storytelling activities

The other day in class, our teacher, Susana, explained us different activities to do before, while and after a storytelling. 

What I did with my classmates Samanta and Raquel was to invent different activities in relation to some stories. 

In order to give you an idea, below I leave you the activities that we did. Keep in mind that these activities are for children in early childhood education. Nevertheless, I hope you like them and that they help you to carry out your own activities. 

The rainbow fish: 

• We will show the children the cover of the book so they can make predictions. 
• We will talk about what they know about fishes (descriptions, experiences...)
• We will teach them what the scales are and what they are for
• They will be sticking or taking off the scales of a fish that we have done
• We will ask them to gesticulate the fish´s feelings
• Finally we will ask them to draw their own fish

Five little monkeys: 

• We will make them jump imitating the monkeys 
• We will teach them parts of the body with the song "head and shoulders" 
• They will count the monkeys during the song
• They will touch the aforementioned body parts 
• Finally we ask them about their feelings and experiences when they falling and hurting themselves 

The hare and the tortoise: 

• We will ask them to imitate the way of walking of different animals 
• We will work animals with some flashcard activities 
• They will run fast when the hace comes out and slowly when the turtle comes out. 
• Finally we will ask them to draw their favourite part of the story

Frog: 

• We will teach them different river animals using the "What missing?" flashcard technique
• We will play a dice play with the flashcards
• They will have to point the animals that we will mention in the story (without making mistakes)
• Finally we will ask them some questions about the story 

The mouse and the lion: 

• We will show them the cover of the book so they guess what the story is about 
• We will work the terms "big" and "small" with "big and small" song 
• They will have to make predictions throughout the story 
• They will imitate the gestures made by the lion and the mouse during the story
• Finally, we will ask them to represent their favourite part of the story (dramatization)