Tip #18 Draw the story

A good way to help your child or student remember parts of the story is to have them draw part of it. Ask them:

What was your favorite part? Or, What part scared you, made you sad, happy?

Using their answer as a springboard, have them draw their memory of that part of the story. You can sit with them and draw a different part of the story.

Now if you can’t draw worth beans, you can at least draw stick figures. You might be amazed at what you both draw.

Don’t forget to fill in the details (trees, rocks, houses, cars, boats, etc) that are in the background.

Have fun. Find that little kid inside you, (you know he/she is still in there somewhere) and Enjoy!

Tip #11 Sequence discussion

Talk with your child or students about the order of events in the story. This can be very enlightening. You might learn something about the story that you never thought of.

How do you do this? You can go about it a few different ways.

You can ask them, “Which happened first, A or B?” “What happened next?” “And after that?” I think you get the idea.

Another approach is to have the child or students retell the story in their own words. Do this without looking at the book!

Any other suggestions? Please share so we all can learn. Thank you