Once Upon a Time...

IMAGINATION...Gan Aleph explored the wonderful world of their own imaginations as they listened closely to the fourth grade girls tell them stories. Hayley, Sara,Chaya and Stephanie put our listening skills to the test as they came to Gan Aleph today and allowed us to participate in the storytelling festival. They told stories to the children using nothing but their own voice. Gan Aleph really had to use their imagination to picture the different characters and the setting of the story. When they were finished, we asked them questions and learned that they memorize stories from books and work with a professional story teller to learn how to tell their stories. We took special notice to the expression in their voices and faces and how those expressions changed based on what was going on their story. The fourth grade girls even showed us some of the "practice exercises" they used in order to help them learn how to tell a story and engaged us in some of these activities. We truly enjoyed listening to them and the children are now talking about what story they will tell when they are in fourth grade!