Story Stones

Visuals
Kids love to have visuals to go with their stories! They can see, what is happening in the story. What is better than having visuals to a story? Making the visuals! In this post I will explain a super simple way to create visuals you can do with your child at home.

Pick a Story

First things first, you need a story to base your visuals off of. I recommend typing up a story or finding a story that has no visuals. A story that simply has the words, won't make a huge influence on child and their idea of the visuals of the story. Although, I do recommend choosing a story that is descriptive so the child can refer back to the story and make a visual with some direction. 

Gather the Materials

After the story is chosen, you will need to gather the rest of the materials. These materials include; flat/smooth stones and paint/paint markers. Thats it!

Execute the Art

Read the story with your child. You can use many of the reading strategies such as popcorn reading, echoing reading, choral reaading, or even independent reading. After reading, discuss the major plot points of the story, such as, beginning, middle, end, problem, solution, and setting. After that on separate stones create visuals to the story. Make some stones the setting, so if the story takes place in the snow, make a stone with snow. If there is a specific character that is described, your child could also draw how they think (based on the descriptions in the story) how the character looks on stone! This allows students to exercise imaginative creativity and the ability to bring stories to "life"!


Have fun creating!
Ms. Areizaga :) 



 


 

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