I had noticed that the children were building
with pillows and the mattress in the classroom. I was wondering
what they were building? I also noticed that while they were
building, the children were pulling chairs up to the puppet
house and creating plays together. I wanted to know if they
would like to create a play for their parents as well?
The following day I asked the children if
they were interested in making a play for their parents and
they were unanimously enthusiastic. I asked the class to think
of four elements as we created the story: the setting, the
character(s), the problem, and the solution.
We decided to gather books from the library
for help in designing our castle. Here is one drawing of a
castle.
After everyone had drawn a castle we voted
on one picture and asked parents to help us build our castle.
Meanwhile, we played at building castles with blocks and other
materials.
The big day arrived and parents came in
to build with their child the castle that was going to be used
in the play. The structure still remains in the playground
for everyone to use.
In the classroom we practiced our lines
and developed our costumes and menu for the party.
We continued to draw and develop more castles
as well. Here are drawings made on the computer using the software
program called KidPix.
For a further and more in-depth look
at our project you can read the daily documentation as the
project
emerged and view a KidPix SlideShow of the
project.
