The Poetry Basket: Poetry Happens Everywhere
Amanda Belbin, Nursery Teacher, Bincombe Valley Primary, Dorset ‘Chop Chop, Choppity Chop.’ Since my Nursery Class signed up to The Poetry Basket, the words keep…
It’s Just Pretend: Crossing the Gender Boundary with Helicopter Stories
I am in the very privileged position of being a school-based Helicopter Stories practitioner at Ash Grove Academy in Macclesfield, as well as a MakeBe…
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…
Poetry: 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
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…
No’s and All’s: The very few Rules of Helicopter Stories
There are very few rules for Helicopter Stories. It can be adapted to fit within any early years setting and is suitable for children aged…
Helicopter Stories in Year 1: A Class of Thirty Authors
Shernice Donovan – Year 1 Teacher, Rusthall St Paul’s Primary, Kent Back in June 2018, when I found out I would be teaching Year…
My Monster is Raaah: How Helicopter Stories Supports Children with Delayed Language Development
Ggggggrrrrrh, Ggggggrrrrrh, Ggggggrrrrrh, Ggggggrrrrrh, Ggggggrrrrrh, Ggggggrrrrrh, Ggggggrrrrrh, Ggggggrrrrrh, He scares the people away. He scares the people in the garden. My monster is Raah. Then…