Hello explorers!
Today I am going to talk you about Fairy Tales
using Freeze Frames which could be a very enjoyable resource to work with
children of Primary Education.
First of all, I am going to explain you a
little bit what Freeze Frames are. Freeze frame images represent different
scenes from a fairy tale. With freeze frame, the action in a play or
scene is frozen, as in a photograph or video frame. This can be an effective
method for students who are less inclined to improvise dialogue.
The steps that pupils have to follow in order
to create freeze frames are:
1st – Find a scene of a fairy tale. For
example, Three Little Pigs, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,
etc.
2nd – Find as many classmates as
characters are needed to show the scene you have selected.
3rd – Assign a role to each one.
4th – Look for materials.
5th – Rehearse in the physical space
you have chosen and be ready for the great day!
This week, we did this activity in class and
here you have the result of some freeze frames created by classmates.
Here some classmates representing the scene of
the glass shoe of Cinderella.
Here representing the scene of Little Red Riding Hood with the wolf.
In this freeze frame, these girls are showing
the scene of Peter Pan flying.
Here some classmates represent the scene of The
Lion King where Rafiki is showing Simba newborn.
In this freeze frame, they are representing the
dance of Beauty and The Beast.
With freeze frames children work on different
skills such as creativity because
they have to find the way of showing the chosen scene just in a few minutes, previous knowledge because they have to
remember the scene and the characters shown there in order to represent it
correctly and also socialization sharing
opinions, trying to convince others and describing what they know about the
scene, etc.
Moreover, freeze frames could be used in other
subjects such as Science. In Science, groups can develop a series of images showing the process
of metamorphosis (e.g. caterpillar to butterfly or frogspawn to frog).
In this picture, some
students are representing “The Five Senses”.
Last year, during my Practicum
II, we did in a class of 4th Course of Primary Education a complete
Fairy Tale using Freeze Frames. First of all students listened the tale in a
cd. Then, they wrote the tale with the help of the teacher in order to check if
they have understood completely the tale. After that, the teacher gave to each
student a character or a role to represent the scene. They used some costumes
made of cardboards and foam to make the scenes more beauty. And finally the
teacher took her photo camera and took pictures of all the scenes. The final
result was a complete tale created with the pictures in a Power Point.
Here you have some of
the pictures we did to make the tale:
- What do you think about these activities?
- Do you think it is possible to use freeze frames in other subjects?
Thank you for reading my post,
Nuria
Hello Nuria! First of all congratulations for your blog! It is really nice. Talking about freeze frames I have to say that I love it! It is so funny and enjoyable. I think it is a good method to use in class with children. Even we enjoy it, and we are old… Moreover, it is a good way to memorise something. Of course I believe that freeze frames can be used in other subjects, you can use them with everything you want, for example, I have an idea, I am thinking about Music subject, explaining the different types of instruments (percussion, air and string) you could make a concert scene, choosing a group of students, you say them what they have to do, for instance, they may represent as if they were playing the violin, and the rest of the class have to guess what they are. This can be useful for the teacher and the students to learn a specific content at the same time that you are innovating. I didn’t know about freeze frames before, but now I am sure that I will use them in a future! :)
ResponderEliminarLucía.
Hi Nuria!
ResponderEliminarI didn’t know any adaptation with freeze frames in a Primary classroom but I think it’s very beneficial for children who are shy to participate also to have the initiative in class also it’s helpful to get the knowledge, too! The result in your Practicum II is very beautiful! So, I started to think about adaptations of freeze frames in different subjects….
In Science, for example, to represent the life cycle of living things, the water cycle,…
In Language or Arts, to performance the life of an author.
In History, to review an historical situation like a war, conquest…
Thank you for give us a real example, for that reason I started to think in some activities to do during the Practicum III where I could include a freeze frame.