Activities To Consider With Story Sack Teaching Resources

May 17, 2013 sarah Uncategorized

If you are involved in the education of early years children then you will soon find yourself enlisting the help of a notable collection of story books. You will need all manner of additional resources to use alongside the story books so you will probably save a considerable amount of time if you use well designed early years teaching resources. It is quite possible to find comprehensive story sacks but you can compile your own with considerable ease using story sacks.

The most important resource for a story sack is the main book. Most story sacks are made from a strong fabric that is durable enough to hold all the resources. The contents of a story sack might include soft toys, puppets,games,photographs, a CD and activities that will promote language development based around the main book. The CD or a tape With the story on can be played over and over again to help the children learn the story and become confident with the story structure. The main book, on which the story sack is based, should be of high quality with accompanying books based on the same subject. Having a factual book associated with the topic in the story sack promotes an interest and knowledge of the world.

You will find that story sacks are used within most infant and early years settings. Story sacks are a great learning resource as they promote creativity in young children’s learning. Children soon gain in confidence with texts that are appropriate for their maturity and are age appropriate. Regular use of a variety of well chosen story sacks will enhance young children’s development in language skills. Speaking and listening skills are developed alongside an enjoyment of books and becoming an early reader.

Story sacks are not readily available in book shops and in the High Street. You will need to do some research and find story sacks for sale on-line. The research that you carry out is important because there are a vast selection available and they vary widely in the quality.

Some of the better story sacks include a wide variety of materials for you the user to save time with preparation. The best have a guide that will include further ideas, activities and links to relevant sources. They include ideas that can be used across the curriculum and not just literacy skills. They may link with early maths and science concepts and include craft activities, singing and cooking ideas.

Story sacks are a fun way for carers and children to share stories together. They were developed by Neil Griffiths, a Head Teacher from Swindon, as a popular, non-threatening way of encouraging carers to start to share stories with their children in a way that is positive, theatrical, special, interactive and fun.

Story sacks are now increasingly being used by other groups such as libraries, health visitors, speech therapists, social workers, children’s hospitals and family centres. Story sacks are also a great resource to use when working with children with autism and other learning difficulties.

Story sacks are popular with young children because small groups can work independently together. At a choosing time
young children will often choose to use the story sacks and re tell the story themselves using the puppets and props. This supports their independent learning, social skills and creativity.

To find a really good source of story sacks try to find a supplier that offers a CD with a wealth of teaching ideas and resources linked to the main story. These will save you so much time in preparation and will give you and your children hours of enjoyment and learning. The best suppliers will have key words, labels, number activities, creative ideas, language activities, colouring, tracing, masks and many other activities that will enhance the learning experience.

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