MMN: Preschool – MultiModal Narrative

What is it?

MMN: Preschool is a validated 9-session multimodal narrative intervention program designed to promote the oral narrative structure and emotional perspective-taking in Catalan among preschool students.

The intervention has been designed to be implemented with two different supports:

Universal support

Group implementation

Addressed to all children

Intensive support

Individualized implementation

Addressed to children with specific educational needs

Teaching guide and materials

Three animated cartoons

This version of the MMN features three animated cartoons (part of the “Chigüiro” series) about Meloix, a friendly capybara.

Meloix and the bath

Sessions 1–3

Meloix and the bananas

Sessions 4–6

Meloix and the bus

Sessions 7–9

How to implement it?

The intervention is structured in blocks of three sessions, each dedicated to the same story. Each session begins with the same sequence of activities (cartoon watching and model embodied storytelling) and continues with a main activity:

Session 1. Sequenced story retelling (Q&A) about the story
Session 2. Story retelling and dramatization
Session 3. Personal story generation

Session 1. Sequenced story retelling (Q&A) about the first half of the story
Session 2. Sequenced story retelling (Q&A) about the second half of the story
Session 3. Personal story generation

Below you will find video tutorials on how to apply the main strategies of the MMN intervention.

Audiovisual support

Verbal support

Multimodality

At the StoryTIC website you will find detailed information on how to implement the intervention.

Digitized materials

The materials for the MMN: Preschool are available in a digitized format on the StoryTIC website.

At StoryTIC you will find not only the digitized intervention materials, but also video tutorials on how to use them, along with other resources for training narrative skills.

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Read what our professionals say

“At first I thought these stories were very simple for children in the last year of preschool (age 5), but when I started implementing the intervention I realized that the stories work well for practicing macrostructure and multimodality. This intervention has helped me improve my work on oral language in the classroom”
Preschool teacher