Four weeks of stories children tell, draw, sing and share.
Build confident storytellers through puppets, story stones, sound symphonies and a celebration author's chair. Every experience links to QKLG learning areas and NQF quality areas.
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Start with Week 1, then add the next weeks as you go — each one builds on the last, so learning keeps flowing.
Character mystery bag
Pull props from a bag and invent a character on the spot.
Puppet theatre debut
Make sock or paper puppets and perform a two-line story.
Story stones
Arrange painted stones into a beginning, middle and end.
Outcomes
Don't forget weeks 2, 3 & 4 — each week builds on the last.
Storyboard strip
Sequence four pictures and read the story aloud to a partner.
Illustration studio
Try watercolour, crayon-resist and collage for one scene.
Class big book
Each child illustrates one page; bind it for the book corner.
Outcomes
Don't forget weeks 3 & 4 — each week builds on the last.
Rhyme time relay
Match rhyming picture cards at speed across the room.
Sound symphonies
Score a story with shakers, drums and body percussion.
Name sounds lab
Play with the sounds in names using claps and mirrors.
Outcomes
Don't forget week 4 — each week builds on the last.
Author's chair
Children read their favourite page to an invited audience.
Story trail walk
Hang pages along the fence for a walk-and-read gallery.
Book swap party
Bring, wrap and swap a loved book to take home.
Outcomes