MORE THAN WORDS

Henriëtte op den BrouwHZ University of Applied SciencesVlissingen, The Netherlands

HZ, ZEELAND, THE NETHERLANDS

Vlissingen, HZ University of Applied Sciences (4000 students) Department of Education, Teacher training primary schools

(400) Primary = 4-12 (compulsary from 5 years old) Since 1985: 4-5 + 6-12 together in one school Pre-school 2-3 years old (most daycares have the same

program)

IN THIS WORKSHOP: PICTURE BOOKS WITHOUT WORDS Stories benefit language development of young children: - reading stories to children- reading picture books- watching interactive picture books - telling stories - reading poetry

Books without words: how to learn from them? First some examples

THE SNOWMANRaymond Briggs, 1978

- Storyline told in pictures like in a comic book

- Animated movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubeVUnGQOIk

- Websitehttp://www.thesnowman.co.uk/home.htm

THE UMBRELLAIngrid & Dieter Schubert, 2010

- Large pictures only

- Little dog finds an umbrella - trip around the world starts, full of adventures

- Kind of a storyline

THE YELLOW BALLOONCharlotte Dematons, 2003

- Large pictures, lots to see

- Also trip around the world

- Search for balloon, blue car, etc.

- No real storyline

Find the yellow balloon, the crook that escaped from jail, the blue car and the fakir on his carpet

SINTERKLAASCharlotte Dematons, 2007

- Large pictures, lots to see

- Dutch traditional ‘Santaclaus’

- Storyline: preparations in Spain - bringing presents to The Netherlands - returning to Spain

DECI & RYAN / LUC STEVENS Every child has three basic needs:

1. Autonomy, being somebody• A 4-year-old can make up his own stories, he is the storyteller

2. Competence, being capable of doing things• Bilingual child can ‘read’ these books

3. Relations, being part of something• Whilst talking about the pictures, children can construct stories

together

Thé Tjong-Khing (1933- )

Since 1970’s freelance illustrator providing illustrations for many children's books.

He won several prices for his illustrations, for the picture books without words and for his complete works.

2004 2005 2010

WHO, WHAT, WHERE? Worksheet 1, 2 and 3

ACTION ONCE MORE!4. • Investigate the book thoroughly!• Main story line, time, place, problems-solutions?• What other story lines can you discover?

5. Make your own story and read it to the others http://www.uitzendinggemist.nl/afleveringen/1373542 nurse Pig http

://www.book2look.com/vBook.aspx?id=et4bv3RXyl&pageNum=4&euid=763124&ruid=0&referURL=http://lannoo.be/content/terralannoo/wbnl/listview/1/index.jsp?titelcode=22345&fondsid=9&shoplinkNumbers=all

Any questions or suggestions?

Thank you and tot ziens!