Author: Helicopter Stories

Helicopter Stories has the power to create communities. As they join together for the acting out their hearts beat as one. This blog reveals the scien…

When children choose to write, they might lie on the floor, or lean against a wall. They may rest the paper on their knees, or on a clipboard, and som…

In part 2 of this blog we explore how even when we scribe verbatim, grammatically correct language can still be modelled during the acting out, and we…

Scribing verbatim is a vital part of Helicopter Stories, capturing children’s unique voices and creativity however they choose to express it. Part 1…

In this blog we dive into the archive to look at the different types of books and paper have used over the years to scribe Helicopter Stories. We expl…

Yesterday I visited a nursery where the Helicopter Stories approach had not been working. The moment I got the email about the setting, I knew…