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Week 3 Reflection: Acting Out Stories and Facilitating Storytelling
This week, we continued with the storytelling activities, focusing on acting out stories and reflecting on how we could improve. I really enjoyed this because it helped me see the connection between drama and teaching. Acting out a story is not just about performing, it is about engaging the audience, and in this case, it was my classmates.
One important question we discussed was whether we consider ourselves storytellers, facilitators, or teachers. I used to think of myself as simply a teacher, but this week made me realise how much of a facilitator I also need to be. It is not enough to just tell a story, I have to help children get involved in storytelling, encouraging them to act out the stories too.
In our Childhood Studies Core class, we focused on shared reading, group-guided reading, and reading aloud. I see how these methods are similar to drama because they both require active participation from the learners. It made me realise how I could combine shared reading with drama activities in the classroom. For example, I could have children act out parts of the story we are reading together, helping them connect more with the text. As I reflect on the drama activities from this week, I can see the connection between the expressive storytelling in drama and the reading aloud strategies we discussed in class. Both involve engaging children’s imagination and helping them connect with the content.
I feel more confident in my ability to use storytelling as an educational tool. It is not just fun, it is a great way to build language skills, comprehension, and confidence
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