We Are Storytellers!

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WE ARE STORYTELLERS!

LESSON 1: Dear Teacher, THE ROYAL CROWNS Take your students on a royal You’ll use question prompts adventure with a free classroom and story starters to engage program focused on storytelling. students’ imaginations and reinforce language skills. ABOUT THE LESSONS The accompanying student The downloadable lessons feature activity sheet will help them Peppa Pig from the hit preschool show practice shape recognition. and build storytelling foundations with LESSON 2: activities that encourage creative thinking, communication, listening, following SPECIAL TREASURES directions, and shape recognition. If your class were to discover a treasure chest, what would Continue the focus on storytelling by they find in it? Explore the making copies of the letter on the back concept of treasures with of this page and sending them home to a scavenger hunt and an parents and caregivers. By sharing what adventure story about a students are learning, families can engage royal treasure chest that in their own storytelling adventures. the class creates as a team.

Download the free lessons at Remember SCHOLASTIC and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered of Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved. 666357 Pig © Astley Baker Davies Ltd/Entertainment One UK Ltd 2003. Peppa scholastic.com/storytellingwithpeppa to copy the parent letter and send home fun storytelling activities! Sponsored by Sponsored Educational Materials Family Activity Sheet

Dear Grown-ups, Your child has been learning about storytelling with a free classroom program featuring the adventurous and fun-loving Peppa Pig. The Peppa Pig series includes themes that support social and emotional developmental skills appropriate for preschoolers. Continue the learning and fun at home with the activities below.

IT’S STORY TIME!

STORY STARTERS STORYT ELLING TI PS Use one of the story starters below to create Follow these tips to keep building on your own bedtime stories with your child. the fun! ♦ Once upon a time, there were a prince • Write the story on paper and have and princess who lived in a big castle. One your child draw pictures to go with it. day, they found a treasure chest. In the • Include a problem that the characters chest there was a ______. The prince and have to solve—it could be make-believe, princess took the ______and.… such as a missing treasure chest, lost ♦ There once were a princess and prince who crown, unruly pet dragon, etc. Or focus lived in a giant castle. They were always on something that your child might be getting into mischief. One day, they found experiencing, such as learning to make an old treasure map and decided to follow new friends. it. When they found the treasure, they • Personalize stories to feature your child couldn’t believe their eyes. or family members as the characters. It was a ______.... • Take familiar stories and change the ♦ Once upon a time, there was a giant characters and setting. dragon that lived in a castle. The dragon loved to play. His favorite thing to play • Take turns when telling stories so that was ______. One day while he was it’s a group effort—you start, then your playing.… child adds details, and so on.

About Peppa Pig Peppa is a lovable little piggy who lives with her little brother, George, Mummy Pig, and Daddy Pig. Peppa’s favorite things include playing games, dressing up, days out, and jumping in muddy puddles. Check out the new Peppa Pig episodes at YouTube.com/theofficialpeppa. For more fun ideas and to sign up for a newsletter for grown-ups, visit

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WE ARE STORYTELLERS! The Royal Crowns Teacher Instructions

Through this royal-themed activity, USING THE STUDENT ♦ Once upon a time, there were students will learn about characters ACTIVITY SHEET a young prince and princess and settings as they answer who, Distribute Student Activity Sheet 1. named ______and ______. what, where, when, why, and Explain that Peppa Pig and George One day, Princess _____ lost her how questions and develop the are pretending to be a princess crown. She looked everywhere foundations of storytelling. and prince. They need help for it. She asked her brother getting their crowns. Prince ____ to help her find it…. Goals: Encourage students Ask students to color the shapes ♦ to use their imaginations and Once upon a time, there were using the key on the page. a young prince and princess creativity to develop stories, Students should then draw a line practice communication skills and named ______and ______. through the matching shape that They lived in a castle in ______. shape recognition, and develop connects Peppa and George to vocabulary They had a pet dragon named the crowns. ______. Their dragon was always Time Needed: 45 to 60 minutes STORYTELLING ACTIVITY taking them on adventures. Explain to students that they’re One day, the three went on an Materials Needed: Copies of going to create a story about adventure to ______.... “Where Are the Crowns?” Student a prince and princess. Before Activity Sheet 1, crayons, drawing starting the story, they need to Ask students the questions below. paper, chart paper or index cards think of ideas. Write their answers on chart paper Start by choosing a strong starter or index cards. Ask additional G E T T I N G STA R T E D on this page and invite students to planning questions based on the Talk with students about stories add sentences and ideas. Guide selected story starter, if needed. with princes, princesses, and them to elaborate on ideas and What are the prince’s and castles to set the stage for develop the story flow as needed. princess’s names? storytelling. Where do they live? (Include Ask students: Story Starters: location) Where do princes and princesses ♦ There once were a prince and What is their castle like? usually live? (Castles) princess named ______and What do they like to do? Who lives in the castle with ______. They lived in a castle in How old are the prince and them? (King, queen, cooks, ______. The prince and princess princess? workers, pets, etc.) loved to explore and go on Write down the story on chart What do you think castles are adventures. One day, they found paper, leaving space for students like? (Big, lots of rooms, old, etc.) an old map. They decided to to add illustrations to each page. What do you think princes follow the map…. Read the final illustrated story to and princesses like to do? (Play the class. games, sports, read, go on adventures, etc.) FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITY: Have students act out the story What is something lots of princes or create sock puppets of the characters to act it out.

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WHERE ARE THE CROWNS? Help Peppa and George get to their crowns! Use the key to color the shapes. What shape should they follow to get to the crowns?

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WE ARE STORYTELLERS! Special Treasures Teacher Instructions

In this language-boosting activity, Ask students to draw pictures of Brainstorm story elements students will practice teamwork three things they would put in a as a group using the following and storytelling while being active. treasure chest. Encourage them to questions: Add an element of fun with your think of things they have that are Who will our characters be? own scavenger hunt and games! really special to them. Where do they live? (Include Invite students to share their location, type of home, etc.) Goals: Encourage students to use pictures once they are done and Where is the treasure chest? their imaginations and creativity to talk about what makes the items What’s in the treasure chest? develop stories, practice listening they drew special. Develop the class story by inviting and communication skills, follow students to add sentences and directions, and develop vocabulary STORYTELLING ACTIVITY ideas throughout. Guide students Extend the treasure theme into to help them elaborate on ideas. Time Needed: 45 to 60 minutes a storytelling activity. Explain to Write down the story on chart students that they’re going to create Materials Needed: Copies of paper, leaving space for students a story about a treasure. To begin, “My Treasure Chest” Student to add illustrations to each page. choose a story starter below. Activity Sheet 2, crayons, a Read the final illustrated story decorated box to serve as the Story Starters: to the class. “class treasure chest” ♦ One day, a young prince and princess found an old map with G E T T I N G STA R T E D a big X on it. It was a map to a FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITIES Launch this lesson with a treasure. They packed some water • Create Treasure Chests— scavenger hunt in the classroom to and food and ventured off to find Have students bring in small get kids moving and to reinforce the treasure. On their way.… empty boxes to create their following directions, visual cues, ♦ One day, a young prince and own treasure chests. Students and language skills. princess were out exploring and can glue paper on the boxes Have students work in teams or found a very old chest with a rusty and then decorate them by as one group to look for items to old lock. The princess wiggled coloring, adding stickers or place in the class treasure chest (a the lock and the chest opened! cutout images, etc. simple box you’ve decorated). For They couldn’t believe it. Inside • Treasure Show-and-Tell— example, challenge students to look there was…. Create a class treasure chest for something blue, something flat, ♦ Once upon a time, a forgetful using a large box that students something round, etc. Once done, old king hid a special treasure. decorate. Ask students to have students pick an item out of Because he was so forgetful, he bring in something from home the box and describe it. created a map to remind him for the treasure chest (it could where he hid the treasure. One be something they drew on USING THE STUDENT the Student Activity Sheet). ACTIVITY SHEET day, he couldn’t find the map! He called the prince and princess Have students present their Distribute Student Activity treasures to Sheet 2. Explain to students that to help him. The three of them searched for the treasure…. the class and in stories, treasure chests often explain why hold items such as coins, gold, they chose gems, or things that are special or Sponsored by the items. important to the owner. Peppa Pig and George want to know what

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MY TREASURE CHEST

What would you put in a treasure chest? Think of three things you would put in a treasure chest. Draw them in the space below. Peppa Pig © Astley Baker Davies Ltd/Entertainment One UK Ltd 2003. Peppa