Far from all civilisation, a magical egg appears. The animals don’t know where it came from, or what will emerge from it. When the most beautiful – and noisy – bird anybody had ever seen emerges, they have two problems. First: what feature should they name the bird after – and in what language, and […]
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This activity is tied to a simple story “hook”, encouraging children to show empathy and use their languages at the same time.
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Every time we share a story with children, we have a fantastic opportunity to enable children to build on their language awareness, learn from each other, and enhance their linguistic repertoire. Check out this activity to gain some confidence in enhancing children’s linguistic repertoire through storytelling.
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This blog post accompanies our new Rivers of Reading activity, talking about the research behind it.
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This activity is particularly suitable for World Book Day, although it can be run at any time of the year. The Rivers of Reading methodology invites children to create a collage-like piece of work which links their reading experiences to critical incidents in their lives. It lends itself very well to home learning.
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