Secret 2: how to teach a child to tell his own fairy tale?
After creative planning - coming up with the plot of a fairy tale, start telling the fairy tale with your baby.
If the child is still small (3-4 years), then start the phrase, and the baby will finish it. It will look something like this: “Once upon a time there was... who? (child is a “leaf”). And he lived on... (the child finishes). It has arrived... A strong wind blew. One day the wind... The leaf got scared... He asked... Rowan answered... And he flew....” etc.
By setting the beginnings of phrases, you help your child build connections between sentences and parts of the text. Such co-creation is very useful for a child, because in it the child accumulates a kind of “dictionary” of connectives and fairy-tale words (once upon a time, suddenly, one day, asked, said, answered, surprised, began, and they began, etc.). Often writing fairy tales with your mother and “absorbing” this experience, after a while a turning point will occur: you will suddenly notice that the baby has begun to actively use fairy tale words and connectives in his speech, in his writings without your help, he easily constructs the text and does not stutters between sentences, he has smooth, rich, expressive speech! This is exactly the result we are striving for!
If the child is 5-6 years old , then your help will depend on the level of speech development of the baby and his individual characteristics. Some children do not need help, others need to be given the beginnings of phrases as at 3-4 years old, for others a prompt question is enough: “What happened next? Who did he meet? What did you say?"
Secret 4. How to make a homemade book with a children's fairy tale?
I always put children's fairy tales into homemade books. I fold the album sheet in half. It turns out to be a “book” of 4 pages. The first page is the cover. A child draws it. On the cover we sign the name of our fairy tale. We make sure to choose a title that makes it clear what the fairy tale is about. The next three pages are the fairy tale itself: its beginning (second page), middle (third page) and end (fourth page). I write the text at the bottom of the page from dictation. And the child draws pictures.
The child quickly forgets his actions, especially his words. Speech is generally a phenomenon that cannot be touched, stroked or felt in any way. Such books show the child the visual result of his speech, his efforts and arouse great interest among all children. After all, this result is beautiful, you can show it to a friend, dad, grandma, stroke it, touch it!
Honestly, I have not seen a single small child who would refuse to compose a fairy tale and publish his own book based on it, in which he will be both an artist and a writer. Moreover, even the most active and hyperactive preschoolers are ready to engage in this exciting activity for hours!
The technique of dictating a fairy tale to an adult.
I highly recommend recording the resulting fairy tale from your child’s dictation. This technique of “dictation” by a child to an adult develops speech in a way that no other technique can develop it. And the point here is that the baby is put in a situation where he has to dictate, which means he has to think through his speech and every word he says! With this technique we are preparing the transition from oral to written speech! When a child dictates, he constructs sentences that he would not be able to construct in another situation! That is, dictation of text is like a “bar” for growth for a baby!
If the baby repeats the same word many times, then you can correct it: “Listen, how we did it. The leaf said: “Hello,” Rowan said: “Hello.” The leaf said: “Who are you?” And the rowan said: “I am the rowan. And who are you? You and I repeat the same word “said” all the time. Let's try to replace it. How can you say it differently? (together with the baby, choose the words - whispered, said, exclaimed, answered, asked, was surprised).” By using the technique of your child dictating your fairy tale, you will not only enrich your child’s vocabulary and develop coherent speech, but will also make a significant contribution to the successful preparation of your child for school.
