Chapter 7: Story Planning Considerations

What I really liked about this chapter was the ability to introduce story planing and mapping to young children and how we could relate this to them. So many times children are left out of "analyzing" stories because wither the simplicity of the story or the lack of knowledge on how to map a story. With the advice given in this chapter, it is much easier to do so and also the ability to have the children themselves become story tellers. The suggestions to tell the children to write a story about an animal because it is a safe topic is something i have actually been doing for years. When ever I was in a classroom with young children, I tried to stay away from sties with people because issues can become complex or too personal, so I always choose to use fun animals like in Disney movies. The children always seem to relate with that idea. And with the idea of after telling the story to map it with all the children, it will not only bring the children to gather, but allow wither a teachable moment as said in Chapter 7, but allow for some higher thinking as well! The idea of having the children draw out a map instead of writing it down will also be very helpful as well! Some really great ideas and insight in this chapter!