Mango Lick!

Sonal Goyal; Sumit Sakhuja

Wondering what to do with wordless stories?
Wordless stories are wonderful because they
contain infinite possibilities. Here are a few ideas for engaging with children
using visual stories:
- Explore the story in a leisurely manner. Draw
attention to the details - the expressions of the characters, setting, colours,
etc. The idea is for each child to build her own story. If the story is being
shown to a group of children, you could ask each of them to contribute a
sentence or two for each illustration. Take joy in exploring each illustration
and build the story as you go along.
- Use themes explored in the story to start a
discussion. For instance, in this story, you could ask children about how to read a map, different kinds of landforms or a class discussion on 'travel'.
- Encourage children to create 2-3 different
stories using the same set of visuals. This will help push their imagination.