1. STORYTELLING IN ELT – 2012-2013
I have selected this
storybook to work
with 4 years old
children because
as is a picture
book with limited
text is likely to
appeal to children
of this age.
The white little rabbit

2. ACTIVITY
TYPE Before the story 1
ACTIVITY
TYPE During the story 2
ACTIVITY
TYPE After the story 3
THE
STORYBOOK The white little rabbit 4

3. ACTIVITY
TYPE
Before the story
DESCRIPTION First of all the teacher will bring to the class Rabbit the puppet, then the teacher will introduce it to the
children as a new friend that would like to show them some colours and how they can create them. The
teacher will use the puppet to direct the class.
The puppet will bring to the children its own book called “The white little rabbit” where the rabbit
puppet is the main character of the story. Then the puppet will show flash cards related to the
vocabulary of the story (rabbit/bunny, paint, bowl, splash into, jump into, to have a shower, grass).
While explaining the vocabulary of the story the puppet will ask the children to mime some verb
actions like jump into, have a shower or splash into.
The puppet will stick the flashcards on the blackboard so that all children can see them.
Finally, before beginning the explanation of the story, the puppet will ask the children what colours
they already know and which ones are their favourites so they will be practicing the structure: My
favourite colour is (the colour).
TOPIC - Introduction of the story with the help of a puppet
- The colours
STORYTELLER Teacher AUDIENCE P4 children
MEANS/C
HANNEL
Oral explanation
MATERIAL - The book
- The rabbit puppet
- Flashcards with the following vocabulary
• Rabbit/Bunny • Splash into
• Paint • Jump into
• Bowl • To have a shower
• Grass

4. SKILLS ORAL WRITTEN
RECEPTIVE Listening x Reading
PRODUCTIVE Speaking x Writing
INTERACTIVE Conversation x Chatting
INTERMEDIARY Interpretating x Translating
Positive aspects Negative aspects
•The use of a puppet is a really useful tool to
foster children listening and attention, to
introduce a new storybook and captivate the
audience.
•The use of the puppets at class helps children to
improve their communication skills and literacy
answering questions or following a conversation.
•The dialogue is useful to introduce the title of
the story, the main character and the vocabulary
of the story. Also the teacher can know the
previous knowledge of the children about the
topic that they are going to work with.
•Enhance listening skills
•Is a story that doesn’t allow children to make sounds effects.

5. ACTIVITY TYPE During the story
TOPIC - The storybook of The white little rabbit
- Colour mixing activity that focus on the three basic colours
STORYTELLER Teacher AUDIENCE P4 children
MEANS/
CHANNEL
Oral, storytelling
MATERIAL - The book
- The puppet
- The flashcards
- Yellow, red and blue paint
- Bowls
- Wipes to clean hands
- Din4 paper for each child
DESCRIPTION The puppet and the teacher will explain the story for the first time with the help of the book and the flashcards.
The children and the teacher will be on the carpet of the library corner of the class.
Tips that the teacher will have into account:
•Speak at normal speed varying the volume, pitch and tempo of the voice
•The teacher will use images as support, mime and action whenever possible
•Just in case students don’t understand something, teacher can help them to understand the puppet doing
movements with his/her body or even translating something into Catalan.
After reading the story the puppet will ask the children if they have liked it and if they want to hear it again but
that time using their hands and some paint to follow the colour mixtures that the white rabbit does in the story.
At this time we will need the children to be grouped by tables. The teacher will distribute three bowls for each
table, the three bowls will contain yellow, red and blue paint. The tables will have also wipes to clean hands and
a sheet of paper for each child.
During the second explanation of the story the teacher will stop each time that the rabbit makes a new colour so
that the teacher will give enough time to the children to make their own handprint colour mixture.

6. DESCRIPTION The activity will goes like that:
The teacher will explain:
-The rabbit liked the yellow paint and decided to paint himself yellow. Maybe he will look nice! He splashed
into the yellow bowl. And the little white rabbit now was a little yellow rabbit. The teacher will stop and let
time to the children to paint one hand (immersing their hands into the bowl of paint) and make a handprint to
the sheet paper.
The teacher will continue with the story
-The rabbit had a great time playing games with the paint so he decided to jump into the red paint bowl. What
would it happen?
The children will paint the other hand and make a red handprint next to the yellow one.
The teacher will continue with the story
-Now the rabbit was orange because yellow and red make orange.
The children will start to rub their two hands and see that the yellow from one hand and the red from the other
will get mixed and make one colour: brown. They will make another handprint above the other two.
The teacher will continue with the story
-But the rabbit did not like the colour very much. He decided to start again. Now the rabbit had a shower to be
white again.
The children will clean their hands with the wipes
They pupils will repeat the same action to make purple, green and brown.
After making one colour they will have to say:
-Yellow and red make orange
-Red and blue make purple
-Blue and yellow make green
-Green and red make brown
While cleaning hands, the pupils will have to say all together:
-I’m having a shower to be white again
After cleaning hands they will write the name of each colour above all the handprints.
At the end of the story the children will have 4 sheets of papers with their handprints and the result of mixing
colours.

7. Positive aspects Negative aspects
- Encourage use of imagination and creativity
- The vocabulary of the story don’t have to be
simplified because is simply enough to be
understood.
- The activity allows the children active participation.
- Children can experiment on their own what the
rabbit is doing with the colours.
- Is a really hands on activity to experiment the
process of mixing colours
- The children can’t do their own guesses while doing
the activity because they already know the final of
mixing two colours
SKILLS ORAL WRITTEN
RECEPTIVE Listening x Reading
PRODUCTIVE Speaking x Writing x
INTERACTIVE Conversation Chatting
INTERMEDIARY Interpretating x Translating

8. ACTIVITY TYPE After the story
MEANS/
CHANNEL
writing
STORYTELLER Teacher AUDIENCE P4 children
TOPIC Children writing a home letter
MATERIAL - Pencil
- Paper
- Black marking pen
- Colours
- Scissors
DESCRIPTION After explaining twice the book and experiencing the colour mixing, the children will write a letter to their
parents explaining what they have done and learned at class.
The teacher will give to each student a sheet of paper with the little white rabbit sketch on it. The children will
have to paint one side of rabbit with one colour from the story and at the other side they will write:
WE HAVE READ THE WHITE LITTLE RABBIT
WE HAVE MIXED COLOURS:
YELLOW + RED = ORANGE
RED + BLUE = PURPLE
BLUE + YELLOW = GREEN
GREEN + RED = BROWN
After all the hard work of writing the children will cut out the shape of the rabbit and then they will keep the
letter to their school bag.
Note that the teacher will ask the students what they want to explain to their parents so the example above is
not something closed, it will depend on the children.

9. Positive aspects Negative aspects
- The letter is a bridge between the school and home.
- Children share the experience with the families.
- The teacher can give the necessary support and
guide to each child.
- Depending on the English level of the group and their
literacy, the letter can be longer or shorter. Is not a
negative aspect is just something that the teacher
will have into account.
SKILLS ORAL WRITTEN
RECEPTIVE Listening Reading
PRODUCTIVE Speaking x Writing x
INTERACTIVE Conversation x Chatting
INTERMEDIARY Interpretating Translating

10. The white little rabbit

11. Once upon a time there was a little white rabbit that was tired of being
white. One day he started to make experiments white some paint.

12. First of all he put two bowls, a yellow one and a blue one and filled themwith
yellow paint and blue paint.

13. Then he put a red
bowl with red paint.

14. The rabbit liked
the yellow paint
and decided to
paint himself
yellow. Maybe he
will looknice!

15. He splashed into
the yellow bowl.

16. And the
little
white
rabbit
now was a
little
yellow
rabbit.

17. The rabbit had a
great time playing
games with the
paint so he
decided to jump
into the red paint
bowl. What would
it happen?

18. Now the rabbit
was orange
because yellow
and red make
orange.
But the rabbit did
not like the colour
very much.
He decided to
start again.

19. Now the rabbit had a
showerto be white
again.

20. What would
it happen if
he jumped
into the red
paint bowl
now that he
was white
again?

21. Uups, now it was red.

22. But he wanted to play more, so he jumped into the blue bowl.

23. It was so funny!

24. And if I try the red bowl? Thought the little white rabbit.

25. Great! Now he was purple.
How funny!

26. This was a very funny
colourfora rabbit so the
rabbit had anothershower.
What would mumsay if she
saw himpurple?

27. When he was clean
and white again he
tried the blue. What
will happen?

28. And now the yellow
again, what colour
will I be now?

29. Now the rabbit is
green because
blue and yellow
make green. It is
not a good colour
for a bunny. He
looks grass.

30. He is going to have a
showeragain.
But, what happens? Oh
dear! There is not water.
Now, what amI going to
do.
He does not want to be a
green bunny.
There are not green
rabbits.

31. There is
not water
but there
is red
paint. I
will try

32. What will happen now?

33. Well, now he is not white, he is brown. It is such a
beautiful colour!

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