Re-enactment
Episode # 121. The High Wall
In a flat, rectangle-shaped box, the children give the Storypeople a large wall. Mr. Man tries to climb over the wall to greet Brother & Sister on the other side, but the wall is too high. When the children provide doors, everyone can get to the other side, but it takes them awhile to figure out how they can all end up on the same side.
| Age |
3-6 years |
| Materials |
Building blocks or empty boxes and puppets, stuffed animals, dolls, or action figures |
| Skills |
Gross motor skills |
| Subjects |
Creative Arts
- Dramatic play
Science
- Problem Solving
- Building (with stability and balance)
Literacy
- Story telling
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Directions
Help your child re-enact the Storypuzzle for herself. Provide blocks or empty cardboard boxes and encourage your child to build a wall. How tall can she make it without it toppling over? Introduce dolls or action figures (or puppets or stuffed animals) and place one (or more) on each side of the wall. Let your child make up a story about how the puppets or figures can reach each other.
Talk About It
While viewing the High Wall episode, you might start a conversation by asking your child: "If you were Mr. Man, how would you get over the wall? What would you need to help you?" After viewing, you might walk around the neighborhood and help your child notice and name all the different things that walls are made from (e.g., bricks, stones, stucco, concrete, wood, etc.).
As you talk about the things on screen, you can help expand your child's vocabulary by alternating the words you use with their synonyms. In the High Wall episode you might describe the wall as being high or tall.
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