The Five Giant Toads and the Nice Little Elephant
I love to hear my husband read stories to my two little boys. He is so animated and full of life that this excitement is immediately passed on to our children who are listening attentively to his every word. He is able to grab their attention right from the beginning by taking a story that they want to hear for the millionth time and changing the facts in obvious ways. For example, if he were reading “The Three Little Pigs”, he would begin by renaming the book something like, “The Five Giant Toads and the Nice Little Elephant”. After catching their breath from laughing straight from their bellies, one of the boys will correct him, “No, no, no, Daddy. It’s The Three Little Pigs and the Big Bad Wolf”. My husband will agree and move on to the next page, where, of course, he changes something else that makes the story hilariously funny.
By changing a familiar story, listeners, especially those of the younger variety, are eager to tell the reader how the story is supposed to told. It grabs their attention and makes them think about key elements of the story such as the characters and settings, as well as the plot. Although you certainly don’t want to use this strategy each and every time you read a story, it is a great way to mix things up, especially when you are reading the story for the fifteenth night in a row!
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Written by Laura on September 14, 2009
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