WORKSHOP "I CAN TELL IT"

In this post, I´m going to talk about the wonderful experience that we had some weeks ago in class with children from school "Daoiz" and "Velarde" in Alcalá de Henares.

The objective that we wanted achieve with the development of this workshop was to introduce and approach the children to literature, and make them to know the story and remember the most famous fairy tales of children's literature.

In this way, all of us divided in different groups to carry out the activities and work on a unique fairy tale. The different stories that were developed were:

• Aladdin
• Snow White and the seven dwarfs
• Hercules
• Alice in wonderworld
• Three Little Pigs
• Cinderella

Our group that was composed by: Enrique, Gonzalo, Sergio, Inma, Cristina, Jessica, Laura and me, chose the story of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to carry out our Workshop. The activities that we are prepared to develop the children were:

• The narration of the story by the protagonists of the history.

• A puzzle which consisted in order chronologically the different actions and facts that happen in the story.

• A quiz in which students were divided into two groups to form two teams. Each group was formulated 6 questions about something related to the story (characters, facts, events ...).

We used a projector to show to the children the story through images and an argument summarized. The seating of the chairs was in a circle, so that all children could see the screen and pay attention to us.

In addition, we were giving each child a cartel with the different names of the Seven Dwarfs (sleepy, happy, dumb, shy, grumpy, snotty and wise) so that they hanged it on the neck, and the typical hat which dwarfs used.

At the end all activities, we gave each child a small gift which was a bookmark with different images of Snow White.

All the activities that we did should last a total of 20 minutes with each group of students, because after that time, the children were changed to go through all the fairy tales.

Regarding the way in which we carried out the activities with children, in general was good, because the kids enjoyed and entertained with all the activities. The participation of children was very good, except in some cases in which they were distracted, but it's normal at this age.

Moreover, I would have liked that these activities are performed in more sessions, to spend more time with children, and to see the activities of other groups, because we did not have the opportunity to see other representations of the stories.

Finally, I can say that this activity has been one of the nicest and fun we have done in the four years at University. I think this type of activity in which you can deal directly with the children, is the most appropriate to learn and you can actually see if you like what you're doing. Moreover, this experience really helps you to observe if the activities that you have proposed and developed, serve to show them in the future.

I hope all people, both teachers and classmates, enjoyed with this activity and learned something new.