Session 3: All The TTK Resources
Now you're comfortable modelling with the Big Bags, hopefully, group story sessions are now a regular event in your setting. The children should have a good grasp on what the symbols mean and you can start expanding into use of the parts of our kit: the aprong, the small kit, the strip and the hanger. In this session, you'll learn about how to expand on what you've been doing and how to embed this into your provision.
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Kate leads a group story with this nursery setting. As well as modelling for the children, Kate is also incorporating a variety of creative approaches. Using songs, actions and phonic sounds.
Under 3s Group Story
This group story with the littlest of people shows how they quickly grasp the story structure. This practitioner takes her time embedding the use of the symbols while keeping the children really engaged with voices, songs and actions.
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Hello, welcome back.
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And last session we learned how
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to tell tells talk at stories.
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And I hope you've been telling lots of stories
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with your children and you are already starting to see
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how Tales toolkit ups, levels of engagement.
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And I gave you three principles to think about.
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Create a safe space, let the child lead
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and have lots of fun.
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Today I'm going to introduce you to Further Tale's, toolkit,
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resources, and talk about how you encourage your children
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to become independent storytellers.
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What I want you to understand at the end
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of today's training is
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that Tale's Toolkit isn't just another storytelling
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resource, it helps children become creative problem
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solvers and Tales.
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Toolkit is a tool
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that the children become really familiar with.
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They remember the symbols
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and use them in lots of different situations
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to create stories and solve everyday problems.
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Before we begin, I want
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to talk about your role as facilitator.
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The reason that we don't give all
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of the resources at the start is that it's key
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that children have your support
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and modeling To begin, they watch you lead a story,
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learning the basics such as the symbols for character,
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setting, problem, solution and the words that go with them,
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but also observing.
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You use different voices, songs,
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and actions to bring the story to life.
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Your role is to show enthusiasm
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and bring in the three elements, safe space, child-led
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and fun when using all
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of the different tells toolkit resources.
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In part one I'm going to talk about
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how you develop your children
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to be independent storytellers.
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And in part two we're gonna look at
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how tells toolkit develops learning right
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across the curriculum.
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So let's start with developing independent storytellers.
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There are two strands here tells toolkit resources
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to build independence
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and resources in your setting
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to encourage creative storytelling.
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So let's start with tells toolkit resources.
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What's the first thing to set the children up
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as creative storytellers?
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After a group story, leave the big bags out
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for the children to play with.
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You've already modeled using the resources
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so children are set up to retell the story
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and create their own tales.
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The children will be able to explore ideas
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that they didn't get to try out in the group.
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Oh, where did the pig go? I bite away.
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But it's not just about the big bags.
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There are a lot more resources that I'm going
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to introduce you to today.
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And all of them use the same four symbols
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for character setting.
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Problem solution,
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which the children are already familiar with.
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This helps to build the children's independence when using
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the different resources to create stories.
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We are training you with three resources today, all
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of which you should have received in your tells Toolkit,
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parcel, the small kit, apron and Hanger.
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Let's look at the small tails toolkit.
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The small kit consists of a strip
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with four pockets which rolls up
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and fits easily inside a small bag.
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It's easy to transport
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and children can carry it around both inside
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and out on the back at eyelets.
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So you can hang it in different areas using hooks such
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as the small world area or the garden.
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And you can use this kit with small groups
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and individually with a child
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to create stories using the things they
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find around the setting
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That with a sea bumblebee and came under the sea
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and stung him right on the head on his face.
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The second resource is the apron.
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It also has four pockets for the different story elements
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and this is more often used by individual children.
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They wear the apron
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and go around finding things
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to put in their pockets to create stories.
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And I'm going to come back to the third resource in a while.
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Let's start with the small kit and apron.
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So what's your role
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as facilitator when using these new resources
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and how do you introduce them?
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Start by modeling that they can choose the things
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to go inside the bags.
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It's worth planning in a really good amount of time
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to support the children modeling the use
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of the different resources and supporting them.
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Otherwise it's likely
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that the children will use the resources to transport items
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around the room and you'll find tells toolkit, lying
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around full of all of the things
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that you thought you'd lost.
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So begin with one kit and lots of obvious items
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and we recommend you start with the small kit model
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to the children that they can choose things to go
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inside the bags to create stories
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and make sure you have lots
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of different fabrics for settings.
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Your role is facilitator.
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It's important you start by telling stories together
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and you could ask open questions
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and comments such as, Hmm,
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I'm looking at all the different things we have.
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I'm going to choose a character for my story.
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Oh, we have lots of different fabrics.
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I wonder which we will choose for a setting
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when the children are confident choosing things to go
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inside the bags or pockets to create stories.
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Then begin modeling finding things from around the setting
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to add to stories.
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Use the small or apron if using the small kit model
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to the children, how they can roll this up
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and pop it inside the bag
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and carry it round the setting to create stories.
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You might encourage the children to go around
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with the small outer bag finding items for their story
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and then add the items
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to the pockets when they finish collecting.
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The purpose of this activity is to show your children
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that they can go around the setting, picking up things
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to put in the pockets to create stories.
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One point time there was a story,
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oh tell us about dog him.
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Just a note here about settings though.
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Make sure that you choose a setting big enough
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for the character to be able to move around.
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So for example, a conquer character can jump about on a leaf
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or a small world dinosaur can move around on a paper towel.
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And when the children become more creative in the things
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they pick up, they can tell stories with anything.
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Use your questions and comments to model
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to the children the choices that they can make.
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And think about the language that you use.
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Hmm, I'm looking around the room
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to see if I can find anything to use as my character.
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Do you see? Yeah, I provide a big playground.
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I'd like a scary problem like a tiger or a crocodile.
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I wonder where I could find one.
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The last of the resources is the hanger.
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And this can be used in three ways to encourage tales,
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talk at storylines in play.
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Tales talk, its story elements in books and tales talk.
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Its structure to real life problems.
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Let's start with tales, talks, storylines in play.
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For example, if the hanger is in the construction area
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and the child builds a castle, then refer to the symbols
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and say, oh you've made a castle.
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That's your setting. Can we find some characters
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or in the art area, oh you've made a monster,
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maybe he's your character.
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Can we make a setting for his adventure?
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Take care though and remember to tune in.
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Don't jump in with your big feet.
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If the child actually isn't building a castle
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and just wants to stack blocks to reach the ceiling.
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Tells toolkits story elements in books.
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Keep the hanger in the book area
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or in your group area when reading books together.
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Make links to the symbols
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and find the character setting
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problem solution in the story.
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There are lots of stories that aren't a direct fit
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for tell's toolkit structure,
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but this is a great discussion point.
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Sometimes we've tried to use familiar stories
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and I think not all stories fit with that structure so,
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but it does lead to an interesting conversation
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about, but what's the problem?
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Oh, but there are two problems or is there a solution
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or did it all work out well in the end?
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So I think for those children who can get their heads
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around it, it's, it's a really interesting discussion to
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Have. I've heard lots
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of interesting suggestions.
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It could be Cinderella's mum dying or her dad dying
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or the evil stepmother
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or the fact that the clock ran out at
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midnight and there was a curfew.
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It leads to lots of interesting discussions.
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Refer to the hanger when problems arise.
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Hmm, there's only one Spiderman toy and you both want it.
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That's a problem. Can you think of a solution?
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We encourage the children to give two solutions
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and one magic solution.
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One little girl was upset about getting sand in her hair
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and her teacher used the tells toolkit
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structure to talk to her.
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She said, okay, well you are the character.
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The setting is a sandpit.
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The problem is that you're getting upset when
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you get sand in your hair.
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Can you give me three solutions and make one of the magic?
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And she came up with Wear a hat, don't let it bother me.
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Use magic to float above the sandpit.
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She chose not to let it bother and she happily played.
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Over time, the children move away from needing the prompt
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and start to remember the structure in their heads.
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Um, and she'll come and say, Mrs. Lloyd, we have a problem
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and it's something has happened in the classroom
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and she does that home as well.
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Um, and it's like, how can we fix it?
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And she, well I think the solution could be so the language
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that they're using because of the storytelling
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sessions is brilliant.
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You can even use the hangar to discuss real life problems.
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One reception teacher used this picture
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and the hangar to discuss global warming
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and the problem of a bear on his shrinking iceberg.
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A bear can come and cool down the cloud
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so it can smell again and the snow can.
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So now we have an understanding of the new resources
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and how you can use them.
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Let's move on to section two using the resources in your
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setting to enhance creative tales.
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Toolkit stories, although we keep saying
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that you can tell tales, toolkit stories, using
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absolutely anything and I stand by this.
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There's lots you can do
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to really inspire storytelling in your setting.
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And I'm gonna talk through three things here.
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Allow children to transport,
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evaluate resources and make props.
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So let's start with allowing children to transport.
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It can be really frustrating when the children move things
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around and the phone goes missing from the home corner
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for the 17th time.
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But the whole purpose for the small kit
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and apron is that children are able to collect items from
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around the setting to create stories.
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This is impossible if you don't let them transport.
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Next, evaluate resources.
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Get together as a team and evaluate the resources you have.
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Are there lots of resources for the children to access?
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And what will inspire storytelling in your setting?
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Look again at the list you made in session two.
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Are all of these items freely accessible for the children
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to select lots of soft toy characters, favorite characters,
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different fabrics
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that children can pretend is anything.
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cultures you have in your setting.
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Some schools have an area set up with four boxes
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for the different story elements with props
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and you might ask the children to bring things from home
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if you do set up an area for tell's toolkit, this isn't,
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instead of being able to select things from the provision,
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transporting is still key
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outside in the garden.
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They could really do this by themselves
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with just some simple,
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simple natural materials from the garden.
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or a doll, which would be the character
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and part of the story.
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which a lot of children don't necessarily do
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unless it's adult led.
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resources and using any kind of resource to um,
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be a part of a story.
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so the children can make their own story elements.
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Junk box model, phones and wands peg all characters.
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your group story times.
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It can turn them something, it
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into something like a monster.
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to use really large paper
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how you set the children up
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to use Tale's toolkit independently.
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to look at how tale's toolkit fits in
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right across the curriculum.
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Let's start by discussing the characteristics
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of effective learning.
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It's not enough to give children information
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and skills without them developing enthusiasm for learning
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confidence and the attitude to make things happen.
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Using tell's toolkit, children become solution focused
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and develop a growth mindset when exploring the problem.
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Always test ideas before going to the solution bag.
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It's okay to fail and try an alternative way.
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Biting her, yes. Ow. Ow. Owow. I don't like being bitten.
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How does that make her feel? Sad.
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That makes her feel bit, oh I'm very sad.
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I don't like being bitten. Is there
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Anything we can try before we get the
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Solution out?
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We could put her away because
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Hide her away so that the, this princess can't find
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Her. Yeah
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'cause she's very good at hide and sea. Hide her.
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Hello? Hello, hello.
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I'm looking for that fairy godmother
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'cause I want her bite her 'cause she's so yummy.
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Is she under here? No.
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Uh, is she behind here? No. No.
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Is she behind here? No. Is she under?
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Oh, I see you very good mother.
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Oh, as she found her, that was a really good idea.
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But maybe there's something in
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the solution back that can help us
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Clear to the children and let them see
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that you learn from the ideas that you try.
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We try to scare a monster but he liked loud noises.
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We now know that didn't work. What else could we try?
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You might even occasionally want to have their ideas work.
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So you don't need to use the solution back
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and model your thinking.
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Use words like think, plan, test, try
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show the children that you don't know
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and you are trying out ideas together with them.
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You might make links to previous stories or core books.
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Leon, A Lady Bird's got Big or Small Voices Big.
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Do you think Gaston's got a big voice? Yeah, my voice.
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Well the Lady Bird in story we press got a really little
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voice but this one's got big wings.
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Seeing That you learn from failed ideas, how else
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to build resilience and using the tells toolkit language in
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children's play you'll find
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that the children become a lot more solution focused.
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They really learn to work together.
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It was great because with some of our older children
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that were coming up for three years old,
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they grasp the context of the storytelling a lot more.
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But they were so keen to independently still talk,
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tell stories with each other.
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So when we'd finished and they'd, they'd be off playing
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and they'd be out in the garden.
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We could hear them saying, right, let's go
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and find a problem.
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And another little child would say, right,
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well we need a solution to that problem.
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That really was amazing to see at this age.
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Tale's toolkit follows the children's interests
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and is all about providing quality interactions
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where the children's ideas are explored.
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Similar to play, lots of areas of learning can be explored
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through stories and you do this
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through the resources you add
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and your interactions with the children.
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So the kind of language you use and questions you ask.
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We've already talked about how Tales toolkit, it can be used
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to develop communication and language, social skills
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and creativity.
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But with a little thought you can use tell's toolkit
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to cover a large part of the curriculum.
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Communication and language, social skills
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and creativity are
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directly impacted every time you use the kit.
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And in session four we'll talk more
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about physical development.
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So I'm not going to focus on these today.
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I'm going to look at literacy, maths,
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and understanding the world.
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And for each we'll discuss resources you can use
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and the kind of language that can help.
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Let's start with literacy.
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So resources, put things in the bags that link
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to your core books, making sure you leave the resources out
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for the children to create their own stories.
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For example, with the Little Red Hen story,
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you can add characters and elements from the book.
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Hen Pig, hay, egg, bread, wheat.
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However, don't have an expectation
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of the story that will develop.
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You are not going to find the children retelling the story.
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with their own creative interpretation,
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which we believe is so much better. Oh,
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There she is, Rosie the Chicken.
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What else does she like to play? Play football.
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She likes to play football.
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Do you know what she's really good at
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football that her football
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Map. But you will
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see the information you're teaching them come
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out in the children's stories if you give them resources
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that link add things.
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The provision to encourage children
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to make their own characters for the stories.
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Large paper pictures of farms to create settings.
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Feathers to the junk box model area
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and use the tells toolkit Hanger.
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When sharing a core book to refer
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to the different story elements
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and even make comparisons
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between different versions of the story.
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You can use resources that link with rhyme, a rat, a bat,
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a cat and a mat. That's
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Some rhyming words with tick.
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So tick, peak, peak
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Birds, beach bear,
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banana and language.
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Using tell's toolkit.
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You're setting the children up ready to read and write
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and you are giving them the ideas
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and creativity that's really going
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to make all the difference as they go through.
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School. Tell's Toolkit, provides lots of opportunities
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to cover early phonics.
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Splish, lush, lush,
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Talk lock, talk lock.
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All of these develop early speaking and listening skills
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and the children are tuning into the sounds around them
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that really helps 'em when it comes
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to oral blending and segmenting. If you
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See that back, come back. Will you shout
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Dad?
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If you see him come back. Can you shout Rat?
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Do you think you can do that? Yeah. Are you ready?
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Now let's talk about maths.
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And there is research that shows children
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who learn story structure early on go on
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to do better in maths later in school.
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So already you are making a difference,
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but there are resources that you can add to your stories.
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Tape measure, ruler calculator, telephone,
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different types of scales, clock and language.
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making a cake or potion.
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Can you add in three Wrigley worms
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and two spiders add counting to your story.
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Let's count how many jumps.
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Steps count to the top of the tree.
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Count how many mice the cat eats.
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He jumping higher or low now? Low. Oh,
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Oh, oh now higher. Oh, higher.
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There we go. Bone, bone, bone.
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Positional language. Hiding behind, under.
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No, there was no rock. And the last area of learning,
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understanding the world.
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So let's talk about resources.
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Use resources to go inside the kit that link
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to different cultures and celebrations such
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as a candle at Di Valley
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or Lucky Money Envelopes for Chinese New Year
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or chicks at Easter.
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Putting resources such as a telephone torch,
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remote control a camera.
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It's not my phone, it was in the bag. How can a phone
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Help us? Hello?
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Hello. I know this is a witch. We went.
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Can we can you? We win please.
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Oh, oh, so you have a whisk
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and it's not a whisk anymore. No, it's a monster.
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And why not get your children to take photographs
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and record your stories in a class book
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that can be sent home to families Language.
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There are lots of ways that you can use Tales Toolkit
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to help children make sense of the world around them.
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We talked last week about children making sense
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of the things they experience through storytelling.
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Tells Toolkit helps children to recognize
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that their friends have different experiences,
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ideas, and opinions.
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Encourage the children to make those links.
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Have you been to the beach? What do you like to do there?
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Have you had a spider in your house?
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to share your own experiences.
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So you can see Tales Toolkit easily fits right
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across the curriculum.
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Here's just a few top tips you might feed in counting rhyme,
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et cetera, but the story is still led by the children.
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to the children that you are having your turn
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to tell your tells toolkit story.
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So for example, one teacher told the story
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of Easter using props and the tells toolkit.
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of ideas before I start telling a story.
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In this story, I'm going
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to include songs When you introduce the character, counting
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with the setting and rhyme towards the end of the story.
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Just choose one or two things per story for you to focus on.
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and then add a few names for children that you might want
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to target, but make this really useful
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and not just paperwork.
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A bowl and a magic wand are great for creating magic rhyme
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and alliteration spells big,
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scary creatures can be scared away using
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alliteration strings.
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Be back, boom, be back, boom.
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I've given you lots to think about today,
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but take it slowly.
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It's really important. This doesn't add to your workload
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share resources and make sure stories are kept fun.
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What's really important to remember from today is
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that Tell's Toolkit isn't just a story resource,
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it's about getting children to be creative problem solvers.
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Not just in story but to solve their own problems.
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You've got your new resources
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and you are ready now to get your children
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independently telling stories.
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Have lots of fun and we look forward
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to hearing your stories.
