CELEBRATE WORLD STORYTELLING DAY – MARCH 20th
World Storytelling Day was developed in the 1990’s as a worldwide celebration of storytelling, an opportunity for storytellers to share stories on the same day all over the globe. Beginning in Sweden, the day was celebrated as ‘All Storytellers Day’. From Sweden the celebration grew all over Northern and Eastern Europe, into the America’s and beyond. The date is chosen as the beginning of the Spring Solstice (or Autumn solstice for the Southern hemisphere), and is also a date used in Mexico as ‘Day of the Storytellers’.
The theme for 2010 is “Light and Shadow”
What a great way to spark a child’s imagination…
….Let them discover their SHADOWS.
Let’s Go Outside…
On a bright sunny day go outside and observe shadows. Let your children explore shadows of themselves in different positions eg standing, crouched down, with arms extended or like Samuel here- playing basketball.
You can record their shadows with chalk on the tarmac.
Or capture their shadows on camera. Download the pictures and let your child make up a story based around their images. (Sam loves to play around with his photographs using photoshop-this is computer time I am happy to encourage).
Sam thought this shadow looked like a TRex
But this was his favourite shadow…….The ALIEN
Now Sam is ready for his storytelling on March 20th…ARE YOU?
Always remember: It is very dangerous to look at the Sun. NEVER look directly at the Sun.
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Great! Thank you for sharing!
I love the idea of recording and manipulating them! Another great one is to look for moon shadows, they’re quite easy to find if there isn’t lots of other light around.
What a fun way to combine outside play with writing (or telling). I love the shadow pics, I”ll have to pull my camera out and go play!
Thanks Deb, we love Moon shadows too. You have so many wonderful ideas Deb-would love you to guest post one day!!
Hi Claudia, your so welcome, hope you are well and enjoying the French Spring weather.
HI Mel, kids love shadows, another favorite at bedtime is making hand shadows against the wall. Enjoy your shadow making outdoors and indoors!