Images, video and stories
Kids learn to tell something clearly with pictures, motion and words, and to direct a machine so it draws or films what they imagined.
What they learn
- A story has parts. Someone, something they want, something they fear and a problem. Kids build stories from those pieces.
- A limit makes you choose. Ten seconds of video forces you to decide what stays, how it starts and where to cut.
- Composing an image. What goes in front, how big, what contrasts, and one idea per picture.
- Describing what you see in your head. Every word you add changes the result, and asking again is not failing.
How they learn it
The story you can hear
You write a short story about your own character and give it a voice. At the end you listen to it as if someone were reading it to you.
- 1Say out loud who your character is and what they want, before touching any tool.
- 2Write what they fear: the thing they do not want to happen.
- 3Build the scenes: how it starts, the problem, what they try.
- 4Give each scene a voice, then listen to the whole story without stopping and without explaining it.
What they build
A short story with a character, scenes and your own voice.
Also: a ten-second video, a sign that explains itself, a choose-your-own-adventure with branches that all reach an ending.
Skills it develops
How it grows with age
A story you can hear, a story that starts with dice, a ten-second video, a sign anyone understands.
An illustrated story, a choose-your-own-adventure, a video with two scenes, a creator-style review.
The picture you asked for, exactly as you imagined it, and a video that shows your own work to someone who was not there.
Tools they use
Real tools, with one line on what your kid does with each.
- Story and Video studios
A storyboard with shots, timing and a voice script; a story with characters, illustrations and their voice.
- Canva
Designs covers, posters and presentations.
- CapCut
Edits video: cuts, joins, adds music and text.
- Krita
Draws and paints with brushes and layers.
- GIMP
Retouches and combines images.
- Inkscape
Draws vectors: logos and icons that never pixelate.
- Kdenlive
Edits video with layers, transitions and subtitles.
- Twine
Writes stories where the reader chooses what happens.
Every outside tool is used with a workshop account. A kid never creates or uses an account of their own.
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