tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745241807539533199.post2735685748885569632..comments2024-03-28T16:50:21.790-07:00Comments on The Honorable Mention Preschool Blog: Why do children want to hear that story again?Barbra The Bloggesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05865022092066354784noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745241807539533199.post-30309149844206118252010-05-18T15:52:35.703-07:002010-05-18T15:52:35.703-07:00True, chanting books and song books are a big hit....True, chanting books and song books are a big hit. I sometimes have to remind myself why I am reading a story for what feels like the millionth time. Aside from the book kids love the time we sit and spend with them.<br />In the preschool room I have to be careful about the 'dangling carrot theory'. Preschoolers don't always understand this as well as kinders do. Having a balance to me means not squelching their zeal and and at the same time having a balance in the curriculum.Barbra The Bloggesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05865022092066354784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745241807539533199.post-11450294864524050662009-10-08T20:47:02.516-07:002009-10-08T20:47:02.516-07:00So true. Also, children love stories with lots of ...So true. Also, children love stories with lots of repetition built in. I do a lot of improvisational story telling in my classroom, and I build a whole lot of repetition into the stories I tell. If there's lots of repetition, the students listen much more intently...listening for the "new" part of the story embedded in the repeated part. <br /><br />Similarly, music has a lot of repetition in it...songs especially the refrain. Humans, not just children enjoy repetition....at least to a point.Dan Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11628603380292404658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7745241807539533199.post-49873554129926393702009-10-08T18:20:35.407-07:002009-10-08T18:20:35.407-07:00We have "favorites", and I do read them ...We have "favorites", and I do read them again, just not always when THEY want. I like to leave them hanging sometimes. I think that dangling that carrot out there is sometimes a good thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com