Classroom design recipe is a learning and teaching tool that aims to propose opportunities to rethink classroom space design in order to facilitate and support learning and influence innovative teaching practices. Additionally, Classroom Design Recipe inspire teachers to change, use and prepare the classroom space to support and facilitate learning activities.

1. Floor Storytelling
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2. Why
Why use this card? Benefits classroom users’ will get
when they use this card:
• Creating an interactive floor.
• Using classroom flooring to support
teachers’ teaching strategy.
• Designing a colourful patterned floor.
• Visualising teacher’s storytelling
teaching strategy in order to stimulate
students and respond to their divers
learning styles.
• Changing the classroom space
according to the curriculum.
• Turning classroom flooring into a 3D
curriculum.
• Involving students in telling
curriculum stories.
• Creating a different learning
experience.
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3. How
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Applying this card depends on:
1. Turning the curriculum into a visual story and
telling students the story using images, short
sentences and 3D objects such as: mini-
furniture, Lego, cubes and other 3D objects
which are related to the curriculum and the
topics teachers are teaching.
2. Involving students in telling the story by asking
them to draw some of the images or to bring
some of the objects.
3. Arranging the classroom tables and chairs in a
U-shape.
4. Arranging the images, words, 3D objects on
the floor and telling students the story by
linking it to what is on the floor.
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6. How
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This card could be applied in diverse ways
but here is one suggestion of how to apply
this card. For example, if the lesson is
about a character such as Thomas Edison
you could apply the card in this way:
1. The lesson could be divided into sections: the
year he was born, difficulties he faced in life,
where he lived, what he invented, what he said,
and his photo.
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2. Then turn each
section into visuals:
for example, use
cube numbers to
show the year he
was born; use
images and objects
to make students
think about
difficulties he faced
in his life; use a
map to show where
he lived, bring in
objects he invented;
write on his quotes
post notes; bring in
his photo.
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3. After that, cut out rainbow coloured squares
using colourful cardboard and spread them on the
floor.
4. Finally, the teacher can spread her/his visuals
on the rainbow squares. For example, the teacher
can hide some visuals under the squares and put
others on the squares.
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10. What
What do teachers expect when using this card?
How might the learning space look?
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11. Apply and Share
#Classroom_Design_Recipes
#Floor_Storytelling #your_name
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