Why We Never Stop Asking in Helicopter Stories
For some children it takes longer to want to tell a story than it does for their peers. We’ve known children wait for a week or a month before they …
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Why Once Upon A Time Will Never Be Enough…
When children first start telling stories they jump straight into the narrative. We need to be careful we don’t school this natural ability out of t…
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…
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’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…
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…
Why Now is the Best Time to start Helicopter Stories
If you are worried about whether it is too soon to begin Helicopter Stories then this blog is for you. Follow Rebecca’s first day at nursery, and di…