It's a wonderful little video made by a father about his son's favorite train, Stanley. Together, father and son attach Stanley to a weather balloon and launch him into space. A video camera captures Stanley's journey to the stratosphere and back to earth, while father and son track him on their computer. There is very little dialog, if any, but the fabulous video footage and editing/animation tell a very engaging story that's sure to delight kids young and old. I've used it several times already this week with great results. After viewing the video, my kids have asked wonderful questions, such as "What is the stratosphere?" and "How did they make Stanley's face move?" which lead to rich discussion and research. View this video for yourself here:
I can see using this video with my youngest to oldest kids on my caseload. One way I used it this week for my older kids working on the /r/ sound was to make a list of words that might be used to retell the story in the video that contain the /r/ sound. Then, I made a template for them to use to generate the story sequence and to use the target words in sentences. It looks like this:
I've got some more ideas of ways to use this video, but I've got to create the materials before I share them with you. Check back in a few days!
Nice chatting with you,
Pam
