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  1. Introduction

    Unit 1: What to Expect
    1 Topic
  2. Book List and Resources
  3. Overview of Helicopter Stories
    Unit 2: Overview
    1 Topic
  4. Helicopter Stories Book Covers (Downloadable)
  5. Stage 1 - Introducing Story Acting
    Unit 3: Introducing Story Acting
    1 Topic
  6. Unit 4: The Theory of Asks
    1 Topic
  7. Unit 5: The Language of Asks
    1 Topic
  8. Unit 6: Choosing
    1 Topic
  9. Stage 2 - Scribing a Story Around the Stage
    Unit 7: Introducing Storytelling
    1 Topic
  10. Unit 8: After a Story is Scribed
    1 Topic
  11. Unit 9: Issues That May Arise
    1 Topic
  12. Stage 3 - Scribing Stories Around Your Setting
    Unit 10: Private Storytelling
    1 Topic
  13. Unit 11: Scribing Verbatim
    1 Topic
  14. Unit 12: Long or Short, It’s Ok By Me
    1 Topic
  15. Stage 4 - The Vital Last Step
    Unit 13: The Vital Last Step
    1 Topic
  16. Unit 14: Objects and Props
    1 Topic
  17. Unit 15: The Expert in our Midst
    1 Topic
  18. Grammar
    Unit 16: The Poetry of Children
    1 Topic
  19. Unit 17: A Precise Record
    1 Topic
  20. END OF ESSENTIAL UNITS plus CERTIFICATE
    End of Essential Units plus Certificate
    1 Quiz
  21. OPTIONAL: MORE TO EXPLORE
    Optional: More to Explore
  22. Emerging Writers
    Shush, Don’t Tell Anyone
    1 Topic
  23. Suggesting, Not Coercing
    1 Topic
  24. The Power of Story
    Why Story Matters
    1 Topic
  25. Weapon Play in Children's Stories
    Violence and Weapon Play in Children's Stories
    1 Topic
  26. Vivian Gussin Paley talking about gun play
  27. Working With Two Year Olds
    Top Tips for Twos
    1 Topic
  28. Children with Additional Needs
    Talking Across Boundaries
    1 Topic
  29. Giving Every Child a Voice
    1 Topic
  30. Creating a Language Rich Environment
    Putting It Into Practice
    1 Topic
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Main Points for Unit 2

  • How often?
  • Timetabling
  • What if all the children want to tell a story?
  • How many stories per session?
  • Keeping a Helicopter Stories register
  • What if one of the children doesn’t want to tell a story?
  • How big should the group be?

When introducing Helicopter Stories to your children it is useful to have a copy of The Woman Who Cooked Everything. This publication is only available from MakeBelieve Arts. The book contains stories told to us by children aged 3 to 7 years old. It can also be used to inspire children to tell a wider variety of stories.

Tasks

  1. Look in the Materials Tab above. Here you will find a Logistics PDF that will take you through the things to consider when setting up Helicopter Stories.
  2. Read Chapter 1, Where stories take flight of Princesses, Dragons and Helicopter Stories by Trisha Lee, 2nd Edition only
  3. Read Pages 49-50 of Princesses, Dragons and Helicopter Stories, 1st Edition (2016) or Pages 86-88 of the 2nd Edition (2026)

Optional: More To Explore

Blog Post:  Hearts Beat as One…

Blog Post: Learning through Play – Helicopter Stories in Wiltshire

Logistics PDF