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• Integrative learning strategies emphasize the connections between different areas of knowledge and the relevance of a subject to real-world issues, by providing students with opportunities to connect concepts and ideas across different disciplines, and experiences.
• Storytelling is a powerful tool for teaching literacy and other subjects. By weaving engaging narratives, students can develop language skills, critical thinking, and a deeper understanding of various concepts.
• Storytelling is one of the oldest forms of teaching. We all do it, and it has been a part of human life for as long as anyone can remember.
• Storytelling allows teachers to enter the lives of students as they’re forming a sense of self- identity. It promotes a sense of community and belonging, enables relationship networking, allows participants to engage in sense-making, helps develop empathy and self-confidence, and facilitates learning
• The storytelling technique is known to be one of the most effective teaching strategies. The main benefits of the storytelling technique are: high motivation and active participation, a boost of creativity, cooperation between children, deepening the understanding of a subject, and an increase in attention span.
• Storytelling is the social and cultural activity of sharing stories, sometimes with improvisation, theatrics or embellishment.
• “Storytelling is as old as culture” says National Geographic.
• Oral storytelling

  Has been used to entertain as well as educate and has been passed down as a cultural tradition.

  It has been the oldest way to communicate.
• Linear Storytelling: Follows a chronological sequence of events.

   
• Nonlinear Storytelling: Presents events out of order, creating suspense or complexity.
• Interactive Storytelling: Allows audience participation, influencing the narrative.

   
• Episodic Storytelling: Divides the story into episodes or segments.
• Flashback Flashforward: Involves revisiting past or previewing future events.

   
• Frame Story: A story within a story, providing context or framing.
• Stream of Consciousness: Presents thoughts and feelings in a character’s mind.

   
• Metafiction: Acknowledges its own fictionality, blurring the line between reality and fiction.
• A common educational standard, that students need to know, is the ability to be able to recount events in chronological order.
• Story Cubes were always a favorite in my house when my kids were little. All you had to do was throw the dice and nine different symbols would appear.
• Using Story Cubes is a great way to allow students’ imaginations run wild.
• Story Jars are similar to Story Cubes in the sense that students use the information in the jars to help them create a story.
• Digital storytelling

  The use of videos, pictures, apps, and audio to help students retain information in a more creative and memorable way.
• Arts Integration an approach to teaching in which students construct and demonstrate understanding through an art form. - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
• Playful learning centers refer to designated areas or environments within educational settings, such as classrooms or daycare facilities, where children engage in interactive, hands-on activities designed to promote learning through play.
• Block area:

  A space where children can build structures using blocks of different shapes, sizes, and textures, promoting spatial awareness, problem-solving, and fine motor skills.
•  Dramatic play corner:

  An area set up to resemble real-life scenarios, such as a kitchen, doctor's office, or grocery store, allowing children to role-play, express themselves creatively, and develop social skills through pretend play.
•  Art station:

  A designated area equipped with art supplies like paints, markers, crayons, and various crafting materials, encouraging children to explore their creativity, express themselves artistically, and develop fine motor skills.
•  Reading nook:

  A cozy space filled with age-appropriate books, cushions, and bean bags where children can immerse themselves in literature, develop literacy skills, and cultivate a love for reading.
•  Science exploration corner:

  An area equipped with magnifying glasses, microscopes, specimens, and simple science experiments, fostering curiosity, critical thinking, and inquiry-based learning.

   
• Sensory table:

  A table filled with materials like sand, water, rice, or sensory bins containing items with different textures, scents, and colors, providing opportunities for sensory exploration, tactile stimulation, and language development.
•  Math manipulatives area:

   A space stocked with various math tools such as counting cubes, pattern blocks, measuring tapes, and scales, promoting numerical understanding, problem-solving, and mathematical reasoning skills through hands-on activities.

   
• Music and movement zone:

  An area with musical instruments, rhythm sticks, scarves, and open space for dancing and movement activities, encouraging self-expression, coordination, and auditory discrimination.

   
• Integrated Learning Experiences refer to instructional approaches or activities that incorporate concepts, skills, and content from multiple subject areas or domains into cohesive and interconnected learning opportunities.
• integrated learning prepares children to apply knowledge and skills in diverse contexts and to address complex challenges in the world around them.
• STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)