Go Away, Scary Monster!: A Storytelling and Crafting Session
In this one-time class, students will listen to excerpts from the story Go Away, Big Green Monster! to guide them as they complete their very own monster craft.
Miss Brittany, M.S.Ed
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:(127)
What's included
1 live meeting
45 mins in-class hoursClass Experience
US Grade Pre-Kindergarten - 2
Beginner - Advanced Level
In this one-time class, students will listen to excerpts from the story Go Away, Big Green Monster! before creating their own construction paper monsters! We will begin class with a quick hello song to greet each learner by name before looking at and discussing excerpts from our story. We will then move on to a brainstorming session--what will our own special monsters look like today? What shapes and colors do we plan to use? After an active work period full of opportunities for drawing, cutting, gluing, and engaging our imaginations, we will take a moment to share our work and discuss our feelings about the day's session before we say goodbye. I value an emergent teaching style, in which I respond to student interests and preferences as much as possible during the course of each session. As such, the order and content of each activity may be modified to ensure that each young learner is as developmentally supported and intrinsically motivated as possible.
Learning Goals
-Students will practice listening and responding to a story read aloud.
-Students will recognize and name a variety of basic shapes and colors.
-Students will strengthen their fine motor skills via drawing, cutting, and gluing.
Other Details
Learning Needs
I hold professional licensure in Moderate Disabilities from PreK-8th grade, and have extensive experience implementing instructional supports for a wide variety of neurotypes. Feel free to reach out with any specific concerns or requests!
Parental Guidance
For optimal safety during the crafting portion of our class, families should ensure students are prepared with the following:
-safety scissors
-non-toxic, washable glue
-family supervision, if family feels it is necessary
If families choose to participate without scissors and glue, they may simply use paper and drawing implements to complete the craft.
Supply List
***Please note: If families choose to participate without scissors and glue, they may simply use blank paper and drawing implements to complete the craft. They may even choose to use other representational art materials, such as play dough! Otherwise, students are encouraged to attend class prepared with the following: -construction paper in a variety of colors -drawing implements (markers, crayons, pencils, etc.) -safety scissors -non-toxic, washable glue
Joined August, 2021
5.0
127reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
Massachusetts Teaching Certificate
Master's Degree in Education from Wheelock College
I hold my MS in Early Childhood Education from Wheelock College at Boston University, and I am professionally certified in Early Childhood, Moderate Disabilities, English as a Second Language, and Sheltered English Immersion in the state of Massachusetts. I have ten years of teaching experience at the early childhood level in a wide variety of racially, ethnically, linguistically, and neurologically diverse settings--lab, private, public, home-based, non-profit, co-op, and virtual--throughout the Greater Boston area.
As co-founder of the National SEED Project Emily Style so adeptly summarized in her 1988 essay "Curriculum as Window and Mirror", curriculum should function "both as window and as mirror, in order to reflect and reveal most accurately both a multicultural world and the student herself or himself". This means that it is intrinsically important for ALL educators--including those who may not be members of a marginalized group themselves--to expose every student, regardless of their personal identity markers, to a multiplicity of cultures and ways of being in the world. To ensure that I am up to this crucial task, I have continuously pursued and successfully completed the following graduate-level coursework related to multicultural, multilingual, inclusive, and antiracist instruction over the past seven years:
* Racial and Cultural Identities-Wheelock College at Boston University
* Introduction to Inclusive Early Childhood Education Settings-Wheelock College at Boston University
* Effective Sheltered English Instruction: Second Language Acquisition-Wheelock College at Boston University
* Impact of Special Needs: Early Childhood-Wheelock College at Boston University
* Mathematical Learning for Diverse Learners-Wheelock College at Boston University
* Becoming a More Equitable Educator: Mindsets and Practices-Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Reviews
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$16
per classMeets once
45 min
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Ages: 4-9
1-5 learners per class
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