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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 

  • Not now Bernard 
  • Where the wild things are 
  • Hansel and Gretel 
  • Goldilocks and the Three Bears 
  • Gruffalo 
  • Bear Hunt 
  • Little Red Riding Hood 
  • Dear Zoo 
  • Mr Gumpys Outing 
  • Whatever Next 
  • Peace at Last

 

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
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