February 1, 2010
In my first day of observation, I tried to know whether this group of learners loves storytelling activity. I asked them, “Do you want to have a storytelling activity?” Everybody loudly said, “Yes!” Because of this, I include storytelling activity in our class routine.
Before I go home, I would visit first the Elementary Library of NCF just to borrow children’s book. I was very fortunate because the staff of the said Library allowed me to borrow books more than the maximum allowance for borrowing books. They never get me paid for the delayed books I returned. They really know it’s for a common good. Thanks.
Word of thanks is not enough. Here we go. I always borrow children’s book where they can relate to the stories. I choose what books are best for them. Most of the lessons are more on health, proper nutrition, sanitation and good values.
Before, I made the routine at end of the day before the bell rang for the flag retreat. But now, I made it part of my motivating force to let them come to school every Friday. Morning is allotted for storytelling while film-viewing is done in the afternoon.
One time, when I entered in the Principal Office, I found out that there are lots of books in the Library Section (small area of the room with one table, chairs, and shelves. The books are still virgin. It seems that no one else has ever tried to read them or even tried to open them. They were arranged so neatly and properly, totally feast with dirt. During our conference, I opened the concern to the school Principal. She told me that everybody is free to visit the library and read but nobody else does it. One time, there was one teacher who conducts storytelling activity but nothing follows. It ended up there.
Why is it important to develop literary appreciation for children? I can say that storytelling activity doesn’t only draws the interest of the children, but also it develops good values and ability for creative thinking like more than imagination. That is why you will notice that once children heard a story, they will never forget it. It will be imprinted in their mind especially the values that the story integrated. When the story involves animals which act and think like human beings, it fantasized the scenes of the story in their minds.
Because of this routine, when I pretended that I forgot to tell a story for that day, they were shouting, “Story…story… story…” like a rally calling me to have another new and interesting story to tell.
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