The first sentence you heard must be your first line
and the other sentence you wrote down, must be your
last line. You must use the names you recorded as your
character names and the items and the food/drink must
also be incorporated into your story.
When you have finished writing, don’t forget to
proofread your work and then share your story with
your family.
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WRITING
Choose a place you love. It might be in your tent or van,
on top of a boulder, under a tree or in the middle of a
giant expanse of nothing. Wherever you choose, just sit,
be still for a while and think about where you are and how
it makes you feel. When you are ready, fill in the gaps in
the following sentences:
Here, in this place, I feel .....
If this place had a sound, it would be.....
If this place had a name, it would be.....
If this place were an animal, it would be .....
When I am here, I feel I could .....
If a story were told about this place, it would be (happy,
sad, scary etc.).....
When you have finished your writing, move away from
where you have been sitting and look back at it. Now
draw what you see.
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OBSERVATION AND
MEMORY
Collect 10-20 different items from your environment.
You might collect a rock, a feather, a saucepan etc. When
you have your items, place them on the ground or on a
table in front of you. Spend some time simply looking at
and studying the items. Now close your eyes and have
someone remove 3 items. Open your eyes. Can you work
out what’s missing?
This activity can be repeated several times and can also
be adapted as a spelling/writing task: Have the adult
collect the items, the child/ren study them for 1 minute.
Then throw a blanket over the collection and the children
have to use their best spelling and handwriting attempts
to write down the items they remember.
These activities are just a taste of some of the
fun to be had whilst learning on the road. The
opportunities really are endless and the learning
potential is extraordinary!
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