Superhero Storytelling
at Taywood
Nursery
with Pippa Pixley
a report from a superhero workspace....
At Taywood Nursery many of the children
evidenced a real interest in superheroes.
To support their interest, and to expand upon it, the children had
enjoyed stories such as Traction Man by Mini
Gray, Super Duck by Jez Alborough and Super
Daisy by Kes Gray & Nick Sharratt. As part of continuous provision a tray
of old comic books was made available they could cut up and rearrange to make
their own stories.
During Pippa’s visit the children could
access a large box of superhero stuff, providing opportunities to explore
imaginative play with capes, masks and wristbands. Little superheroes soared, zipped and zoomed as they created
stories using puppets. Pippa used
open questions to encourage the children to think about what could happen next
in their adventure. They explored
the sounds the characters make, such as “Roaaaar” and “Stomp, stomp, stomp“. They added actions using their hands
and fingers (big scary claws!), as well as using facial expressions to enhance
the story, making the telling exciting and fun!
Everyone sang rhymes and role-played being
superheroes. This naturally led to
retelling the story. The groups of
children started by creating pictures of the characters and the situations on a
large roll of paper. Some drew
large zig-zaggy scribbles for big teeth and then added words using emergent
writing, while others linked the story elements with continuous lines to create
story maps. The story text was
then transcribed on a separate piece of paper and hung in the hallway alongside
their work for the parents to read.
Here is an example of how one group of
children collaborated to make their story:
Several children are choosing characters
for their story from a resource box . . .
Keziah – Superheroes
eat superhero food!
Superheroes
eat ice.
Superheroes
eat sausage rolls.
Superheroes
eat cheese.
Superheroes
eat smoothies:
Strawberry, banana, pear, blackcurrant, orange juice . . .
Angel - Put
in the bowl and press the button – mmmmmmmmm . . .
Healthy
superheroes.
Sam chose the T-Rex . . .
Sam - Big
feet, spineasaurus. Big, scary claws!
Angel - Loud
sound: STAMP, STAMP!!!
Keziah chose the pig . . .
Keziah - Baby
pig was crying, wants his mummy, couldn’t find his mummy.
Along
came a dinosaur: STOMP, STOMP!!!
Pig
crying: wee, wee, wee, wee!
Sam - He
wanted to eat him! (Sam “grumbled” for the dinosaur)
Keziah - Pig
cried again: wee, wee, wee, wee!
Ocean - Brought
Super Sammy Seal to fly to the rescue!
Sam - The
dinosaur broke his neck and died. The End!
Stories Alive! has placed 5 artists in 5 Nursery Schools (see below)
in and around Burnley in East Lancashire with the challenge of developing 5
different sets of activities to help embed storytelling and storymaking in
Nursery practice, in families and in the children we are working with
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