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March 18, 2018

What to teach at home? Get started with Story writing with Little Red Riding Hood!

Are you wondering what theme to teach in your home school? Why not try a book based theme?

We were ready to to get started with story writing for our next theme as we love reading books and especially listening to stories at home. So we chose one of our favourite books – Little Red Riding Hood and focused on it as a theme for 2 weeks! We included a lot of role play, sensory and small world play to ensure there was a lot of talk for writing (and to include both my girls in the same learning). I wanted to created lots of talk before writing because of how important it is for children to know the language for story telling before they re-write the actual story. In brief “Talk for Writing, developed by Pie Corbett, …is powerful because it is based on the principles of how children learn. It is powerful because it enables children to imitate the language they need for a particular topic orally before reading and analysing it and then writing their own version.”(source) This post will take you through 7steps to get started in teaching story writing for 4-6 year olds with emphasis on Talk for Writing over a 2 week period. It will also feature some fantastic resources we used from Twinkl.*

Week 1:

1. Start with reading the story to each other – Our story of Little Red Riding Hood was the appropriate reading age for my daughter Ammarah, so she enjoyed reading it to us and we enjoyed listening! However for more difficult story books I would read the story to my children.  We discussed the story at the end and I asked questions such as: Who was in the story? Who are the characters? What happened in the story? What happened at the end? Where did the story take place? (Sometimes children won’t know how to explain it so I will say “Was it set at the beach or in the woods?”) and so on.

2. Drama / Role Play – We downloaded and printed the awesome character role-play masks from Twinkl’s Story Sack for Little Red Riding Hood which can be found here. They were the perfect size for my kids. We attached lolly sticks to the bottom of the masks with sellotape for the children to hold up as they acted. You can also punch holes on the side and attach string to wear as masks. The girls each played a character and swapped around which allowed the story to be reenacted a few times. In doing so the children picked up the language and speech used in the story such as “Grandma what big ears you have?” “All the better to hear with you my dear!” Even my nearly 3 year old was developing her language and role play skills at this point! (Scroll down to our video to see her in action!)

3. Puppet show – We enjoyed painting the setting on to a big rollof paper (bought from IKEA)  focusing on the path in the woods, Grandmother’s house and Little Red Riding Hood’s house. This took up a chunk of our morning and the children enjoyed talking about the setting as they painted and concentrated to paint within the lines. We then used the smaller character puppets cut outs from the story sack the next day. We attached smaller lolly sticks this time. We recorded the puppet show so our girls could look back at their performance. (more on that in the video at the end of this post!)

little red riding hood role play

4. Sensory Small World Play –  We set up and made the small word play box together to show the story setting of Little Red Riding Hood. We talked about what we need in the forest etc. This worked fabulously with our youngest too (nearly 3 years old – Hibah) who enjoyed taking her lego toys along the path and retelling the story. This was another way to retell the story of Little Red Riding Hood, this time using small world play. We also had some time to make our own mini story settings in a box lid. See pictures below for more.

Week 2:

5. Story Sequence –  Before we were ready to write we needed a visual reference point in our books to help us with our writing. So we used another of the resources from the story sack – story sequence pictures. Ammarah cut out the pictures and rearranged it before sticking them in to remind her of the beginning, middle and end of the story. She drew arrows in between to show the flow of the story and to understand how the story begins and ends.

6. Story Word Mat –  By now Ammarah knew the story very well and could retell it from beginning to end! So finally, we were ready to write. The story word mat  was fantastic help for writing as it included many of the words that she was likely to use while writing (including character names). Now as this was her first piece of proper story writing from beginning to end, we took breaks in between and discussed the story again before each sentence was written. We also referred back to our picture story sequence to help.

7. Story Planner – Writing Frame –  Below you’ll see Ammarah’s final piece of writing. We used the Beginning, Middle End Story Planner Template. I chose the story planner with space for pictures so she could draw her pictures before or after to help her make sense of her writing too. There was a lot of support from me especially when discussing the middle of the story. However she was clear on knowing what to write for both the beginning and end of the story. She used the story word mat and our tricky word wall to help her where needed for writing and spelling. To differentiate for your child you could also write one sentence for each story sequence picture you stick in – so they are describing what each picture shows them. This is a great way to scaffold their learning on how to write a story too. Remember go at your child’s pace. You don’t need to use all the pictures (in fact I selected the pictures I needed from the story sack and printed only those that were relevant for us). Do not make them write the whole story in one sitting! They can write it over a few days if needed. For more on how to teach writing sentences with your children, click on our previous post here.

Watch our Teaching Tips Video below for more on what we did, snippets of role play, our puppet show and small world play in action!

 

 

 

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by Jamila Jones on March 19, 2018

This is brilliant, Thank, so much detail and variety in the article and in the lesson plans. anyone will be able to follow this using a book of their choice.

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by hafsah on March 22, 2018

Thank you for your lovely comments!

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by Elizabeth on March 21, 2018

SubhanAllah. I love this so much! I have been inspired by Pie Corbit too, masha’Allah. I usually hang back and let my home ed children find their own book-inspired activities, but after reading this post I feel myself wanting to take more of a lead. What a beautiful process into writing, masha’Allah. JazakAllahkahyr.

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by hafsah on March 22, 2018

Yes his stuff is great! Ah thank you for your lovely feedback! X

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by Farhana on March 22, 2018

Salam. OmG, so cute and fun mashaAllah! we used to make dioramas and books as part of our homeschooling :).

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by hafsah on March 22, 2018

Wasalam – thank you! Lots of fun I bet!

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by ThrifDeeDubai on March 22, 2018

Wow some really great ideas here. You’re so thorough with your planning, I’m impressed! I don’t home school, but would love to implement some of these activities at home with my daughter because she’s not very enthusiastic about reading.

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by hafsah on March 22, 2018

Thank you! Yes drama and role play is always so much fun! My daughter used to be the same but any art, craft or baking related to the book is always a winner for us:)

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by NmDiaries on March 22, 2018

What a cool and quirky idea! You really put so much thought into these lessons & I genuinely feel like your little ones are benefiting from being home schooled by yourself!

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by hafsah on March 22, 2018

Thank you for your lovely comments!

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by Fozia S on March 22, 2018

This sounds like so much fun and love all the additional props. Role play is so good to get the kids imagination going!

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by Afra on March 23, 2018

This is amazing! So much detail goes into doing all of this I wish I was that creative! InshAllah I hope to be by the time my son is of age. How old are your kids?

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by hafsah on March 23, 2018

Thank you! My girls are 4.5 and nearly 3 ( she tends to join in on the drama part!)

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by Safiyah on March 24, 2018

MashAllah, this was an insightful introduction to many techniques on teaching a child to write their own story! I like how this is being implemented early on in a child; typically, one thinks of writing as a task better-suited to grade-school children. Well-done. I like the role play and story picture sequence!

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by Su Zu @NiqaabHub on March 24, 2018

Masha Allah what a bright idea, wished my kids are still little so I can homeschool them with these wonderful tips and ideas.

Great job sister, work from home mom s who does homeschooling are the best!!

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Continuing the final of the 4 Great Caliphs - we looked at the cousin of the Prophet (pbuh) Ali (ra) who was the first child to become Muslim. He grew up in the household of the Prophet (pbuh), he became son in law of the Prophet (pbuh) and was appointed some important and significant tasks during the life of the Prophet (pbuh).
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Whilst on our travels to the Haram we discovered this place in the Clock Tower, ground Floor - straight ahead and on your left hand side as you enter through the main doors of the Clock Tower. 
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“What do you mean Uthman ibn Affan was murdered? “What do you mean Uthman ibn Affan was murdered?” Was the reaction my eldest had to this final lesson on Uthman ibn Affan (ra) “Why would they murder the caliph?” She questioned - and rightly so.
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And that’s exactly what we set out to explore. What events actually led to the murder of the 3rd Caliph? It was sad to read that a companion so close to the Prophet (pbuh) being his son in law twice and one of the 10 promised Jannah would be murdered. 
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You can zoom into to read Ammarah’s findings but essentially when we discussed what had happened, we said some Muslims had become greedy. Greedy for land, power and money. It actually became a sad lesson by the end, especially when we saw how Uthman ibn Affan (ra) didn’t use force with the rebels so not to be the one who starts a civil war amongst the Muslims 😞 but then he was brutally murdered in his own home whilst reciting Quran - subhanAllah. 
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We’ve travelled back to England for a few months We’ve travelled back to England for a few months now Alhamdulillah - like all who travel back from Umrah - our hearts still yearn for Makkah but we are grateful Allah is with us everywhere. 
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Alhamdulillah for the ease of travelling,  the fact that we can and the duas we can make. 
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From the desert heat to the colder climate of the UK, always fascinated by Allah’s creation and blessings upon us Alhamdulillah. 
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Lesson 4 - The timeline of events in the life and Lesson 4 - The timeline of events in the life and rule of Uthman ibn Affan (ra). 
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Cyprus was conquered and other areas of Norther Africa the Islamic rule was solidified and the rebellion crushed in Armenia and Azerbaijan - this was just some of the victories in the time of Uthman (ra) becoming Caliph. Also, the first Muslim Navy was established and the Quran standardised into one script. There was much wealth and prosperity but sadly some who weren’t happy with the rule of Uthman ibn Affan (ra). 
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Ammarah was shocked to read that the 3rd Caliph was murdered in Madinah in his home whilst reciting Quran. What a sad state of affairs subhanAllah. 😞 
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We concluded the lesson by adding our timeline to our display wall.
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Lesson 3 - with the spread of Islam so far and wid Lesson 3 - with the spread of Islam so far and wide, there was a need to standardise the Quran for the purpose of reciting and so began the start of a written version of the Quran and including fatha, dharma and kasra- which were actually marked by dots. We got to explore Kufic script in detail and close up and thoroughly enjoyed looking at the difference and similarities between the script back then to how it is now. 
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We found out that a committee of senior Sahaabah were given this task including the original scribe from time of the Abu Bakr’s (ra) Caliphate, Zaid ibn Thabit (ra) and others were appointed for this task. The original text that was collated and compiled into a book was in the possession of Hafsa bint Umar ibn al Khattab (ra). It was used as the base for this written standardised version. The Quran was then recited 3 times in front of Hufaadh (those who had memorised the Quran) included Uthman ibn Affan (ra) to double check it’s accuracy. 
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Alhamdulillah as we know Allah Himself tells us - ‘’We have, without doubt, sent down the Message; and We will assuredly guard it (from corruption). (Al-Hijr –Stone land-:9) Allah has promised us that He himself will preserve the Quran and protect it. 
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Absolutely amazing that Uthman ibn Affan (ra) was honoured with this noble task. It’s absolutely amazing to have this miracle of the Preservation of the Quran and the fact that it is still a book that is read widely and memorised widely even today Alhamdulillah! 
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Featured - time lapse of Ammarah practising her Kufic script of Surah Naas mA 😊
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