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STORYTELLING IDEAS

Explore creative storytelling methods for young children using props, drawing, acting, books, and more. Enhance learning through interactive and visual storytelling activities tailored for early childhood education settings.

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STORYTELLING IDEAS

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  1. STORYTELLING IDEAS Early Childhood Education

  2. Clothesline Stories • Suspend a clothesline near the circle time area. Hang pictures sequentially as the story is told.

  3. OVERHEAD PROJECTOR • Use the overhead projector as a storytelling aid. • Material Ideas: • doilies, colored acetate, die cut pieces, string, lace...

  4. Story in a Box • Put various props in a box to tell a story or nursery rhyme. • Slowly pull the pieces out of the box or put them in the box as you tell the story.

  5. Draw and Tell Stories • Draw a story while you tell a story. It can be drawn on a chalkboard, whiteboard or a large sheet of paper. • Typically one section is drawn at a time resulting in a surprise at the end

  6. Magnetic Stories • Tell a story with a steel cookie sheet or magnetic white board. • Back the characters with magnetic tape or use magnetic letters etc.

  7. Make a Classroom Book • Write a book that includes all of the children in the classroom. • Use real photographs of the children or their drawings.

  8. Act out Stories • Choose simple stories that can be acted out easily. • Try to have quite a few characters so that a group of children can participate.

  9. Peeker Stories • Die cut or cut out a shape that is integral to the story (fish, dinosaur etc.) from a file folder • Change the color of the shape by slowly pulling colored paper out of the folder

  10. Flannel Board Story • Tell a story with a flannel board and flannel or milk filter pieces • Have children participate by putting the pieces on the board after the story has been told once

  11. Props • Use a prop/s that corresponds with the story • Beanies • Hats • Masks • Noses • Real objects

  12. Acrylic Board Stories • Make an acrylic plastic board, use a white board or a window to tell a story • Use stickees or window clings to tell the story

  13. Flip Books • Use transparency sheets that have been bound for the book pages – use glue dots to glue pieces to sheet. • You could also use a ping pong paddle for the base.

  14. Story With An Extension • Some stories can be extended into other activities easily • You may be able to connect a cooking activity, nature walk, or an art activity to a story

  15. Finger Plays • Finger plays are a great introduction to stories and encourage rhyming and rhythm pre-reading skills • Make finger plays come alive with props, die cuts and real objects!

  16. Story on a Stick • You can use a yard stick or a paint stick attached velcro • Place the pieces on the stick as you tell the story

  17. Story Apron • Use an old apron or make one with special material that velcro can stick to • Place the pieces in the pocket and pull them out as you tell the story • Better yet – make one for a child!

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