Time for a story
Welcome to the Storytime Snug. Here you will find ideas of stories to read together and lots of activities to do.
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Learning to read
Stories - read aloud or on e-book
Express yourself through stories and words
Picture prompts to inspire a story
Tell the story of these pictures
Share your stories and poems with the world
50 things to do before you're 5 - an app supporting communication
Little Angel Theatre's puppet making and story telling resources
10 minute challenges to grow your creativity
Read a story - and add the next page yourself!
Join in with a coronadiary
How to create all sorts of writing projects
Perform plays of your favourite stories - scripts to use
For older children
Drama and shows
Discover new stories and explore old ones
Get to know the stories behind the books even better
Harry Potter at Home
Fun at home with authors and illustrators from the Book Trust
The National Shelf Service - discover your next great read
Find a new book to read here
A collection of reading challenges and activities
Activities to explore any book you are reading
Build a giant book - and a tiny one - and more!
Learn a poem off by heart
Challenge 4: Stories help
Today’s challenge takes advantage of the free audio stories for children that have recently been released.
After you have listened to a story together, why not talk about it together- what was your favourite bit? Or play it together – which character will you play?
Challenge 11: Story Stones
Follow the instructions here to create your Story Stones – all you need are some stones (or something similar) and some magazine pictures or drawings.
For under-5s: For more imaginative play to develop communication skills, see this blog.
Challenge 20: Harry at Home
Explore one of your favourite books and characters in more detail. Here are some ideas:
Challenge 29: Amazing Authors Challenge You!
Amazing authors set a daily 10 minute creative challenge. Create something new today following their prompt
Try today’s 10 minute challenge set by some amazing authors.
For younger children: Teach your monster to read
For older children: Think about the last time you were creative and it felt good – often this is called being in a “flow” state. What was it like? What made it good? How can you experience that creativity again?
Challenge 37 - One Picture, One Story
Here are some inspiring pictures. Choose one to create your own exciting tale.
For younger children: Choose a picture and read the short sentence written on it. Tell people around you how you feel about that picture and line.
Challenge 48 - Fairytale Adventure
Find a fairy tale from another country. Read and enjoy it.
When you’ve read it, share your favourite part
For younger children: Choose one of these fairy tales for someone to read to you. Or explore ABRACADABRA https://literacy.concordia.ca/abra/en/
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