Sponsor
This work was supported by a grant (16-0007PCF) from the Caplan Foundation for Early Childhood to Portland State University and by the Portland State University Office of Academic Affairs.
Published In
Journal of Childhood Studies
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2021
Subjects
Early childhood education -- Curricula, Storytelling in education, Child development -- Social aspects
Abstract
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.
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DOI
10.18357/jcs462202119981
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/35980
Citation Details
Hoy, S. L., Lea, J. L., & Flynn, E. E. (2021). Dinner at dinosaurland: Invention, dialogue, & solidarity in the early childhood classroom. Journal of Childhood Studies, 46(2), 66-77. https://doi.org/10.18357/jcs462202119981
Description
Selena L. Hoy is a bicultural, bilingual social worker. She is outreach coordinator for TELL, a mental health and suicide prevention nonprofit organization in Tokyo, Japan. She received her MSW from Portland State University in 2017 and has particular interest and experience working with underserved children, refugees, and immigrants.
Jessica Lea is a licensed clinical social worker at an intensive outpatient program in Portland, Oregon. She received her MSW from Portland State University in 2017 and has worked and volunteered in multiple sectors supporting underserved members of the community.
Erin Elizabeth Flynn is an associate professor in the Child, Youth, and Family Studies program at Portland State University. She is an educational researcher who specializes in language and literacy development during the early years, with an emphasis on the social, emotional, and linguistic power of storytelling.