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With its focus on Early Years Literacy, Narrative Skill Development for Ages 3-5, this popular pack contains lesson plans, activities and picture resources to teach the Narrative framework to children entering reception class. The resource is aimed at developing children’s speaking and listening skills through narrative and it provides both speech and language therapists and teachers with an approach that is:
The small group session plans in this pack can be used for small group work or ‘dipped into’ for whole class activities.
For more information see below.
Supporting early narrative skills in preschool education, our popular Reception narrative skills pack is based on the work of Judith Carey and Bec Shanks and developed in collaboration with Helen Rippon.
How to use this Resource
The resource focuses on early narrative development, building storytelling skills for Ages 3- 5 years. Full instructions for use are provided along with suggestions for ways to incorporate the narrative framework into the curriculum and school routines. The programme outlined in this pack mirrors the development of narrative skills in children, from raising awareness of the individual components of a simple story to retelling a story and then generating their own ideas for stories.
The activities are merely a guide and not meant to be prescriptive. They can be modified, adapted, or changed to suit your class’s needs and preferences. The sessions work through ‘Who?’, followed by ‘Where?’, and then ‘When?’ and ‘What happened?’. They can be delivered in any order, but developmentally children learn the ‘Who?’ concept before ‘Where?’ and ‘When?’, so this should be considered.
What’s Inside
Throughout the Reception narrative skills pack, colourful picture resources are provided. With children in the foundation stage, it is recommended wherever possible to also use real objects. Most will be readily available in a nursery/school setting and are easier for young children to relate to than pictorial resources. The use of visual and material reinforcement (alongside spoken aspects of the programme) is integral to the activities. Story Component Cards (Who?, Where?, When?, ‘What happened?’) are provided for each part of the story. These are coloured according to the individual component they represent.
The activities within the Reception narrative skills pack include the use of ‘story strings’ and ‘song strings’. Many children have great difficulty listening to and retaining, information during story time, as well as sequencing and structuring their own attempts at storytelling. Story strings provide a creative, concrete, and visually supportive framework to help children improve their performance in these areas. In addition, story strings also:
This pack, focussing on Early Years communication through narrative, is one of a series of resources published by Black Sheep Press designed to support the development of children’s speaking, listening and narrative skills:
Language Through Listening Suitable for use with children aged 3-5 years who may require support with listening and attention skills
Fun with Narrative Suitable for use for children aged 4 years – 7 years
Nursery Narrative aimed at children entering Reception class
Speaking and Listening Through Narrative, KS1 5-7 years
From Oral to Written Narrative, KS2 -7-11 years
Secondary Talk Narrative KS3/4
Format: PDF file, 265 pages, instructions, 90 pages of colour pictures, 90 black and white line drawings as an alternative. Available as a download
3 to 5 years, 5 to 7 years
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