Nursery World - So the story goes

An imaginative approach to planning, props and follow-up activities will add to children's enjoyment of storytime When planning how to carry out storytime sessions, early years practitioners need to consider the range of stories and themes that they can use, the variety of props that can enhance their storytelling and other ways in which storytime can be developed.

When planning how to carry out storytime sessions, early years practitioners need to consider the range of stories and themes that they can use, the variety of props that can enhance their storytelling and other ways in which storytime can be developed.

MATERIAL

* Use different sorts of material (songs, chants, stories from picture-books, stories without books) to create a varied atmosphere with different levels of listening and engagement.

* Choose picture-books with illustrations which children can see from a distance and avoid those where there is a lot of text per page.

* Bring in factual books where information and pictures can add another dimension - for example, a book on China to support a Chinese story.

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