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Storyworld Studio · Kindergarten · Week 4

Author's chair

Materials checklist

  • Decorated chair
  • Children's books/pages
  • Audience mats

Step by step

  1. Children choose a page.
  2. Practise reading/telling.
  3. Sit in the author's chair.
  4. Audience asks a question.

Look for & extend

  • • Notice confidence — make author's chair a weekly routine.
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Storyworld Studio · Kindergarten · Week 4

Cut out along the dashed lines and laminate.

Author's chair

Which page will you share?

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Author's chair

Which story on the trail did you like best?

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Author's chair

Why did you choose this book to swap?

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Author's chair

Notice confidence — make author's chair a weekly routine.

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Storyworld Studio · Kindergarten · Week 4

Observation record — Author's chair

Child / group:
Date:
Educator:

What I saw and heard (child's voice)

Learning I noticed (outcomes)

Where to next / how I'll extend

Outcomes this week: Connectedness · Communicating · QA1 · QA6