Instructions
We're providing children with story time videos!
First and foremost,
thank you
Thank you. Your gift of time today will impact the lives of children that are excited to have education in their lives, to chase dreams, and to work to make the world we share a better place. Children learn words and language skills from listening and engaging in stories, songs and conversations. By reading aloud, sharing stories and singing with your child, you are helping them become familiar with words and sounds. This will develop early literacy skills and help them to go on to read successfully later in life.
The Experience
It’s a time when children learn critical social and emotional skills. During this time a partnership is formed between the child, their caregiver and the teacher. When this is done successfully, it lays the groundwork for a successful relationship for a child and their education.Early Education aims at the holistic development of a child’s social, emotional, cognitive and physical needs in order to build a solid and broad foundation for lifelong learning and wellbeing.
Instructions
We work to keep things as simple as possible. If you have any questions, please get in touch with your event coordinator or reach out to “Kai” (WeHero Super Dog) in the lower-right corner of this page.
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Making Story Time Fun
Reading aloud gives you a chance to be silly and joke around with will help children learn and grow. Putting on funny voices or changing the storyline lets you shake up story time, creating quality moments and making learning fun. It can be a great way to encourage kids to look forward to reading more often.
By showing that you enjoy story time, you are helping a child develop a love of reading too. Using different voices and being dramatic also shows children how words can be used differently to make new meanings.
Keeping the interest
Using funny voices and plot twists helps to keep your child’s interest in the book and reading.
You can encourage your child to join in by:
- Suggesting ideas for the story line
- Choosing how a character’s voice sounds
- Repeating words back to you
- Using funny facial expressions
- Using gestures, clapping and acting out events
Keeping It Simple
We don’t expect everyone to have a few thousand dollars worth of film equipment lying around. Thankfully, you can create authentic, engaging content with your smartphone! Here are a few tips/guidelines as you work to create your content:
Length – Your videos will be viewed by age groups 4 – 8. We often recommend trying to have your video be 10 minutes or less to ensure your audience remains captivated.
Individual or Team – Feel free to include your family, friends, or team members to make reading your story as fun as possible! It sometimes helps to have another person to read to or to hold the camera for you.
Editing your video – Your videos do not need to be professionally edited, they may not even need to be edited! Your audience will appreciate the authenticity of you sharing this story with a video created at home. Free video editing software like iMovie or Windows Video Editor can get the job done. You likely also have video editing software on your phone as well!
Recommended Free Tools
Loom – Free video recording and editing software that can be used on your laptop or smartphone. Learn More
iMovie – Free video editing software that can be used on your laptop or smartphone for Apple devices. Learn More
Smart Phone Camera – The camera on your phone is likely better than any camera you own. We recommend keeping it simple and using your phone as much as possible!
Send In Your Videos!
Send in your videos here so we can share them with the Early Learning Coalition of Orange County!
You've successfully completed Story Time!
Nice work! Now what?
We’d love your thoughts!
Have 32 seconds? We always want to make these experiences better and would love your feedback.
Learn more
Visit the Early Learning Coalition of Orange County's website to learn more about their mission and how you can continue supporting them.
Have questions about your experience?
We’re here to help!
Get in touch with us here or give us a call. Feel free to also chat with Kai and he’ll fetch a member of our team to help!
