Part of the Emergent curriculum we are implementing in our classrooms, is communicating with other children from other schools and other classrooms to create a joint project.

In Collaboration with Ms Nicole Catania and her class, we planned to do a joint project about bees. One of the things we collectively decided to do its create a recyled stor with the children. Using an online storybook creator, we recreated the traditional fable of ‘the three little pigs’ with a twist, more specifically a bee twist.

We started off by creating the story and what tools and roles we will be taking on as a whole group, where we as educator provoked the children ‘s thinking using questions and suggestions, to let the children take the lead on the discussion of how this will go about. Then we went on to creating the book.

The children were able to express their imagination and creativity, while still maintaining a group-approach as they took turns to take part in the storybook making process. Problem-solving and critical thinking skills were also being used in action, as well as language and literacy skills.

Below you can see the finished result, of these brilliant kids’ hard work.