Children are often fascinated with characters from traditional tales and also things that 'scare' them. Giants fulfil both criteria, so can be doubly exciting! Exploration of such a theme could begin through favourite stories, through the children's interest in 'huge' things, or through some children's recent opportunities to visit pantomimes or shows featuring giants, such as 'Jack and the Beanstalk'.
Giants feature strongly in stories, and when practitioners share a wide range of traditional and classic texts with children, individually or in small groups, at story times and spontaneously, children will find their own firm favourites. Moreover, if children are to write their own original, exciting, imaginative stories, they need lots of opportunities to use the oral language of fantasy and revisit fantasy themes over and over again.
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