Storytelling activities not only build imagination and creativity, but they can be a beneficial learning tool too! Great for the classroom.
Kids Yoga lesson plan based on the book Journey, a wordless book that is great for building stories with the imagination. Yoga and storytelling all in one.
20 fantastic storytelling activities for kids. These activities allow your child to explore their storytelling creativity.
Blank books provide a great way to encourage kids to write. Here are 3 easy ways to assemble blank books for your writing center, literacy center, and beyond.
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Here's a resource to help you teach your children about the people in the Bible. This Bible People printable will help you do just that.
Use these free printable Parts of a Book Poster & Worksheet to teach your pre-readers about book awareness and concepts of print.
Use this great list of picture books about countries & cities around the world to raise a global citizen!
This Goldilocks and the Three Bears printable set is perfect for storytelling. You can use these ideas to explore this classic tale through imaginative play, and to develop sequencing skills and math concepts. Goldilocks and the Three Bears printable storytelling kit Goldilocks and the Three Bears is a classic fairytale, which has several […]
Before you submit your children's book to publishers learn how to format your children's manuscript first! Here is the easy guide to help you look like an expert.
Digital storytelling is an excellent way to foster student creativity and give them authentic experiences with reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Today I’m sharing my favorite digital storytelling apps that I’ve used in my classroom. Toontastic (free) allows students to animate their own stories while practicing key story elements. The app guides them through choosing their setting, conflict, challenge, climax, and resolution. Once students are ready to record, they can move the characters around on the screen and it will record both their animations and voices as a cartoon video. Storykit (free) lets students create a digital storybook with text, audio, and photos/illustrations. Students can either upload photos from their camera roll or draw their own illustrations using the app’s drawing feature. This app has been a favorite choice during Daily 5 writing, and we’ve also used it to publish various nonfiction research projects. Book Creator ($4.99) is hands-down my favorite app for creating any kind of eBook. Students can add videos, music, and even record their voices. Book Creator has lots of color and font options as well as a pen tool to draw and annotate. We’ve used this versatile app to publish nonfiction research projects, fairy tales, how-to books, collaborative stories, and even math explanations. In the picture below, you can see how my student has embedded a YouTube video to demonstrate how wild dogs hunt. Telestory (free) allows students to create, direct, and star in their own TV shows. There are a variety of fun themes, costumes, and special effects to choose from and you can really let students run wild with their imaginations. The picture below shows one of my students recording a news broadcast for her classmates. Chatterpix (free) can make any photo talk. After uploading a photo, you simply draw a line to make a mouth and then record your voice. With this app, the possibilities are endless and can range from silly to informative. We used this last year to make characters from fairy tales talk and explain their point of view on what happened in the story. Below you can see how one of my students embedded a Chatterpix into his eBook on penguins. (I really wish I would have saved a recording of this video!) Storybird (free) is an iPad-friendly website that allows students to create stories using beautiful and intriguing artwork. Students can search by themes (or “tags”) to find and drag in pictures. Then they begin sequencing and typing their story to go along with the pictures. Even my most reluctant writers love this site because they are so fascinated by the artwork. My favorite thing about Storybird is that students can publish their books to our class account and comment on one another’s stories. Want more app recommendations? Click on any of the images below to check out dozens of apps reviewed by yours truly.:)
Kids Yoga lesson plan based on the book Journey, a wordless book that is great for building stories with the imagination. Yoga and storytelling all in one.
Do your students lack respect and have poor behavior in your classroom? You'll love these easy lesson ideas and picture books about respect for kids.
These 15 picture book activities go great with your preschooler's favorite stories. Great hands-on activities that help to further explore the books!
Why not enjoy a delicious Gruffalo Crumble this world book day? No baking is required and it’s super simple. Just refrigerate and enjoy.
Transform storytime with enchanting storytelling props! Explore our latest post for must-have tools for memorable reading moments.
I love these name letters for bulletin board toppers and more! This includes the Flap Book printable also. This set of letters that spell JOSHUA is a super condensed overview of his life. They can be used as a bulletin board heading, or by themselves. These letters are perfect when you have a couple extra minutes when you are studying Joshua and can spend some time for review. The download includes the color and black & white version. Click here to download the Spell-It-Out Letters for Joshua. For the students, you can print this Joshua Flap book. The students can write each Joshua fact under the flap. These are great for Joshua discussions and for review. The download includes the color and black and white to print. Click here to print the Joshua Flap Book. Click here to see more for Joshua. Click here to see more.
A printable comic book layout template is a tool that enables you to organize your ideas and artistic sketches into a coherent comic book structure. With predefined panels and sections, it simplifies the process of arranging your storyline, dialogues, and illustrations effectively..
Free Mad Libs for kids to enjoy. Mad Libs for kids to download and enjoy. Grab your free printable Mad Libs PDFs and get ready to laugh!
Our four year old went through a phase recently where he would much rather have me make up a story than read a book to him. Even though he liked every spur of the minute story I created for him, it put me in a mild panic every time he would suddenly declare “Make up […]
These books with help you talk to your kids about the importance of acceptance, empathy and kindness for others.
Free printable template to make a kids storytelling basket for the story "Ox-Cart Man." Could also be used on a felt board.
Today’s Wednesday, and that means it’s one day closer to being break for me. And for the rest of you, only three more days ’til the weekend! Today’s post offers you another …
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We are always inspired to do fun crafts and learning activities whenever we read some of our favorite children’s books! Here is a list of activities we’ve come up with inspired by popular children’s books (alphabetized by title). (Book titles are affiliate links.) Be sure to follow our Children’s Book Activities Pinterest board! …
The Snail and the Whale sequencing activity provides a great opportunity for young learners to practice ordering events and storytelling.
Writing stories together can be a great exercise for little ones to develop storytelling, literacy and writing skills. Connect storytelling and yoga by asking kids to write stories about their favorite yoga poses. Use our Mountain Pose template to help kids develop proper story structure!
