Literacy Playshop

The literacy playshop approach focuses on children's interests, strengths, and abilities as the basis of providing opportunities to construct their own learning through play-based creation. The Literacy Playshops that we have been talking about in class are specifically designed to provide children with an opportunity to create a film that is based on popular media that they are interested in. The children are in charge of their own learning because they are making the film independently using their unique set of skills and knowledge.

This is a fun and engaging way for children to utilize and demonstrate their skills and knowledge in order to create a product that will display what they can accomplish. The process of creating the film will allow children to build upon what they already know and can do with literacy because they are making connections between all of the literacy concepts and ideas that they are using to put together a film. As a result of this project, children will be able to see themselves as capable producers who possess important skills and knowledge that allow them to accomplish such a task. They will also see a variety of ways in which literacy can be used while they are making meaning from the film they are creating.

A haiku about a classroom without tables or chairs

Learning is active

Let us explore and create

In an open space