Working in an environment where 80% of the children speak French, I often rely on images to help me teach and communicate – real life images, not the cute animation kind. These clips, from everynone.com, enforce the power of real life images and have me thinking about ways to add a third layer to what I do.
WORDS from Everynone on Vimeo.
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Do you ever video tape your children during a storytelling session? After watching a handful of Smories, I am inspired to make the recording of storytelling (and dramatic play) common practice for Urban Preschool – to enhance story development, prop making, play writing, puppet shows and full on books!
via e-glue
“Lucky” by All India Radio, “is the viewable blood, sweat and tears of Australian based animation company ‘Dee Pee Studios’. It involves a painstaking animation technique, whereby the team paints in the air with glow sticks, frame after to frame to create entire sequences of animation, usually taking a whole night to shoot.” via lifehacker.com
…and looking forward to Saturday.
Blog Find:
” Rita and Whatsit — Rita is a little girl with a big personality. Whatsit is a dog without a name. Rita enjoys dressing up, running around, and being in charge. Whatsit enjoys chewing on things, sleeping, and cheating at checkers. Together, they are perfect friends.
In this, the first book of a new series, Rita is not pleased with any of her birthday presents…until one of them starts running away.
—– Jean-Philippe Arrou-Vignod was born in Bordeaux, France. He is a teacher, editor, and the author of many books for children and adults. He lives in the suburbs of Paris.”
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