FOR TEACHERS
Developing creativity, confidence and communication skills.
“Using storytelling and story acting, children develop not only their creative imagination, but also their vocabulary, listening skills and belief in the importance of their thoughts and fantasies. This technique is inherently theatrical, creating in the classroom a community of audience, storytellers and performers.”
READING & RESOURCES
Overview
These sessions develop children's innate ability to be story-players – to create, act out, share and exchange stories. A variety of strategies to facilitate individual and group storycreating and the children then bring these to life using an approach from the work of Vivian Gussin - Paley.
“I really liked the story square, especially generating a story, and then being able to ‘see’ it come to life in the square. The children (and I) found it really inspiring and they were totally engaged. We will definitely be using this in English in the future”
“It was really good and really fun, we got to act out lots of parts like caves and forests in the storysquare”
Learning across all areas
Stories at Large supports learning across all areas of the curriculum, providing a motivating and exciting context for children to develop their abilities: It...
Creates an enabling and inclusive environment where each child's voice is heard and valued
Ensures all children are actively engaged in developing their physical as well as their verbal vocabulary
Empowers children as their stories and ideas come to life
Encourages collaborative relationships a children act out and discuss the themes of the stories
Develops children’s capacity as ‘possibility thinkers’ which has been likened to the engine of creativity
Develops confidence, communication and listening skills
Builds understanding of the world and empathy for other peoples' feelings
Extends literacy skills and the ability to create coherent narratives
For teachers to develop their own storytelling skills, Skylarker recommends this excellent storytelling course - ‘Storytelling in the Classroom’