Storytelling

This week we celebrated our learning by inviting our parents to assembly. Our current topic is ‘Autumn’ and the children have been exploring the season through the book, ‘The Leaf Man’ by Lois Elhert. As well as showing off our own Leaf Man pictures and singing a leaf song, children were able to retell the story using actions. Storytelling is a great way to develop literacy skills, by learning about different types of books and eventually it will lead on to inspire children to tell/write their own stories.

If you would like to do some storytelling with your child at home, the following tips may help.

• Read through the story together. Talk about what happens.
• Choose some actions for parts of the story. Simple actions are best remembered.
• You could draw a story map. This may include little pictures or actions, drawn on to a piece of paper so that it is easier to see what is coming up, rather than having to flick through the book. We have included a picture of our Leaf Man story map to give you some ideas.

Have a lovely time together! The aim is to build confidence. Books can be daunting if you can’t read the words. This way, your child can retell a much loved story without having to recognise every word on the page.

If you would like to share any storytelling with you and your child at home, we would be delighted to see it on Tapestry!