Ideas to use TTK Downloadables

Our downloadables include a variety of illustrations to use in your storytelling. We call on the wonderful Gabi Froden to design specifically for us and we’re also very lucky to have some notable names. You might recognise some characters from Chris Haughton and Giovana Medeiros (Laura Henry-Allain’s illustrator) in the Downloadables area.

We encourage you to use your imagination, but here are some ideas to get you started...

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Using the Small Illustrations

1. Leave these out in the writing area for children to cut up and use in their story mark making.
   
2. Create your own pre-made writing booklets with the images already added. Try using our Canva template to create your own easily.
3. Print the sheet, cut out the characters to create mini-me’s and add to the small world area along with Tales Toolkit resources for independent storytelling. You could keep these with the children’s minime’s.
4. Cut up the images and laminate to create small picture cards. These can be used with the strip printed on A3 paper. Encourage children to lay the pictures on top of the strip to create their own stories.
5. After a group story using the same characters on bottles you can use these images to create a story strip for the children to take home and retell their story. (You might need to add a photo of the fabric you use for the setting)
6. Use the pictures to create stories using your shuffle book. Mix it up by adding in photos of the children and the things they’re interested in so they can shuffle the stories and create their own versions.

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Using the Large Illustrations

1. Make Mini-Me’s! Print on A4 or A3 if you have a large group. Stick onto a plastic bottle (you might want to laminate them to make them last longer) and use as the characters in the story.
2. Set up an area in the classroom where the characters and props are left for the children to use in their independent storytelling.
3. Add the characters on bottles to different areas in the classroom. E.g. the construction area, sandpit, small world.

If you’ve got more ideas or suggestions on illustrations that would be useful, please feel free to get in touch. We’re always looking for more ways to support you in your Tales Toolkit stories!

Get in touch with us via email - info@talestoolkit.com