Bring a story to life with Makey Makey

Grade Pre K-2

Subject- Literacy

In this activity my 3 and 6 year olds retold a story using clay and Makey Makeys. It is a great activity for teaching parts of a story.

Lesson Outline:

  • Read a story with repetition to students.
  • Students identify the main characters then make the characters out of clay.DSC04798
  • Choose or draw  the characters in Scratch.
  • Identify the setting and then make models of the setting (optional)
  • Choose or draw backgrounds that match the setting into Scratch.DSC04793 (1)DSC04797
  • Students recall what the characters say then record it into scratch.
  • Attach the clay characters to the Makey Makey and set up the code so that when (chosen key) is pressed it plays the recorded sound.
  • With younger kids you will need to set up the coding yourself.  With older kids they can set it up. See this example project to copy the code.DSC04801
  • Kids retell the story using their clay characters.
  • Extension: Rewrite the story using the same pattern but make it their own by adjusting one element of the story such as choosing new characters.
    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1Oao-82VC8]