Stories on board! : creating board games from favorite tales /
De Las Casas, Dianne.
Stories on board! : creating board games from favorite tales / Dianne de Las Casas ; illustrated by Soleil Lisette. - Santa Barbara, Calif. : Libraries Unlimited, ©2010. - ix, 107 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
This unique learning tool lets students read and listen to a popular folktale, analyze the structure through story mapping, and create a board game based on their analysis. Ever-popular, board games can be an ideal teaching tool. In Stories on Board!: Creating Board Games from Favorite Tales, award-winning storyteller Dianne de Las Casas shows how it's done, allowing students to create their own board games with a unique method that integrates learning and fun. With Stories on Board!, students read and listen to popular folktales, analyze the structure of the story through story mapping, and then create a board game based on their analysis, engaging their aural, visual, and tactile skills. The lesson culminates in a Game Day in which the students play each other's games. The technique is a great way to introduce a unit on folktales, covering language arts and social studies.
1591588626 1591588642 (ebook) 9781591588627 (hc : alk. paper) 9781591588641 (ebook)
2010007232
Board games.
Fairy tales.
Games.
Stories on board! : creating board games from favorite tales / Dianne de Las Casas ; illustrated by Soleil Lisette. - Santa Barbara, Calif. : Libraries Unlimited, ©2010. - ix, 107 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
This unique learning tool lets students read and listen to a popular folktale, analyze the structure through story mapping, and create a board game based on their analysis. Ever-popular, board games can be an ideal teaching tool. In Stories on Board!: Creating Board Games from Favorite Tales, award-winning storyteller Dianne de Las Casas shows how it's done, allowing students to create their own board games with a unique method that integrates learning and fun. With Stories on Board!, students read and listen to popular folktales, analyze the structure of the story through story mapping, and then create a board game based on their analysis, engaging their aural, visual, and tactile skills. The lesson culminates in a Game Day in which the students play each other's games. The technique is a great way to introduce a unit on folktales, covering language arts and social studies.
1591588626 1591588642 (ebook) 9781591588627 (hc : alk. paper) 9781591588641 (ebook)
2010007232
Board games.
Fairy tales.
Games.