Research has shown that children who know the stories of their families are stronger and more well-adjusted. Here are some ideas for telling family stories. The more you connect with your stories, the more you connect with your heart. #familyhistoryfriday #goodforyou

Story Spinners for Oral and Written stories in first grade and kindergarten.

The difference between SAY and TELL (SAID and TOLD) in English with examples sentences and a video with pronunciation.

Narrative Therapy offers a helpful tool we can use to make sense of COVID-19 and other life-altering events we encounter and need to process.

Time: 10 minutes Age: Big kids Difficulty to make: Easy peasy Skill: Literacy, story telling

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This extensive list includes not only the classic quotes by Douglas Adams, Albert Einstein, or Thomas Edison, but also the lesser-known ones that have been coined in the recent years.

Meet the Mum Behind the Maker - a behind the scenes into the life of a Mum who makes beautiful toys - story stones - perfect kids gifts.

What makes a great story, what is storytelling and how can a person become great at storytelling? Here's a list of 8 tips to help you become the best storyteller

Stories matter. When my husband asked me to share a part of my story for a night of worship at our church on Easter, I didn’t want to do it. I didn’t want to recall the hard and sinful …

Storytelling is a wonderful way to build creativity and imagination in your students. How can storytelling activities be beneficial in the classroom? There are so many ways! inspires purposeful talkingraises enthusiasm for reading textsinitiates writingenhances communityimproves writingengages students Want to see how each of these activities work? Watch the Storytelling Activities video on my YouTube

Superworm Story Map A hand drawn story map to use when storytelling. Please also see our talk for writing planning. All our planning has been carefully created by experienced qualified

Even as we procrastinate writing our book, we are really good at telling ourselves stories. Our stories come out like this: “Other people have more interesting lives and more exciting stories to tell.” “I have something to share, but it’s not life-changing or anything.” “I’m not a great writer, and I’m terrible at grammar.” […]

The Gingerbread Man Story Map A hand drawn story map to use when story telling. Please also see our talk for writing planning. All our planning has been carefully

Why, throughout human history, have people been so drawn to fiction?

We have been talking about symbols this week and how symbols can be used to tell a story... During circle time, I drew some symbols on large chart paper and had the children tell me what they thought the symbols represented. This was a fun story

Nothing solidifies an idea like building a narrative around it.

Story elements are the five components that make up a story. They are the characters, setting, plot, conflict and resolution. These elements keep the story running smoothly and allow the action to develop in a logical way that the reader can follow. Retelling involves students orally reconstructing a story that they have read or has been read to them. A student's retell should include characters, settings, and events in the logical sequence of the story.

We don't need to look at her sentence and get jealous over her paragraph. No, that is her story. I've got mine; you've got yours. And every story matters.

Telling and sharing stories is a tradition so ancient and universal that some say that it’s what makes us human.

As I continue to do this storytelling work, I naturally spend a lot of time thinking about the role of storytelling in our lives. When I think about the current political landscape (in the US), I can’t help but observe that storytelling is a form of truth telling for social justice organizations. And truth telling, […]

We have been talking about symbols this week and how symbols can be used to tell a story... During circle time, I drew some symbols on large chart paper and had the children tell me what they thought the symbols represented. This was a fun story

Oh, my! What a week. Week 4 with my third grade friends was great. Great reading lessons, writing lessons, and picture day. In writing news, we wrote our first story this week! Yeehaw! We have been focusing on choosing small moments. This week we wrote action/reaction plans. You know how your kids want to write stories that sound like this: We did this and then we did this and then we did this and then we did . . . . And then you want to stab yourself in the eye. Anyway, that's how we plan. I tell the kids that those make terrible stories, but our brains really like to think this way when we're telling a story. So the first day, we make plans where we bulleted out actions and skipped four or five lines between each action. The next day, we added in the part that makes a story good. The thoughts and feelings. We labeled each one in our plan with a T and an F. When teaching, I bounce back and forth referring to this as the action/reaction and external/internal story. Whenevery I say action or external, I hold my hand out. Whenever I say reaction or internal, I put one hand on my brain and the other on my heart. Here's how my plan looked at the end of day 2. And no, I don't always write sad stories, but I think it really helps them to see that all stories don't have to be hunky dory. These kids are deeper than we give them credit for. Here are some copies of plans. I kept working with everyone until they were "there". It's a little cookie cutter, but for now it makes the point that you must have thoughts and feelings in a story for it to be worth writing. Now on to life's little reality: I have to get grades y'all. So their grade was based on how much coaching it took to get to a solid plan. Their first stories turned out pretty great for the beginning of third grade! This week we'll work on showing not telling feelings. Here's a page I'm going to use. You can download it here. I'm thinking I'll put them together to make a class book. After that, I really want to do this lesson I found on Miss Radka's Rhapsody. Hopefully, all this will turn out as great as it sounds in my head.

Teen demands mom always knock before entering his room, ends up getting a lock for his door, mom loses it completely.

With Spring and Summer following shortly behind, it is time to look for crafts to keep the kids busy. Rock Craft Ideas are a perfect Spring and Summer activity! We love to collect rocks during our travels or when we are camping. Sharing some Rock Craft Ideas below that are sure to get you are your kids

Your students will have so much fun writing with these Roll-a-Story boards. Their creativity will be flowing after discovering which super fun character, problem and setting their story will be about. This resource is perfect in helping students write creative and interesting stories while taking the ‘stress’ out of thinking of what to write about. To use the boards, students simply choose a board and roll a die three times to discover which character, problem and setting their story will be based on. There are 9 different boards, which means there are almost 2000 different story possibilities! Includes both a USA and AUS/UK version. A version is also included where the problem and setting begins with a lowercase letter. You may also like: Roll an Activity - Literacy Centers ♥♥♥ Follow me to be the first to hear about FREEBIES and updates ♥♥♥ ♥♥♥ Earn TPT Credits when you leave feedback ♥♥♥ I welcome and appreciate any feedback, comments or suggestions. You may also contact me on [email protected]

Make a story come alive with hands-on story sequencing activities for preschooler and Kindergarteners.

We Are Going On A Bear Hunt Story Map A hand drawn story map to use when story telling. Please also see our talk for writing planning. All our

Have you ever tried storytelling through song? Making up stories and adding music is fun for kids.

It’s National Storytelling week soon, and I’ve been looking at ways to engage the children interactively in the art of storytelling. We did story sticks last year, which was a big hit, but I want to try something else this year. Here are some exciting ideas to look at and try for National Story Telling …

Create a story basket full of storytelling props to retell favourite fairy tales together in a playful way! So easy to set up with items from around the house and beneficial for so many strands of early literacy development. As part of our on-going Playful Storytelling series, co-hosted with the gorgeous blog, One Perfect Day,...Read More »

The Grimm's Weather book is created in collaboration with the German illustrator Sarah Settgast. The 26-page board book uses 24 lovingly designed illustrations to tell stories about the weather and everything associated with it. The 24 chosen themes are spelled out from our GRIMM’S wooden letters and frame each illustr

A good story can make or break a presentation, article or conversation. But why is that? WhenBuffer co-founder Leo Widrich started to market his product through stories instead of benefits and bullet points, sign-ups went through the roof. Here he shares the science of why storytelling is so uniquely powerful. Title illustration by Tina Mailhot-Roberge. […]

13 Excellent Storytelling Games for Kids

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We have been talking about symbols this week and how symbols can be used to tell a story... During circle time, I drew some symbols on large chart paper and had the children tell me what they thought the symbols represented. This was a fun story

This is a reading passages with comprehension. This is our 21st release. Each comprehension has some questions. Teachers could read them and tell stories to kids. The kids need to answer the questions. Please download the PDF Reading Comprehension for kids-Exercise 21