Tell-a-Story Day resources

Resources for all ages

How To Learn A New Story
Judy Paterson's step-by-step guide to learning a story. It's never been so easy!

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Promoting Your Event
Lots of useful advice from the Scottish Storytelling Centre team for publicising and promoting your Tell-a-Story Day event.

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Puzzle Stories
A selection of puzzling story starters from Bob Pegg to get children and adults alike creating their own tales.

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Planning Your Storytelling Visit
Useful advice from the Scottish Storytelling Centre on booking a storyteller then preparing for and making the most out of their visit. A perfect partner to the 'Promoting Your Event' resource.

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Tell-a-Story Day booklist
Bea Ferguson provides an invaluable list of recommended stories, rhymes and resources, categorised by age range.

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Environmental Story Games
John Hamilton offer some creative ideas for exploring your local environment with children.

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Resources for a specific age range

Early Years Starter Pack
(Early Years)

Some rhymes, stories and ideas to get you started with early years children and some hints and tips for using them, from Bea Ferguson.

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Scots Rhymes, Riddles and Games
(Primary)

A favourite selection of rhymes, riddles and games for children (and big kids!) from Senga Munro

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Nature Story Walk
(Primary)

Fun ways to use story with children to bring the natural world and its creatures to life from John Hamilton.

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Children are Storytellers
(Under 5s) - NEW

Ideas and advice from Ewan McVicar for using stories with children, from developing storytelling skills and learning stories to creating their own.

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10 Tips for Beginning to Tell Stories to Children
(Upper primary & lower secondary)

Ewan McVicar shares ten handy hints for beginner storytellers. A perfect accompaniment to his 'Children are Storytellers' resource.

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Storymaking with Puppets
(Primary, esp. special needs) - NEW

Ewan McVicar provides a step-by-step guide to group storymaking using puppets, props and objects. Particularly useful for use with mixed ability groups or children with special educational needs.

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Children As Storytellers
(Early years) - NEW

Ruth Kirkpatrick and Claire McNicol take you through their Gingerbread Man workshop, complete with a full programme, story and rhymes.

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Storytelling with Young People - NEW

A wonderfully comprehensive resource by Michael Williams, aimed at anyone who is already using storytelling with young people, or is keen to start incporporating storytelling into their practice.

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Storytelling with Children with Special Needs - NEW

Ailie Finlay's brief starter guide to finding, choosing and telling stories with groups of children or young people who have special needs.

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