Mama bird is flying home to feed her babies. She has lots of babies and is really tired! She does not like the clouds and the wind. She is flying from the apple tree where she found worms to her nesting tree. R. age 3.8 This week I have been working with prekindergarten children on creating stories. I wondered what would happen if we co-created the materials for a picture story together: would it include richer details? We were building on their recent interest in birds and bird families and after lots of read alouds, discussions and plenty of time using loose parts I wanted to try this approach for storytelling.  Materials: glue stick scissors paint colour samples white paper Method: 1:1 with a eductor The chid is sharing story ideas, with the educator scaffolding the child. The child is making all of the decisions, adding the glue and placing the details onto the paper. The only requirement is that the child include at least one bird in the story. Steps: Using paint colour samples cu...