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Monday, November 22, 2010

Stories for children and with children

As part of our extension project this year we produced stories, videos and puppet shows for students of EFL in our primary schools. The topic that bound all stories was ‘The Argentina Bicentennial.’ We prepared and rehearsed our stories in class and finally went to visit two fourth grades at EP N°1, in Ituzaingó.

Here is a brief edition summarizing the experience (sorry, but there was no time for a soundtrack):


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The following are some of our impressions about the experience:

As a teacher it’s always exciting to prepare material to deliver our lessons.
This project in particular was a real challenge, because it included a patriotic component that is not usual in English lessons.
We enjoyed doing it and the kids really had fun when we showed it to them. It was pretty stimulating.
(Angélica Santi)

Going to the school to present our productions was a nice experience. Children really enjoyed it and that makes this experience even better. Not only we presented our effort but children had fun with it. I think that this was the idea, that we all had fun while learning!
(Florencia Domínguez)


As a teacher it is always a pleasant experience when kids enjoy the material we prepare for them. When we showed our puppets show to the kids of EPB Nº1 they really had fun with it, they were interested in the show, and they understood the message of the story. It was a great experience and I have enoyed it, too.
(Belén Giamberardini)

And, to top it all off, here's the video produced by one of the groups:

2 comments:

Angelica said...

Great wrap up for a great year, don't you think?

Anonymous said...

hi everybody!!!
this experience was great!!! I loved it. the kids understood everything and they enjoyed the experience as much as we did. at first time I thought it was a waste of time but then, while preparing the dialogues, characters and rehearsing, I found out that it was great to introduce such an important issue as the bicentennial of our country in a foreign language and that children would understood everything and got fun at the same time. I'm very glad I've been part of all this...
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laura dambolena