Moving pictures are a beautiful way to illustrate the action of a story or verse. Some resources, such as this little book from Bob and Nancy’s, “Making Picture Books With Moving Figures” (http://www.waldorfbooks.com/te
Moving pictures are a beautiful way to illustrate the action of a story or verse. Some resources, such as this little book from Bob and Nancy’s, “Making Picture Books With Moving Figures” (http://www.waldorfbooks.com/teaching-resources/kindergarten-nursury/early-childhood-resources/storytime) talk about drawing these pictures, but I like to wet on wet paint them. One afternoon last week, I made these two scenes out of 9 pieces of watercolor paper (seven for the scenery, plus two small pieces to make puppets of the boat, one Peter puppet and two puppets of Jesus) for a program at our church.
The small child needs to see these beautiful, flexible, yet concrete manifestations of the story. The older child does not need these props as much as they are creating the images in their own minds, but they do appreciate the beauty of the pictures and the first through fourth graders enjoyed this. The third and fourth graders helped work the moving pictures, but in all other cases the helpers were adults or teenagers (who also seemed to really enjoy themselves!). My toddler and I helped co-teach 160 children from ages 3 years old through