Ms. Harmon teaches children how to tell stories they create.
NAEYC
Curriculum Content Areas for Cognitive Development: Early Literacy Development
2.D.03-Children in Ms. Harmon's class have opportunities to retell or reenact events in storybooks.
A girl in Ms. Harmon's class draws inspiration from familiar fairy tales to tell a story using her own words.
Area of development: Language Development
2.E.04-Ms. Harmon's students have opportunities to develop competence in verbal and nonverbal communication through their storytelling.
Children in Ms. Harmon's class have the opportunity to use their own words and actions to retell stories as well as create their own stories.
IELS
9.5-Awareness of Community
Children have an increasing awareness of belonging to a family, community, culture, and program.
Ms. Harmon's class values others within the classroom...and community by recounting a story about singing "Happy Birthday" to one of the children in the class and giving the child three "Hip, Hip, Hoorays" and a drum roll on the table.
IQPPS
Curriculum Content Areas for Cognitive Development: Early Literacy Development
2.20-Children in Ms. Harmon's class have opportunities to retell or reenact events in storybooks.
A girl in Ms. Harmon's class draws inspiration from familiar fairy tales to tell a story using her own words.
Area of development: Language Development
2.15-Ms. Harmon's students have opportunities to develop competence in verbal and nonverbal communication through their storytelling.
Children in Ms. Harmon's class have the opportunity to use their own words and actions to retell stories as well as create their own stories.
HSPS
1304.21(a)(4)(ii) - Through the story telling activity, Ms. Harmon is ensuring opportunities for creative self-expression through activities such as…movement and dialogue.
Children in Ms. Harmon's class have the opportunity to use their own words and actions to retell stories as well as create their own stories.
1304.21(c)(1)(v) – Ms. Harmon enhances each child's understanding of self as an individual and as a member of a group.
Ms. Harmon's class shows that they value others within the classroom community by recounting a story about singing "Happy Birthday" to one of the children in the class and giving the child three "Hip, Hip, Hoorays" and a drum roll on the table. Children are also given the opportunity to tell and act out stories individually.
HSCOF
Language Development
Speaking and Communicating
- Develops increasing abilities to understand and use language to communicate information, experiences, ideas, feelings, opinions, needs, questions, and for other varied purposes.
Approaches to Learning
Initiative and Curiosity
- Chooses to participate in an increasing variety of tasks and activities
- Approaches tasks and activities with increased flexibility, imagination and inventiveness.