Los Cuentos Infantiles
This project involved utilizing our Spanish 1 skills, and knowledge of Spanish children's books, to create a children's book of our own about a country of our choice and read it to children. We started off by studying children's books, both in English and Spanish, to get a feel of the layout and common themes. We then created a practice booklet using these themes in a book based on Durango. After that we chose our country. It had to be a Spanish speaking country (obviously) in South America. I chose Argentina. Next we delved into our country. We learned about the history, what it's known for, what the people do, etc. We got as close as we could get to our country with out actually going there. We got a feel for what the people were like and what they enjoy doing. The next step was to start thinking like a person from our country and create a children's book based on a city in my country. Finally, we presented our books to First and Second graders and recorded ourselves reading our book, as shown below.
This project helped me access my inner imagination. Growing up, I never pretended to be someone else or played with imaginary friends. I always just knew what was real and what wasn't, and didn't see a reason to try to alter what is already there. In simpler words, I never used my imagination. Everything I did was realistic. Sounds like a fun childhood, eh? This project helped bring to light my inner imagination skills. This project was really a stretch for me, content wise, in the sense that I didn't really understand what my audience wanted. Once I figured that out, the rest of the project was a piece of cake... well, not really. I also can't draw, and children scare me. So all in all, the project was far out of my comfort zone, but with my peers critique and lots of perseverance, I was able to produce a piece of work I could be proud of.
This project helped me access my inner imagination. Growing up, I never pretended to be someone else or played with imaginary friends. I always just knew what was real and what wasn't, and didn't see a reason to try to alter what is already there. In simpler words, I never used my imagination. Everything I did was realistic. Sounds like a fun childhood, eh? This project helped bring to light my inner imagination skills. This project was really a stretch for me, content wise, in the sense that I didn't really understand what my audience wanted. Once I figured that out, the rest of the project was a piece of cake... well, not really. I also can't draw, and children scare me. So all in all, the project was far out of my comfort zone, but with my peers critique and lots of perseverance, I was able to produce a piece of work I could be proud of.