Story Play in the Early Years is a practical guide to storytelling and storybuilding for practitioners of children up to age 7. With clearly divided sections for ease of reference, this book offers an array of tips and practical, photocopiable exercises. The book contains six cultural tales developed through the author's own work, each focusing on a different calendar event such as Diwali and Black History Month, with annotated plans and ideas. The techniques applied to these stories can be easily adapted and applied to any book. Story Play in the Early Years also contains advice and ideas on: adapting the nursery to create an active listening space; story delivery and evaluation and approaching interactive and multi-sensory stories appropriate for all children, particularly those with special educational needs or English as an additional language. This book explains the vital techniques needed to improve literacy and creativity through story, and is perfect for anyone working with, or training to work with young children.
- ISBN10 144112148X
- ISBN13 9781441121486
- Publish Date 20 February 2014
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Format Paperback
- Pages 160
- Language English