13. A DRAWING PIECE OF A FAIRY TALE

13.

A DRAWING PIECE OF A FAIRY-TALE

Literature Teachers: Mihaela Cebotari School: International School Spectrum Iași Country: Romania

Age of children: 8-10 years old Size of group: 25-30 students Duration of activity: 1 hour and 30 minutes

CONTENT OF ACTIVITY:

Museum guide and teacher present Ion Creangă’s house with details about his life and writings, adapted to the age of students (10 minutes).

The teacher asks the students who want, in turn, to read aloud one of the fairy tales or stories about his childhood memories written by Ion Creangă (20 minutes).

After this reading, the teacher asks the children to close their eyes, to stay calm and relaxed and to enter this beautiful fairytale atmosphere (2-3 minutes). Then, students are divided in 5 groups. Their task is for each group to choose a scene from this fairy tale or story and draw it on a piece of paper (20 minutes).

Then, each group presents their work in front of others for 5 minutes (25 minutes in total). Teacher will ask questions to help students in their presentation:

Why did they choose this scene from the fairy tale/ story?

What is their favorite character?

How did they use the colors? Do they represent anything?

As they draw, what can they say about each character? About their features or feelings, etc.?

What story would they tell from their childhood if they were writers?

Final part is dedicated to questions and final discussion with students (10 minutes). Possible questions are:

What did they like most about this fairy tale/ story and why?

Could they find another ending for this fairy tale/ story?

If they were to meet Ion Creangă, what would they say to him?

What did they like and dislike about this activity?

Children’s feedbacks: Children really enjoyed this activity and want to read more stories and fairy tales written by the author.

MUZEUL “ION CREANGĂ” IAȘI

(The Museum “Ion Creangă Iaşi), Iaşi, Romania https://www.muzeulliteraturiiiasi.ro/muzeul-ioncreanga-bojdeuca/