Why Now is the Best Time to start Helicopter Stories with your New Cohort…
Rebecca peered out from behind her Mummy’s legs and watched silently. Her sobs quietened, and the tears began to dry on her cheeks. She stared…
Category: The benefits of Helicopter Stories
Helicopter Stories and The Poetry Basket: Putting Oracy at the Heart of Early Years Practice
Jo Berry, Early Years Teacher, Thrussington Primary, Leicestershire At Thrussington C of E Primary School, Early Years have been taking part in weekly storytelling and…
Stories from New Zealand: A Girl Named Abby
About ten years ago, when I lived in London, I learned to deliver Helicopter Stories with Trisha Lee and Isla Hill. I now live back at home in Aotearo…
Shouting from the Rooftops: Giving Nursery Children a Voice
Guest Blog By Alison Stead, Deputy Head Teacher, Bognor Regis Nursery School Helicopter Stories are exciting. Acting them out is magical. Stories are a window…
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…
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…
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…
Helicopter Stories: Helping Children Make Sense of the World…
Guest Blog: Isla Hill Education Director MakeBelieve Arts Chelsea’s Story* Once there was a little boy called Oscar. He went to the park with Riley.…