoors to support storytelling? Their class has a wagon that is packed full of clipboards, paper, crayons, sharpies and (weather depending) some iPads to help with documentation.
Oral language and communication skills are woven throughout story workshop naturally. Alana was inspired by Kelly Shuto (@kellyshuto and @kellyshutobooks) on how to incorporate core competency language during story workshop explorations.
Novelty Nature Note:
I shared about Douglas Squirrels who have a high growth rate which means they are constantly chewing to wear down their front teeth. I love this connection to Beavers!
Alana shared about the book: Can You Hear the Trees Talking? By Peter Wohlleben and how they use an underground root system to communicate with one another.