{"id":13183,"date":"2022-11-08T14:24:10","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T19:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/?p=13183"},"modified":"2022-11-09T14:25:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T19:25:51","slug":"elizabethtown-college-students-design-a-storywalk-for-the-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2022\/11\/08\/elizabethtown-college-students-design-a-storywalk-for-the-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabethtown College Students Design a StoryWalk for the Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Elizabethtown College Department of Education students collaborated with the High Library to create a StoryWalk, an enjoyable and innovative way for children and families to read books, for the surrounding community. The <a href=\"https:\/\/etown.libcal.com\/event\/9832505\">StoryWalk<\/a> first welcomed visitors during Etown&#8217;s Homecoming &amp; Family Weekend in October, while students from the Elizabethtown Child Care Center were also among the first to participate in the exhibit.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Jay students from the ED 360 Integrated Strategies for Creative Expression in Early Childhood class designed the StoryWalk around the children\u2019s book, \u201cBig Dance\u201d and constructed activities for children to participate in while following the path of the story.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a class, were given free rein of the entire project,\u201d Early Childhood Education major Valeria Ferrarelli \u201922 said. \u201cWe decided where\u00a0the walk would occur, what the set up would be, what the activities would be, and what supplies we needed to provide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The students worked under the guidance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etown.edu\/depts\/education\/faculty.aspx\">Assistant Professor of Education, PK-12 New Literacies Dr. Kathryn Caprino<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etown.edu\/library\/about.aspx\/\">Director of the High Library Sarah Penniman<\/a> to make the exhibit a fun and interactive learning experience for young children.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cThis experience has impacted my future teaching in a positive way,\u201d Early Childhood Education Major and Dual ESL Certification student Madeleine Hower \u201924 said. \u201cI have learned how creativity can be implemented in picture books as a way of engaging the reader, how to create a meaningful activity for early education students, and how to work and collaborate with a team of equally-minded teachers.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe whole class contributed greatly to each activity, and we all bounced ideas off each other to come to our final product,\u201d Early Childhood Education major Emily Wilkes \u201824 said. \u201cWithout the entire class, this wouldn\u2019t have been possible and I\u2019m so glad to have worked with a great group of pre-service teachers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Members of the campus community can visit the StoryWalk, which will remain available in the High Library\u2019s IDEA lab through Dec. 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elizabethtown College Department of Education students collaborated with the High Library to create a StoryWalk, an enjoyable and innovative way for children and families to read books, for the surrounding community. 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