Since the beginning of our human journey, we have been storytellers. 

 

Stories help us to learn who we are and to better understand others, both near and far. 

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Storytelling is a powerful accelerator in learning to talk, to think, to know, and to interact with the world.

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Oral storytelling and story reading go hand in hand. Children need to achieve oral competence with the language they will meet in print. Teaching the storytelling way moves learners from listening to speaking. When we teach children to retell a story, we provide a scaffold for reading the story, variations of the story, and for reading stories that link with and extend the content and ideas carried within that oral story. It is from this hierarchical experience and skills development that we can then best instruct and coach our children in crafting writing and bring them to the challenge of writing with greater ease and confidence. This approach works as a core English language and literacy programme or equally well as a doorway into subject content across the curriculum.

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In a storytelling classroom, teachers and children become storytellers.

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At StoryWays Literacy, our goal is to support excellence in the craft of

literacy teaching.

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Click to hear a storytelling six-year-old from a storytelling classroom.

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