Digital Story - Earth Day

I decided to make a digital story about Earth Day because I have found that many picture books out there are very difficult for my little ones to understand. It is loaded with a lot of vocabulary and sometimes requires much prior knowledge. I typically end up showing the pictures and paraphrasing the book when I read it to my class. Now, with this digital story, the students can be introduced to the basic concepts which may make the books easier to understand when we get to them.

Planned Digital Storytelling Project

As you can see by the date of this blog, I have been avoiding this topic like the plague. The reason is my inability to commit to an idea. I've changed from narrating a book already written like "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom," Numbers, Alphabet, High Frequency Words, Life Cycles... The list goes on. I think I am over-thinking this project way too much. So here goes - a commitment. (Unless anyone has a suggestion ;) ) My digital story will be about Earth Day. I will make a simple story breaking down the complex vocabulary such as the 3R's: reduce, reuse, recycle, along with environment, climate, etc. I have found that many books out there are still a little too advanced for my little ones, so I end up showing the pictures and paraphrasing them. This way I can choose my own simple pictures and tell about them in a way 5-year-olds can understand, and yet older ones will enjoy as well. Let me know what you think.