• 1.

  Nearly every day, something eventful happens in children's lives. Capture those moments with Stories From Experience.

• 2.

  Keep an easel with lined chart paper handy. Ask an open-ended question, such as ;Who heard something at the pond today? Let's write a story about those sounds. Write each child's words, and who said them: ;I heard the frog croak,; said Juanna. As you writ

• 3.

  For very young children, do stories in small groups or individually. Write their stories on the paper for them to illustrate.

• 4.

  Think about what you and your friends saw or did today. An adult writes your story on easel paper with a Crayola® Washable Marker.

• 5.

  On lined story paper, use Crayola® Colored Pencils to copy your experience story. (To make story paper, draw lines on the bottom third of large sheets of paper.)

• 6.

  With Crayola® Crayons, markers, and/or colored pencils, draw your impressions of your experience. Be creative and colorful.

Standards

• Asking Questions
• Letters, Numbers & Words
• Listening
• Reading Pictures
• Stories
• Talking
• Vocabulary
• Physical: Eye - Hand Coordination
• Physical: Senses
• Physical: Small Muscles
• Social & Emotional: Flexibility
• Social & Emotional: Understanding Feelings