Group 1 - Fairytales and Creativity

 Askeladden Kindergarten I was really captured by the amount of time the children spent on listening and playing fairy tales. For over an hour the teacher and children told various tales while some children were playing the different characters. All children got to play in multiple tales. All the children were so focused on what was happening.  Afterwards one of the teachers sat down with us some explanation about the kindergarten. They use the same fairy tales for a longer period. All children will play all the rolls. This way they interact with the same story from different rolls.  What for me stuck the most was the story about a 5 year old girl who came to the kindergarten. The girl had just moved to Norway and didn't speak the language. When playing outside she played a part of one of the fairy tales she had seen earlier that they. Other children recognized this and started playing along with her. This is something I hope I can take with me to the Netherlands since I ...

  Storyline approach   In the Netherlands at the university we get some classes about the storyline approach. I’ve spent time at two different universities and both also have assignments for which you have to work with the storyline approach. I’ve used the approach a total of 3 times for assignments. Some of my mentors were familiar with it. One was not. When talking about it with my mentors and classmates who were also working on the assignment one big issue always came up: it costs a lot of time to prepare. This has stopped most teachers from using this in the classroom. They can’t find the time to prepare the storyline approach. So what is it and why is it that it costs a lot of time? The basis of the storyline approach is a theme around which activities are made. Within this theme the teacher provides the start of a story. The important element for the theme and story is that it is relatable for the children. As teacher you take the children along the story with act...