Schoolkids turn storytellers

AHMEDABAD: It was not just another story-telling session at Crossword book store, Mithakhali, on Sunday. Some Grade I students of Riverside not only narrated the stories, but enacted them too on the parents' demand.
Giving their own logic about their work, the children presented two stories namely 'Hornbill's problems' and 'The test' . The event was part of a group exercise undertaken by the Riverside school, wherein each group comprised of five children, who were suppose to either write the story, give ideas or do illustrations for the cover page as per their strengths.
The kids were quite witty and showed unique ability to answer the queries that were put forth by the parents. On being asked about difference of opinion in the team, Viraz Wadia and Nitya Shah jointly answered, "There were small fights over who was supposed to do what, but then we focused on the strengths and decided accordingly." The event provided the youngsters with a platform to showcase their abilities.
Talking to TOI, teacher in-charge Jahnvi Mehta said, "The idea was to introduce the children with the parts of the story namely beginning, middle and end, besides the background and characters. The children have executed the task beautifully in a span of just 10 days."
"It was the team work by the children which gave them an opportunity for public scrutiny," she said and added that a few other titles that would be read by the children on subsequent Sundays include 'The dragon of the magical land', 'Herbal and helpful boy' and 'Marigold's wish'.