Guiding storytelling experiences

A board covered with felt or flannel that are used a s a background for placing felt characters or props to tell a story

Stories drawn on large tag board cards used for story telling

Items that can relate to the story and would attract children's attention

Lists and descriptions of books which can be found in public libraries

Books having a theme of achievement

Book giving animals some human qualities

Books containing the theme of social understanding

Books that contain pictures that have more complex plots than picture books

Books having single words or simple sentences and simple plots

Reciting a story or reading aloud from a book

The importance of Storytelling

Children learn to follow the pages from left to right and top to bottom.

Carefully chosen stories are a key part of the storytelling experienc

Books help children learn

These are usually the first books shared with young children

Picture books have

books that aresometime wordless

Stories contain the theme of social understanding

They must confront giants, witches, or other obstacles. Kindness and goodness win over evi

These books are predictable. To help children make sense of the stories, obvious clues, pictures, and repeated phrases are included

When choosing books for children

A children’s book should have

The illustrations should create

Infants and toddlers can stay with a book for

Reading Stories to Children

To Maintain children Interest when reading a story you should.