THE DREAMY MILK-MAID

Here we are, another day and another story!

Today is a folktale turn! Very classical

                                The Dreamy Milk-Maid.

First of all I want to tell everyone why  I have choose this story because: 

- In Spanish it is the same story and is also a folktale. When I was little girl I loved hearing this story and develop my imagination as does the milkmaid.

- Also I think that is a story that you can instill in students many values above all and big and emotional a moral.

-There is a said in both: English and Spanish some phrases that defines good morals and that is: "Building castles in air will not stand". We could also teach children the other said and explain it well as it is this: "Do not count your chickens before they are hatched".

-The real moral is that we should not consider anything as definite until we have done the necessary work to make it a reality.This story teaches them that are forgiven if any misfortune happens if they are wrong, but it must be precabidos. Is that children understand that is fine dream and imagine but you have to keep our feet on the ground when it's needed.

PRE-TELLING:

Today it's gonna be a different day to tell the story.  This story it's going to be tell when in class they will have finish the project of: THE FARM.

What we want our children  to learn in a super simple way, somo simple process about some products like THE BUTTER and HOW CHICKENS GROW.

It's time for stroytime so as always we are going to sing our song:

The teacher is dressed up like a milkmaid, after sing the storytime song she speaks to the children like she was a real milkmaid. She has to explain in what her job consist and she has also to involve the children with a sentece like:

Do you want to know what happened to me one month ago? (And tell the story involving children and creating 

creating in them wanting to hear, with spaces of intrigue and lots of really mainly thanks to the milkmaid disguise.

TELLING:

Once upon a time there was a maid who lived in the countryside. She had a small piece of land where she had a cow that had started to give good milk.

Once she got a bucket of milk from the cow, she put  it on her head decided to take it to the market.

While she was on her way, she began to think what she would do with the money she would get from the milk.

First, she would buy some hens from Farmer Brown, and the would lay eggs every morning.

The, she thought that she could sell the eggs and that she would get a lot of money.

As soon as she had the money, she would buy herself a new dress.

At this point, she imagined that the women of the village would be so jealous of her new  clothes that she would   just toss her head at tem.

As she thought this, she tossed her head back, the bucket fell off, and all the milk, along with her dreams, was gone.

POST-TELLING:

The milkmaid (the teacher) has brought a little chicken so while some tables are doing to worksheets about the process of growing up of the eggs and how is made the butter by milk from cows.

So after or while some tables are doing the worksheets the teacher can show the little chicken and talk about this animal and that it has grow from an egg.

Also after all we can see the video about the story of the milkmaid and ask them questions about the story and the moral.

In the first worksheet the teacher explains the growing up about chickens. After they have to explain to the ohter (one of each table) they have to explain with their own words how they think.

                     In the second worksheet they have to draw the milk,the butter and other to things that is produced by the cow and by the milk, like cheese and cream.

Hope you liked this new ideas about storytelling,

And remember that...You can't count your chickens before they hatch!

Ester C.