Listening To Stories and Making Them Up
Discover how using both Helicopter Stories and The Story Basket has supported language development and motivated children to write at St Paul’s Prim…
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Remembering Vivian Gussin Paley (Jan 1929 – July 2019)
Vivian Gussin Paley valued children's imagination. She understood and accepted every child she met, developing her storytelling and story acting curri…
It Takes A Village: The Poetry Basket in North Somerset
To support Communication and Language in North Somerset, Early Years Advisor Gail Alder implemented The Poetry Basket across numerous settings in the …
‘It’s Not Fair’: Taking Turns in Helicopter Stories
Taking turns to join in the acting out from their place around the stage can prove difficult for some children. This blog explores why this is such an…
Breaking Down Barriers with Helicopter Stories
Helicopter Stories breaks down barriers, creates a warmer classroom environment, and puts children's needs at the forefront of their learning. In Glen…
The Poetry Basket: Why is Poetry Important?
Reciting poetry can ignite a love of language, but it also has the power to enhance the acquisition of vocabulary, as well as shaping the neural pathw…
We’ve been shortlisted for two awards!
EXCITED TO BE SHORTLISTED We’ve never really bothered with awards before, but some wonderful practitioners suggested we put Helicopter Stories On Demand forward for the…
EAL: Becoming Storytellers and Poets
Helen Prud'homme, is using three of our key programmes with EAL learners. In this blog, she talks about how she bridges the language gap with interact…
How to Create a Stress-Free Festive Show
Do you want to break free from the pressure of a perfectly scripted Christmas show? This blog suggests some stress-free alternatives including poetry,…
Trust the Child and Watch Them Grow
Joby Gifford discusses the magic of Helicopter Stories, and how it can be used as an intuitive way to nurture language skills, well-being, and confide…