Open AccessDinner at Dinosaurland: Invention, Dialogue, & Solidarity in the Early Childhood Classroom
Author(s) -
Selena L. Hoy,
Jessica L. Lea,
Erin Flynn
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of childhood studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2371-4115
pISSN - 2371-4107
DOI - 10.18357/jcs462202119981
Subject(s) - solidarity , storytelling , sociology , communication , pedagogy , psychology , linguistics , aesthetics , art , narrative , philosophy , political science , law , politics
This Ideas from Practice piece highlights a storytelling practice called story circles as a routine classroom practice with the potential to catalyze shared ideas in the classroom by spurring invention, dialogue, and invention. Examining the slow-growing unfolding of stories about the invented world of Dinosaurland, we illuminate the potential of the language of story as a way for children to sustain and develop ideas through sharing imagined worlds.