1st Edition

Books, Stories and Puppets

By Green Sandy Copyright 2006

    Part of the Ready, Steady, Play! series, Books, Stories and Puppets promotes visual storytelling and provides ideas for extending learning through a range of stories and characters that are well-known and much loved by children and adults alike. This book:

    • provides ideas and templates for visual resources that will enhance storytime
    • outlines fun ideas across all curriculum areas, linked to favourite stories
    • encourages the use of drama as a mode of story telling.

    Containing simple but excellent ideas for creative play experiences for all early years practitioners and students on early years courses, this book is also recommended reading for parents looking for inspiration.

    Introduction; Discussion resources; Part 1 Activities; The Giant Jam Sandwich; The Gingerbread Man; Goldilocks and the Three Bears; : The Three Little Pigs; The Very Hungry Caterpillar; Owl Babies; Elmer; Handa's Surprise; visual Visual resources to support story-telling; visual 1 Making books with children; visual 2 Story boards; visual 3 Story sacks; visual 4 Changeable wall displays; visual 5 Persona dolls; visual 6 Making and using puppets;

    Biography

    Sandy, Green