Story Telling

Jun 11, 2019

Telling stories always gives me that higgle feeling of joy and being cosy.

My book recommendations

How to Catch a Star
Four Seasons in One Day
The Snowman
Lost Words
I Am the Seed That Grew the Tree - A Nature Poem for Every Day of the Year: National Trust

Classic books

Ideas to support practice

Get outside to story tell
Listen to music and move to the story it creates (Four Seasons in One Day)
Tell a story with just props
Tell a story in the forest
Tell a story with a torch in the dark
Tell a story through movement (Going on a Bear Hunt)
Link your small world area to a story.
Hold a bedtime story night (Think Pjs, Hot chocolate, a roaring fire on the smartboard and a cosy atmosphere)
Use nature to make story characters (Stickman)
Make up your own group story and retell it to an audience
Make your own books up
Set up a puppet theatre role play area
Invite staff in to share their favourite books
Create a story telling den with a password to get in
Create magic story maps wit UV pens that can only be read with a torch
Use your smartboard to set different story scenes as a background (see Starbuck Education)
Set up a shared hygge book nook in your setting with sheepskin rugs, cushions,
Record the stories that children tell in play and share these with your group.
Set up a stage in your provision to allow children to tell their own stories
Create a special story tellers chair in provision with a wonderful hat to wear
Create baskets with themed books in (Magic, Fairy Tales, Adventure stories)
Hide some props from a favourite story around your provision for children to find and then retell their story.
Make a display of all your favourite stories to tell.
Visit a theatre

Books to supporting practice

Helicopter Stories

Talk for Writing in the Early Years