Storytelling basket

Story basket activity with storytelling props and puppets for pre-k early education toddlers. Teach pre-reading skills and early literacy by retelling favorite stories like I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen

Story baskets are a fabulous hands-on way to extend, engage and enrich. Be it language, fine motor skills, thinking, mathematics the list goes on.The question is how do you create one? What do you include in it and how do you share it? Here are a number of tips and tricks to help. If you want more details and support then my story basket mini-course may be for you!!Creating one starts with noticing an interest in a book or a general interest and sometimes a resource that sparks your or a…

Story baskets are a fabulous hands-on way to extend, engage and enrich. Be it language, fine motor skills, thinking, mathematics the list goes on.The question is how do you create one? What do you include in it and how do you share it? Here are a number of tips and tricks to help. If you want more details and support then my story basket mini-course may be for you!!Creating one starts with noticing an interest in a book or a general interest and sometimes a resource that sparks your or a…

Create a Goldilocks sensory storytelling basket using small toys for preschoolers and school aged kids to re-tell the story in their own words!

I am fizzing about the moveable storytelling mat I have made.I have been wanting to make a felt storytelling mat for a couple of years but every time I went to make one I didn’t because I thought I would need to make several for different scenes. A couple of months ago I came up with the idea of making a moveable one and I was EXCITED!No sewing or glue is required on the mat (except the trees)! I did add some embellishment with stitches but you don’t need them.Image.I made the base and then…

Here are the 10 picture books that I believe every teacher or household needs. It was HARD to choose my top 10 but when I thought about how many extra copies I had to buy of the books and the number of story baskets I had created to bring them to life and then I was able to settle on my 10.1. We’re going on a bear hunt2. Dear zoo3. The very hungry caterpillar4. The Gruffalo 5. Owl babies6. The rainbow fish7. The 3 little pigs8. The tiger who came t

Great ideas for preschool discovery baskets, for math, small worlds, pretend play and science

This week is National Story Telling week and today is World Read Aloud day. In our home, reading and telling a story goes beyond words on a page. We like to bring our books to life through bookish …

Keep a basket of small toys and figures for visual storytelling. | 31 Clever And Inexpensive Ideas For Teaching Your Child At Home