Phase 1


At the beginning we as teachers posed questions to understand the prior knowledge and experiences of children. Children represented their thoughts in the form of art work, anecdotes, rhymes, stories and riddles.



Exploring their understanding of the topic “Stories ”


Verbatims of children on stories:

  • Raaisha-"Mujhe magic rhyme pata hai."

  • Jihan-"Story ma dinosaur hato, deer ane krishna hato ane orange joito hatu. Little krishna ni story hati."

  • Reyansh-"Story matlab story sun ke mai happy feel karta hun" ane "Writer atle jo story write kare, illustrator picture banave, colour kaam kare story ma."

  • Prisha-"Mane magical chakki khabar che,insects ni story hoy, krishna bhagwan ni hoy ane cinderella ni story " ane "Mumma stories keh che books ma thi."


  • Prisha-"Hum sab stories ni acting karte hata, lion ni, grasshopper and ant ni kari hati, pigeon and ant, two goat ni story pan , mummma pan jump kari, mumma jash funny brother ane hu acting kari che."

  • Jihan-"I have lion and hare story."

  • Mishti-"Beach hatu, gorilla hatu, ice cream, ene glasses kadhi nakhya hata story ma."

  • Raajeshwari-"Fox, princess stories, big book stories."

  • Shivansh-"I have a library book, peppa pig, I like dinasour stories."


Children watching the story of "The crocodile and a hen" on YouTube shown by teacher.

People associated with stories

  • Ayan-"Dad tells stories."

  • Mishti-"Priya maam, darshana maam."

  • Jihan-"Nana-nani."

  • Reyansh-"Meri mumma toycra se book vanchati hai."

  • Mishti-"Tamara thi madi hati(school library), Youtube me video dekhti hoon, mari mumma batave."


Exploring their understanding about the various strategies used to narrate stories :


Verbatims of children:

  • Raheshwari-"I read harrier and jackal stories, I also know Bernard and that stories, Illustrator makes pictures, writer makes pictures."

  • Jihan-"Laptop, mobile."

  • Mishti-"You tube."

  • Prisha-"Aapda paase book na hoy to mamma mane boline karave che, books ma pictures hoy" ane "Papa che ne story newspaper ma thi kahe che."

  • Shivansh-"Kindle. It is on the phone. Characters are there. I have a story its all about monkeys and how they live. Fox, grapes, witch, monkeys, humans, troll, billy goat gruff this are all characters, through Stick puppets."

  • Reyansh-"Story book se story. Bina vanchya story bolke batate hai, Story of savaj maine video dekha."

  • Jihan-"Ma’am bal bharti ma aave che stories,Finger play,through fingers, Priya mam pictures ma thi stories kahe che".

  • Mishti-"Shadow thi story kehvay. Torch ni light ma" ane "Superheros ane cindrella hoy che. T.v. ma joyu che. Frozen pan che. Krishna bhagwan ane chota bheem. T.V. ma joyu che."

  • Ayan-"Radhika maam puppet story, stick puppet, flashcards."



Shivansh narrating self made rhyme using stick puppets.mp4

Shivansh narrating the story using stick puppets

Effects of stories:


Verbatim of children on it:

    • Rajeshwari-"Hum book bana sakte hain i pad mein photo kheech ke bana sakte hain, We feel nice when we listen to stories."

    • Mishti-"Crossword."

    • Jihan-"We feel happy stories sambhdine, Knowledge milta hai, I like lion and hare story, We feel sad stories na hoy to."

    • Shivansh-"My favourite story is dragon painter, lots of pictures."



  • Ayaan-"I have new story book - g book. Gorilla, grass because there is lots of things of g. It is so heavy because there is so many pages, 1000 hundred pages are there. This book name is little extra- mountain ek bija ne help karvi joiye, I will take books from library."

  • Raaisha-"Jungle book moghli and buddy."

  • Reyansh-"Ye moghli, bagira, aur shreekhan tiger hai. Ye poora india ka jungle hai."



Evolution of stories


Verbatim of children on it:

  • Mishti-"Radio ma pan aave che stories, same hoy stories, books wala uncle banave che books, Rabbit and fox ni story you tube ma pan aave, radio ma, ema baddhu aave, songs pan aave. Doga hoy che story ma, book che mara paase. Aa book touch and feel the puppy book che. Books wala uncle banave aave books, English ma che."

  • Rejeshwari-"Mamma writes stories. Writer likhta hai aur draw bhi karta hai. Writer matlab wo likhte aur drawing bhi karte hai, wo uncle, TV, grandparents make a book, Jab nana nani ki different stories hoti thi, some same stories some different, through verbal communication., through t.v. , grandparents tell stories. They make a book.""

  • Jihan-"Illustrator stories banave, drawing kare. Mouth thi bolta hata stories, pictures joine pan stories bolta hata. We get book from bookstore, online, Lion and hare, doremon cartoon book thi. Lakhvu pade book. We deliver book box ma. Plane ma muki ne box moklay. Najdik hoy to ghar jaine aapi devanu. Book store ma male books. Now we can get online."

  • Shivansh-"We dont not know anything if we do not listen to the stories and we wont know what happened in other stories and books also. We come to know stories about books.We can create our own story, we need paper, glue and pen and we can write lots of stories. Books come from library, shops and market. Song stories also used to be there. Songs tells stories. The library shop we can get stories. Cartoon character makes cartoon characters, we can make our own story and they can take it from us.""

  • Ayaan-"Action se stories jaan sakte hain".



Are all the stories same?

  • Mishti-"Alag-alag hoy che."

  • Jihan-"Gujarati, Hindi, English. Tom and Jerry, lion and hare ni story game, I know story ema magic hoy che "Flying carpet."

  • Rajeshwari-"There was different kids ki stories hoti thi, now also its some same some different."

  • Ayaan-"Witch stories, witch flies."

  • Shivansh-"Crow one. The thirsty crow."

  • Ayaan-"I like stories of dragons. I feel so good."




Children's understanding depicted through their art in Phase 1 :

Children depicted emotions using indigenous material:


Shivansh-"I made my smiley using blocks of different shapes."

Prisha-"Un clay thi banayu happy face."

Ayaan-"I made a sad face using leaves and sticks."

Mishti-"Un pan smiley face banayo che rajam ane pebbles thi."

Rajeshwari-"I made a smiley face using pebbles, leaves and sticks."

Jihan-"I made a smiley monster using green clay."

Tally marking of favourite characters

Mishti-"Mane peppa pig game."

Jihan-"I like superheroes."

Ayaan-"I like superheroes and monster stories."

Children made stick puppets using indigenous material:


Mishti-"Un girl ane boy banayu che, ice cream stick lidhu, legs banaya , thread thi hair ane socks ane cotton thi enu face ane straw thi ena hands banaya."


Raaisha-“Mamma nu baby raaisha me banayu che ane papa, me ice cream stick lidhi che.”


Shivansh-"I made a dinosaur using some papers, sticks, glue and colouring paper."


Jihan-"Un paper bag puppet banayu, smiley face mate googly eyes lagavi, wool, chart paper, ane sketch pen use karyu."


Prisha-"Stick puppet and ane paper bag puppet banavi."


Reyansh-"Maine boy banaya hai, paper bag se aur ice cream stick se. Hat iski triangle shape ki banai hai."


Rajeshwari-"I made a doll and these are stick puppets."

Shivansh-"I took waste toilet paper roll, giraffe I made, blue one is a elephant, orange one is a tiger, white one is rabbit and this is shark."


Children used clay to make their favourite characters

Shivansh-"My favourite character is spiderman."

Mishti-"Un hippopotamus banayu, teddy ane crocodile."

Jihan-"Un hulk banayu."

Rajeshwari-"I made peppa pig."

Ayaan-"I made hulk."

Children represented their favourite story through drawings

Reyansh-"Sparrow, water and berries story."

Mishti-"The cracked pot ni story draw kari."

Jihan-"The spot and his grandma."

Prisha-"Thea's tree story."

Shivansh-"Ginger bread man."

Rajeshwari-"The little princess."

Ayaan-"Story of Bluey."