Story Time Statues Resource - FREEBIE

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Six Areas of Learning - Six Weeks Struggling for Playday ideas? We have loads of things you can do to entertain your children over the summer and we are sending the first one to you in time for National Playday on Wednesday 5th August 2009.

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Not only will our play resources help your children have fun, they will help you to combat a different area of learning each week.

WEEK ONE: Communication, Language and Literacy

Story Time Statues

A Shooting Star

Story isInclusion a Inclusion reallyInclusion great game for developing InclusionTime Statues Inclusion Inclusion communication, language and literacy skills. It also helps with creativity and gets your children physically active and engaged in something they can play indoors, outdoors and at home.

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• The best way to play is to get your children to stand in a semicircle so that they are facing you.

A Tall Tree

• You are the story teller so you need to think of a short story with at least one recurring theme, such as a tall tree or a racing rocket.

A Closed Window

• Once you have a story in mind you can pick out a couple of themes and create statue poses for them. Use the statues on this card to help you.

A Small Stone

• Let the children know which words to look out for in the story and what to do when they hear those words. For example, “when I say tall tree, make this statue.”

A Barking Dog

• Now it is time to tell the story. Make sure you use the recurring theme a few times to keep the children engaged in the story. To help the children out, you could make the statue shape with them to start with.

A Bendy Banana

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A Racing Rocket

Watch out for WEEK TWO: Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Make it Easier:

Use just one recurring theme with a statue shape that is easier to make such as the small stone.

Make it Harder:

Increase the number of themes in the story and encourage the children to create their own statues and stories.

A Huge House

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Early Years

Primary

Secondary

SEN

CPD

Creating a Positive Whole School Impact...

(01282) 43 44 45

info@espplay.co.uk

www.espplay.co.uk

Woof The Big Old Dog Once upon a time, there was a big old house and in the big old house there was a big old dog. The big old dog was called Woof. Woof had a big problem. The problem was that he had no “woof!” He tried all day long to make a sound but nothing came out of his mouth. The other dogs would tease him, saying, “Look at that big old dog, in his big old house. He has everything he could wish for but he has no woof”.

Woof was very sad so he stayed in his big old house all day long. The days were long and the nights were longer. He was all alone.

One day, when Woof was at home in his big old house, he heard a knock at the door. Nobody ever knocked at the door. Woof was very excited and rushed to see who it was.

“Hello big old dog”, said the man at the door. The friendly man was a postman and he had come to deliver a letter for Woof. The postman, whose name was Pete, was normally very scared of big old dogs because they stole his letters and woofed at him. Pete knew that Woof was different though because he had heard the other dogs talking about him. Pete explained that he had come to the big old house to make friends with Woof. Woof was very pleased and wagged his tail with joy.

Postman Pete visited the big old house every day after that and the two of them became the best of friends. Pete brought biscuits for Woof and Woof taught Pete how to play catch. The big old dog became a very happy big old dog and the big old house didn’t seem so big and lonely any more.

Next time you are out and about and you see the postman going towards a big old house, watch him very carefully because he might just be on his way to visit his best friend Woof!

The End.

The Statues Big Old House

Big Old Dog

Use these statues as a starting point to help you tell the story. You may want to incorporate other shapes, depending on the abilities of your children.

Important themes in the story This story highlights the importance of friendship and inclusion and incorporates the idea that Every Child Matters. This theme should contribute towards personal, social and emotional development.

Make it Easier:

Use just one recurring theme with a statue shape that is easier to make such as the big old dog.

Make it Harder:

Increase the number of themes and encourage the children to create their own statues eg. create a statue for the word woof.

If you liked Story Time Statues, you may also be interested in the ESP Yoga Zone.

Click here for more information.