This document is a connectives phrase bank for children to use in a variety of different contexts. It is referenced in the ‘Year-on-year progression’ document.
Pie Corbett teaching Little Red Hen
Watch Pie Corbett demonstrating the Talk for Writing method in teaching the story of the Little Red Hen.
Story Songs CD ROM
Pie Corbett has collaborated with Early Years music expert Steve Grocott to produce the Story Songs CD ROM. This collection is about how to bring the story out of your songs and how to put music into your stories. Emphasising the musical elements of a story is a very good way of calling forth active engagement from a young audience.
The Three Little Pigs at Highbank Primary
Highbank Primary and Nursery School posted a video on Twitter of a child in F1 (Nursery 2) telling the story of The Three Little Pigs to her peers. She is sat in the storytelling chair and is using key language and occasional actions to assist the flow of the story – she has the other children completely hooked.
The early years family storytelling project
Katie Houghton, Foundation 2 teacher at Porter Croft School, reflects on how involving families in the Talk for Writing approach has transformed the school; “If you had said to me at the beginning…You will be able to get four-year-old children to structure and invent stories, I would have laughed. But they can”.