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| Making
a book using the digital camera |
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| Type
of Submission: |
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This
idea is a submission for:
X A curriculum idea
__Cool things to do
__A special issue
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| Age
group for whom this activity is appropriate: |
3-5
year olds
| Brief
description of activity: |
On
a recent field trip, I took along a camera and took pictures throughout
the day that showed what we saw and did, including getting on
the bus in the morning and coming back to the center later in
the day. Later in the week, the kids and I made a book of our
trip on the computer.
| What
I did to set this up and how I followed through: |
| Before
the trip, we talked about what we would see. I told the kids
that we would make a book of our trip. Throughout the day,
I had them help me choose what pictures to take that would
tell a complete story of our trip. |
| Materials
used: |
Digital
camera, or a regular camera and scanner, or laminate pictures
Word (or any word processing program) to create the pictures and
text and then print out the book..
| What
the children had to do and what I wanted them to learn: |
- I used
a digital camera so we printed out each picture. We spread
out all the pictures and talked about we did first, next,
etc. In other words, I helped them order the pictures in a
sequence.
- In a
group meeting, I asked the children to dictate a sentence
or two about each picture. I typed their words into my Word
program. Later I inserted the correct pictures to make each
page.
- I also
asked each child to pick a favorite picture and to tell me
what he or she liked about that part of the trip. So, for
each picture I had something that the group said and then,
"This is Katy’s favorite picture. She liked the
penguins at the aquarium."
- It was
fun for the kids that we could print out a group book and
we could also print out individual pages for each child to
take home
| Background:
How I got the idea: |
We often make
books of our activities. I also work a lot on helping them learn about
sequence. Using the camera and computer seemed like a good way to
accomplish these goals. |
| Analysis:
How the kids and/or parents responded: |
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This was a very
successful activity. The kids loved remembering the trip and telling
both the group story of the trip and their individual stories of
what they most enjoyed. I’ve noticed that the books we made
are among the most popular choices on our bookshelves.
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| Extension |
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You could use
the camera and book creation for many different projects in the
room. For example, you could document the sequence of a cooking
activity or even the sequence of the classroom day and use pictures
to tell the story of the classroom schedule.
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