Big Ideas:  
Language and story can be a source of creativity and joy.
Everyone has a unique story to share.

 

 

Story Workshop engages children to use their creative and critical thinking processes to build their own stories, convey their ideas in written form and practise their oral language skills when storytelling to an audience.

Overview:  Story Workshop at Home

Story Creating Process
Step 1:  Review elements of a story (setting, characters, problem & solution).
Step 2:  Start a collection of loose parts.
Step 3. Find an ideal space for storymaking.  Let the imagination begin!  Play or explore using your own materials to create a story with a setting, characters, problem and solution.
Step 4:  Share your story with an adult. Take photos of your creation.
Step 5:  Write down your story and add pictures using the story writing template.
If you are not yet ready for the writing part, you can complete the story elements template.

Story Writing Samples