Does a narrative circle with 3-4 year old children make sense?

I will do an internship in kindergarten starting tomorrow and would like to do a storytelling with the 3-4 year old children. I am only assigned to one group and to get to know them (and vice versa) I had planned a narrative circle. Everyone is sitting in a circle and a child always tells of the weekend in September. Can you do that with the kids? Or do you have any other ideas?

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At this age, children cannot really differentiate between the weekend and everyday life. Of course they know that there is no kindergarten at the weekend, but that often confuses them with afternoon experiences or the weekend before.

Maybe you just ask them to tell you about a great experience lately, no matter when. Some children may not have done anything special this weekend, and it is bad for them if they have nothing to tell or the experience of the other children "better" is.

I have found that many children lose motivation and become restless.

Some children do not know what to tell and repeat what was said before. So in the end you have many children who have experienced the same thing.

Tip: take little children 5-6 and give them a stone or ball or similar. In the hand. Explain that only the child holding the stone speaks, everyone else is listening.

This only makes sense if there are not many children (maximum 5) and you accordingly "moderierst". Otherwise it will be totally boring for the other children.

Example: Child A tells that he went swimming with his mother. You pick up on that and show with gestures, facial expressions and noises how child A was swimming and also build in some exciting places (adventure on the slide / excitement in the changing room etc. etc.) and let the other children participate. If you can’t do something like that, better leave it. Many small children are not yet ready to tell more than 2 or 3 sentences about a weekend.

I think that’s a good idea I did an internship in elementary school last year and they also talked about us in class.

Can’t you compare? In elementary school the children are already 6 years old, in the Kiga only 3 or 4. There are worlds between the way of expression and possibility.

Really depends on the size of the circle. So up to 10 kiddies is a good idea.

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I feel so sorry for my daughter, because she is always punished and is banned from doll cornering or has to apologize to others, even though she didn’t start and the other children can do what they want (exaggerated).

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Hello, this is the first time I am writing here, maybe you can help me.

The following history my step grandpa (whom I love very much) has a sister, her daughter had a child at the age of 15. I became a mother myself when I was 17, but how can I say. we are not on one level. Without that it sounds conceited but it is just immature & doesn’t get along. well, in any case, your son is with me in a KiGa group & now it is the second time that he has bitten our little one. I asked the educator if ours might be a little scraper but a second educator came along & contradicted that as well, on the contrary he is a dear open boy, the children are not angels, every mother knows, but the little one bit him really hard in the face. I’m really mega pissed & have already howled with anger & ahhh when I imagine how he must have cried. I am also annoyed by the educators, I mean, are they no longer paying attention? I have to say that this kindergarten is gruesome, change is unfortunately not possible, would be too long to explain again. Now I don’t know where to put my feelings. How would you react? If I tell the educators my opinion in an appropriate tone, they are immediately brushed on riot (GDR educators) & take it out on my son & that is unfortunately not an exaggeration, I have already observed how they deal with the children whose parents have already said something. I have already addressed my cousin but well how can I say I don’t want to cause a fight & you can’t change it anyway. Especially since she can’t be instructed anyway, what can you expect from such a young girl, so not that I pigeonhole whom I am, but she’s still an absolute child.

I see & I know that at this age it is normal for children to bite what is not the issue now, but they don’t even care what the little one does & tolerates it at home too.

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