These weekly activities are cross-curricular but emphasize Social-Emotional Learning, Math, and Literacy development. This week children will learn that they can make choices that can reduce their impacts on the land, water, air, and other living things.
This video, adapted from material provided by the ECHO partners, portrays one telling of the story, "How Raven Gave Light to the World", a creation myth often told by the Tlingit.
REACH for more! Be an author! Write and illustrate your very own story by mixing up a simple recipe of WHO, WHERE, WHAT, and ENDING.
In this video adapted from the University of Alaska, Anchorage, Alaska Native people of Chevak teach visitors about the beauty of Cup'ik culture and the spirit of the earth, sea, and animals.
A lesson plan where students make their own "story spinner" and create alternate endings to a book they've read. Includes adaptations and resources. (To access this lesson plan, you must register with Crayola.com. Registration is free and takes only a few moments to complete.)
There are several steps to becoming a storyteller. Find out what they are and be on your way to becoming a storyteller here! Learn how to find good stories to tell, and how to tell them to an audience effectively.
An effective use of rubrics that encourages the student storyteller how to determine if his/her audience is listening. Learn about the different listening skill rubrics, storytelling rubrics and a self-assessment guide that asks the reader questions about how they felt after the presentation.
In this podcast, listen to a traditional Inuit tale about the seasonal light and darkness of the Arctic.
Whether you're looking for music and dance activities, science experiments, family-friendly adventures, or learning about animals (plus more!), you will find media and activity resources in the Camp PBS LearningMedia collection. We've gathered fun, exploratory resources for you to use as you plan summer fun. This collection of resources leverages fun, educational activities to include in your daily schedule, as well as resources to help seed ideas for introducing topics to your campers. Happy exploring!
Use these family traditions-themed activity sheets to allow children to choose their own learning adventures.
Abby Brown, KIDS Clubhouse Adventures co-host, loves to help kids have fun while learning! In this segment, Abby teaches kids about storytelling. Whether you're sharing about your recent adventures, entertaining your friends, or telling a cautionary tale, everyone has a story to tell! [2:24]
Students will watch a video of a storyteller coming up with a rap that tells a story. They will identify story elements (who, what, and where), and record significant details. The next lesson plan ,Using Story Elements to Write a Rap, has students creating their own rap with the story elements.
Donna Washington tells a traditional West African story about Anansi the spider. The story explains why spiders don't have hair.
Donna Washington tells the story of a wealthy man who tries to escape Death.
Florida-based storyteller Carrie Sue Ayvar tells a Mexican folktale about a mourning mother whose spirit is forever in search of her dead children. The story is told in a combination of Spanish and English.
Illinois-based storyteller Dan Keding tells a French folktale about a weaver who dies but must return to claim her burial shroud.
Storyteller Priscilla Howe performs a fingerplay story, using her thumbs as the main characters. The simple story about two best friends draws on rhythm, repetition, and movement. The story is available in English and French.
Listen for different animal sounds in this Spanish version of "Old McDonald Had a Farm." The nursery rhyme is available in English and Spanish.
Storyteller Dan Keding tells an ironic tale about a farmer who discovers a way to change his bad luck, only to arouse the suspicion of a wealthy neighbor.
A song and a story take revenge when the woman in this folktale no longer shares them. By transforming into men's clothing, the song and story make her jealous husband angry until he listens to the truth. Story told in Spanish and English.