Story Dictation

This curriculum's own version of the TAT (Thematic Apperception Test), except that no profound clinical interpretations are required.

Objectives

Children ages 4 ½-5 years can tell a story Lang. IIA
and children 4-5 can “read” the pictures Lang. IB
Children ages 1 ½-2 years can name things seen in the pictures Lang. IB
and ages 1-1 ½ can repeat names of objects seen in the pictures Lang. IB
All children participating can listen to the tape recorder and points to self when heard Lang. IA

 
 
 

Materials

Action pictures cut from cartoon magazines; tape recorder

Procedures

1. Have children sit around table with tape recorder going in center. Let each child, in turn, choose a picture and describe what is happening in it. Ask, "What happened before? What will happen next?" Younger children may be asked to name the objects in the picture or repeat the names after you.

2. Play back tape and have children guess whose voice they are hearing. Place the pictures in the middle of the table or prop up along a ledge. Have the children guess which picture is being described on the tape.