WHAT IS A STORY?

• Start your day with a favourite book - what do they love about it? Let's make our own stories! 
• Story Path: tape a long piece of paper to the floor and draw a windy "path". Using crayons, stickers, markers etc have the kids draw on & around it from their imaginations. As they go along the path, you can add speech bubbles, characters, street signs - little bits here and there that ‘build’ a story along the path. As you go, talk about beginnings, middles & ends and how plots 'work'. 
• Story Dice: print out a template for a story dice or cube here, and ask your kids what they'd like to put on it: a mermaid, hamburger, doctor, fire engine, octopus? Once you've made your dice, get your kids to conjure up their own bonkers story! You can include your story path here: roll the dice, add to the path... 
• Whistle while you work: Peter and the Wolf is a brilliant piece of music for childrens' easy listening that tells its' own story - put it on in the background today as you play and create!  
• Sensory bin activity: The Tiger Who Came To Tea. Based on the classic book by Judith Kerr, pop a plush, soft tiger, plastic tea cups, felt or material 'cakes', plastic fruit & vegetables in your sensory box for touch and play activity.