天气凉爽，阳光明媚，这是再完美不过的一天了。我们的“幼儿园故事节”也因此变得更为完美。整个星期，孩子们都在为这一天准备，大家充满了期待。

孩子们花了一些时间和同伴们一起探索自己所知道的故事角色，研究故事中的人物和其他可接触到的资源。大家的兴趣被充分激发，作为积极的“交流者”，与大家分享自己各种新奇的服装创意。

孩子们穿着自己选择的服装，庄严地走进教室，展示作为冒险者的自信和能力。孩子们展示了各种各样的服装，共同打造了一场神奇的表演。老师们也没有让大家失望，全都为这个节日盛装打扮。

大家欣赏着彼此的服装，但这并不是当天的主要活动！因为激动人心的时刻快要到了——盛装游行！所有的孩子都急切地在操场上排队，节日气氛越来越浓，大家都期待着向朋友们炫耀自己的装扮。在等待的时候，孩子们兴奋地聊着其他班级的奇装异服。当大家看到有趣而奇特的服装时，还会“哇~”地发出惊叹声。

令人兴奋的是，孩子们在服装选择上是开放的。因为他/她们的创造性思维引导他/她们经历了一个全新的设计过程，创造出自己独特的装扮。孩子们对环境进行了调查，了解了建立可持续发展环境的更好方法。瑞吉欧主张使用可回收材料及可重复使用材料，孩子们受此影响，很多展示的服装都是手工制作的。

最后，所有孩子都聚齐了，游行终于开始了。孩子们展示自己的服装时都显示出非凡的自信。我们通过幼儿园的走廊，来到行政楼，穿过大厅，“炫耀”我们的装扮。我们这些沿途经过的公主、神奇动物、勇士和恐龙让许多人倾心不已。

我们还在前台停下来，迅速拍了一张班级合影，以纪念这一特别的时刻。孩子们列队穿过行政大楼，为我们辛勤工作的行政团队表演了一番，大家都被孩子深深吸引住了。游行并不仅限于南校区，北校区的孩子们也加入到校园巡游中来，大家的扮相都让我们惊叹不已。

之后，我们回到操场和老师们一起拍了一些有趣的照片，我们让孩子们自主选择在哪里以及如何拍摄自己的照片。不过“故事节”还没结束呢，因为回到课堂上之后，孩子们还要跟同学们分享自己服装背后的故事和想法。每个班级都鼓励孩子们用不同的方式来表达自己的看法。在一些班级，老师还让大家选出最具创意的服装或角色。

有些孩子带来了与自己所装扮的人物有关的故事书，并与同学们一起分享。孩子们玩得很开心，互相倾听了解到新的故事。

午休时间到了，忙了一个上午的孩子们，都准备好睡觉了。总之，这次活动非常成功，这一天实现了两个非常重要的目标：孩子们玩得很开心，而且他/她们能够用自己的方式表达自己。

最重要的是，孩子们还将带着一两个故事回家，与家人分享自己有生以来最神奇的一天，并且，大家已经开始期待明年的故事节了。

The day could not be more perfect as the weather presented itself in a cool but pleasantly sunny day. This made it perfect for our Early Year’s Storybook day. The children had been bursting with anticipation for this day all week as they got their costumes prepared for the day.

The children had spent some time exploring along with their peers the different storybook characters that they were aware of. Through a renewed interest the children were inspired to utilize their abilities as communicators to share and discover new ideas for costumes with one another. The children spent some time researching and investigating new storybook characters and the resources they had access to.

The children did not disappoint as they made their grand entrances into their classrooms demonstrating confidence and their abilities as risk-takers in their choice of costumes. The children presented, both their classmates and their teachers, with a magical display and variety of costumes. The teachers did not disappoint either as they too got into the spirit of things by getting dressed up for the occasion as well. 

The children spent their first part of the morning comparing their costumes with one another but this was not to be the main event of the day as that was soon to come. A parade around the school! All the children eagerly lined up on the playground, the atmosphere was one of a building anticipation to show off their costumes to their friends from other classes. The children were chatting with one another excitedly about the amazing costumes they could see from the other classes, as they waited for the parade to start. There were a lot of “oohs” and “ahs” as they spotted interesting and spectacular costumes their friends wore in the other classes.

Excitingly enough, there were costume designs that demonstrated that our children were open-minded in their choice of costumes. As their creative thinking led them through a whole new design process of creating their very own unique costume designs. The children had inquired into the environment and had become knowledgeable about better ways to build a sustainable environment. These principled children displayed costumes that were hand-crafted and Reggio Emilia inspired by using recycled materials and reusable parts. 

At last all were gathered, and it was finally time for the main event to start. All the children showed off their remarkable confidence as they showcased their costumes around the school. We started off with a short walk through the Early Years building and then we made our way to the main building to show off our costumes in the reception area. The children did not disappoint as they confidently performed poses for spectators. Along the way many people were truly enamored by the collection of princesses, magical animals, warriors and dinosaurs passing them.

On our way through the reception we made a quick stop for a class photo to remember the occasion. The children paraded then their way through the administration block to give our hard-working administration team a show.  The administration team were truly enchanted by the display and caring nature of the children. The parade was not just limited to the Early Years South campus as the North campus surprised us all with their wonderful display of costumes too. The South campus children displayed their caring natures by warmly welcoming the North campus children into the parade around the school.

After this we headed back to the playground to take some comical pictures with our teachers who also looked amazing. The children were given agency to choose where and how they wanted their photos to be taken around the playground. This was not the end of it as we all went back to class and each child shared their story and ideas behind their costumes with their classes. Each class encouraged their children to express themselves in different ways concerning their costumes. The children also reflected on the parade and their costume designs with their peers. In some classes teachers asked the children to elect their most creative costumes or most original characters. 

Some of the children had brought the storybooks related to the characters they were dressed up as. The children spent some time sharing their books with their friends and classmates. The children had a great time exploring and inquiring into some new storybooks from their friends. 

When naptime came around the children were all ready to get some shut eye as they had had a very busy morning. All in all, the event was a huge success and two very important goals were met this day, the children had fun and they were able to express themselves in their own way.

To top it all off the children headed home with a tale or two to share with their families of the most magical day they had ever had and ideas already forming for next year’s Storybook Day.