Case Study #3 Telling Our Story Through a Small Moment

"The best portion of your life will be the small, nameless moments you spend smiling with someone who matters to you" ~unknown

This week we kicked off our third case study "Telling Our Story" in our Learning Expedition "Everybody Has a Story".  We will be working hard as authors to write a small moment.

First, I brought in a watermelon to get them wondering how a watermelon is like a story.  Our life is the watermelon, the slice is something important (a certain family member like Nana or a holiday like Christmas or our birthday), but the seed is the small moment that we will zero in on (the Christmas pickle in my tree, my Nana making me fried chicken).

As you can tell they enjoyed the watermelon and really got the idea of the seed.  Many said "What's your seed?"  We shared our small moment stories orally while we enjoyed the watermelon.
Questions to ask your student..
"What is a small moment?"
"How is a seed of a watermelon like a small moment?"

**Practice telling your child a small moment story...
I remember when my grandpa...
This one time.....
Let me tell you about this one time....