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cahu · 25/11/2009 18:50

Please help. I have an interview for a TA position and I have to tell a story to 6 five year olds. What is the best way to incorporate stick puppets into the story? Should I just ask them to hold them.....

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mrz · 25/11/2009 18:57

I interviewed TAs a few weeks ago and two of them used puppets the first just handed the puppets out and assumed the children knew the story and it was all over in a few minutes. The second made a big performance of producing each character and asking the children if they knew who it was and what the story was etc...

Hulababy · 25/11/2009 19:11

What book are you reading? Are children likely to be familiar with it?

Introduce puppets to the children at the beginning and chose children to hold them.

Look at the book - ask the children to identify the title and the author, and read the blurb on the reverse with them. Talk about what they think the book might be about.

Then read the book. Keep stopping briefly for each character's part and get the child to act ot what is happening - or, if confident children, to repeat a key line.

When reading use voices and good expression.

If going well, you can stop part way through and see if the children think they know what might happen next.

Then read on.

At end - discuss the bok.

You could get the other children to question the characters. How did they feel when x happened? etc.

Does the school have any specific stprytelling techniques - such as Pie Corbett?

I love telling stories to/with the Y1 class I work with.

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