4/30/2023 0 Comments Garden story materials![]() ![]() The strategy is to give the speaker the stick to tell a portion of a story. This tradition can be adapted to walks in the woods, or any natural space, that are enhanced with the use of a talking stick. ![]() The expectation of speaking without interruption is a valued way to share thoughts, stories and histories. Talking sticks are primarily used as a tool in the First People’s tradition of sharing circles. Spontaneous Story Tellingīy leaving your story telling bits and pieces out, spontaneous story telling can occur and scenes or sets can be left for stories to be built on visit after visit by the same, or new, groups of story tellers. Wood log slices can stack, roll and provide a base plate for creative thinking outdoors. Wood log slices, pine cones, shells and acorns are easy to source and keep outdoors. Loose parts that can be left out in the elements are preferable for outdoor story telling then ones that must be transported in and out with the children. Loose Parts: Inspiring Play in Young Children is an excellent resource for anyone new to the concept and would like to learn more. Children’s play will be more creative and divergent if they invent the story using high affordance materials that allow for any material to become anything their imagination can conjure. Manufactured materials with faces on them, or prescribed characteristics like warrior or battle sets, have a lower affordance for play than a blank wooden peg doll or a stick, for example. However, if you want children to be creative in their story telling, higher affordance materials are necessary. If you want children to retell a familiar story, then using lower affordance materials are suitable. Play experts will often refer to “affordances of play” by which they mean the multitude of ways a loose part can be used in play. When using loose parts for story telling be thoughtful in what kind of story telling you want the children to engage in. In my experience, there are high and low affordance materials that facilitate creative outdoor story telling. Simply prepare a space for oral story-telling, or guide your children on a walk through a natural area using the following ideas for inspiration! Storytelling with Loose Parts By avoiding the dreaded pencil and paper brainstorming of ideas, storytelling in nature follows the Waldorf tradition of oral storytelling to ignite imaginative thinking, and support the ability to see a story in one’s own mind.Īs a parent or teacher, the prep and requirements for success are uncomplicated. With children of all ages, using the natural world as a space for storytelling in nature is a manageable first step to the story writing process. Walking, working and playing in nature invites children’s imaginations to create stories that reflect their lived experiences, their wonders and their understandings of the world around them. ![]()
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