The document narrates the story of Lola, a squirrel who wakes up with sweet words stuck in her cheeks but struggles to express them throughout her day. Despite several attempts at school and home, she only finds her voice at night when she finally tells her parents 'I love you a lot,' leading to affection and comfort. The document also includes didactic proposals aimed at guiding storytelling sessions for young children while fostering emotional expression and social relationships.

1. Some Sweet
Words

2. Some Sweet Words

3. This morning Lola woke up with some sweet
words in her mouth.

4. “They are here” she says. “I can feel them
growing under my cheeks”.

5. Lola would like to say her sweet words to
daddy. But it’s too late, daddy is leaving.

6. Lola would like to say her sweet words to
mummy, but mom is in a hurry.

7. “Mom, I’d like to tell you...” Lola Mumbles.
“Later sweetie”, answers mom quickly,
“you’ll be late for school”.

8. On the bus there’s too much noise for
sweet words.

9. On the school playground Lola approaches
the teacher.But the teacher has already a
little one up on her arms.

10. She doesn’t think too much of her desk
mate. He won’t have her sweet words.

11. At lunch time in the dinning room everybody’s
chewing. Lola says nothing.
“Sweet words”, she thinks,”are not for
chewing”.

12. It’s break time. Everybody’s playing in a ring.
Lola couldn’t utter a single word,
not even a sweet word.

13. Going out of school, there’s Frankie, the king of the
skateboard. He’s rolling down the street.
Lola’s in love with him. It is to him that she wants
to offer her sweet words the sweetest.

14. How rude! He passes through right in front of
her nose without stopping, without saying
anything, without waiting for her sweet words.

15. On the bus there’s still too much noise. However
Lola, now, frowns.

16. At home, while she goes to and fro the living room
Lola frowns.

17. When their parents arrive, Lola’s still frowning.

18. She doesn’t feel like saying any sweet
word anymore.

19. At dinner time, she finds meat disgusting,
the salad looks bad, the apples are rotten
and the soda is tasteless.

20. What’s wrong with you Lola? Tell us!
say mom and dad.

21. Lola is completely decided: “I won’t say a
word it’s not worth it. I won’t say my sweet
words”.

22. But her cheeks grow and grow and
all of a sudden Lola cries...

23. “Mom, dad , I love you! I love you! I love you!”

24. Lola has finally managed to say her sweet words.
As sweet words are gone they really work.
Immediately, everything turns in cuddles and kisses for
Lola...

25. But as she’s climbing up the stairs to her bedroom she
feels a little bit worried:
What if tomorrow the sweet words don’t come back?

26. As soon as Lola turns the light off, she calms down,
tomorrow’s sweet words are already in her bedroom

27. This morning Lola woke up with some
sweet words in her mouth.

28. TITLE: SWEET WORDS
• SUMMARY
– A story of a squirrel called Lola who
wakes up with her cheeks swollen. This is
because she has words that she can not
say, until in the night she says the sweat,
caring words to their parents “I love you
a lot”.

29. GUIDE FOR THE STORYTELLER
TITLE: SWEET WORDS
• SUMMARY
– A story of a squirrel called
Lola who wakes up with her
cheeks swollen. This is
because she has words that
she can not say, until in the
night she says the sweat,
carins words to their
parents “I love you a lot”.
• DIDACTIC PROPOSAL
• LEVEL 1-2 YEARS
• Tell story and discuss it with group.
• Express, through gestives different emotions
(angry, happiness, sadness) in various situations.
• Verbalize and represent different times of the
day thar appear in the story.
• Demonstrate feelings for others (kisses, hugs,
cuddles..etc)
• OBJETIVES
– Express, orally or through
gestives feelings.
– Identify the typical activities
of our day to day life and our
attitude towards them.
– Discuss and evaluate the
importance of good social
relationships with others.
• LEVEL 2-3 YEARS
• Tell the story discuss it with all the
group.
• Drama on the story. An activity thar
involves acting out the story step by
step what has happened in the
story.
• Express, through gestives, various
feelings and emotions (anger,
happiness, sadness..)