“This is Annabelle’s story,” said the teacher. “Annabelle is going to be a penguin.”
Rebecca leaned out from behind Mummy’s legs.
“A big penguin,” read the teacher.
A girl with blonde hair stood up.
“Annabelle, can I see you pretending to be the penguin.”
Annabelle waddled around the stage, her hands by her side like wings, the perfect penguin.
“Shall we all pretend to be penguin’s waddling around the stage,” asked the teacher.
All the children jumped up and began waddling and toddling backwards and forwards.
Behind Mummy’s legs, Rebecca started to sway, just a little bit at first, then a bit further. She took a step forward, and another, and another until suddenly she was standing in the enormous gap between Mummy and the stage.
The teacher smiled at her.
“It’s Michael’s story next,” she said.
“A tiger. One, two tiger. One, two lion. A tiger.”
Soon all the children were clambering and crawling, tigers and lions, moving around the stage, growling gently.
I have used helicopter stories last year with my reception and it worked amazing well !!!
I would like to know how can I use it in year 1 this year – anyone can help please
Exactly the same – you really don’t need to change it. I don’t. The children differentiate themselves. That’s the wonder of this approach.