ZOOM
There has been a lot of negative things written about using video conferencing as a teaching tool in education, (particularly regarding Zoom). I have also…
Author: MakeBelieve Arts
Helicopter at Home
With many schools and nurseries closed, or remaining open for only a small section of their community, we’ve had several requests for information about our…
One of the Lucky Ones:
One of the Lucky Ones: Poetry for Children with Additional Needs Guest Blog: Nadine Jones The children that stand out are the children not given the…
Poetry Happens Everywhere
Guest Blog: Amanda Belbin ‘Chop Chop, Choppity Chop.’ Since my Nursery Class signed up to The Poetry Basket, the words keep echoing around my head.…
It’s Just Pretend – Crossing the Gender Boundary with Helicopter Stories
Guest Blog: Sally Veale Vice Principal – Ashgrove Academy Cheshire Sally is one of MakeBelieve Arts Helicopter Stories Champions I am in the very privileged…
Catching a Story: EAL Learners in the Early Years
“Brrrrrm, Brrrrm, Brrrrm, Brrrrm, Brrrm, chhhhugg chhhuggg chhhugg chhhuuuggg chhuuugg Chuggg chhhhhh eeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkkk ahhhhhh…” Hamir aged 5 Hamir is a 5 year old boy I…
Let The Children Do It: A Helicopter Story Nativity
Guest Blog: Kathryn Stevens Pre-school Teacher, Watermead Day Nursery, Leicestershire “Do a Nativity,” they said.“The parents will love it,” they said.And so we did. We…
Magic that is older than the hills:
One of the questions I am asked the most about Helicopter Stories is how can we enhance children’s language acquisition if we are scribing their…
Helicopter Stories: A wonderful tool for showing amazing progress
Guest Blog: Bonnie Mendoza Head of EYFS – Ark John Keats Academy Bonnie is one of MakeBelieve Arts Helicopter Stories Champions What do Hulk, Paw…
In loving memory…
Vivian Gussin Paley January 25th 1929 – July 26th 2019 Vivian Gussin Paley, world-renowned author, pre-school and kindergarten teacher sadly died on the morning of…