Putting Storytelling at the Heart of Early Childhood Practice
eBook - ePub

Putting Storytelling at the Heart of Early Childhood Practice

A Reflective Guide for Early Years Practitioners

  1. 222 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Putting Storytelling at the Heart of Early Childhood Practice

A Reflective Guide for Early Years Practitioners

About this book

Putting Storytelling at the Heart of Early Childhood Practice is a brilliantly engaging and practical book that highlights the essential nature of storytelling in all walks of life, and how to best cultivate this in the early years classroom. The authors use a compelling Froebelian approach to explore the role of storytelling not just in the development of literacy but also in the development of communication and language and for maintaining good mental health and wellbeing.

Drawing on primary and contemporary research, and presented by a range of experienced authors, this book covers important topics such as:

  • The benefits of regularly practising storytelling

  • Storytelling during play activities

  • Group dynamics in constructing narratives

  • The roles of props and fantasy concepts in storytelling

This accessible guide is ideal for all early years practitioners looking to encourage literacy, communication and well-being in a supportive and creative environment, and for policymakers looking to develop best practice in the early years classroom.

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Yes, you can access Putting Storytelling at the Heart of Early Childhood Practice by Tina Bruce, Lynn McNair, Jane Whinnett, Tina Bruce,Lynn McNair,Jane Whinnett in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Education & Early Childhood Education. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2020
Print ISBN
9780367245900
eBook ISBN
9781000049206
Edition
1
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Early Childhood Education

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Foreword
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. 1 The flourishing of the Edinburgh Froebel Network ‘Players and Storytellers’ project
  10. 2 “Someone killed Goldilocks and they didn’t live happily ever after…” Isabella, age 3 years: How regular storytelling helps to develop creativity and narrative role-play
  11. 3 Tailoring traditional tales as tools for our trade: Transforming literacy in the early years
  12. 4 Storytelling groups: Large or small?
  13. 5 Observing stories that children ‘tell’ in their play: Reflections
  14. 6 Using props: An adventure in stories and drama to encourage young storytellers
  15. 7 Superheroes and imaginative play: More opportunities for our children?
  16. 8 “Fix, fix, fix – Olav is stuck!”: Supporting children to tell the story that they really want to tell
  17. 9 Woodland adventures
  18. 10 The stories children tell us about their transitions from early childhood settings to primary school
  19. 11 Stomping giants and diamond castles: A study of the use of story grammars to support the development of coherence in written narrative within the context of a Froebelian play-based Primary 1 classroom
  20. 12 Gathering thoughts about storytelling
  21. References
  22. Index