Free Resources
Grab any of these free digital downloads to support you on your storytellingĀ journeyĀ and promote early literacy development with young children.
Guidebook
ThisĀ guidebook, 'Culturally Responsive & Inclusive Storytelling', provides you with practical tips for adapting traditional stories to be culturally responsive.
Storytelling Cards
Find a variety of scenes in this deck of 18 cards. The scenes that lend themselves to developing a mystery or solving a problem and include recurring characters and props.
Storytelling Prompts
More than 15 prompts to inspire creative and original stories. Like aĀ story about a bubble that is afraid of heights or an octopus that eats everything in your home?
Get Started
A simple handout with the steps to implement Storytelling and Storyacting, along with a document to brainstorm any barriers stopping you from getting started.
A Story
Print this out and you'll never be without a story to tell again. The visuals can easily go on popsicle sticks or apply velcro to use on a felt board. Let the children be characters!
SEL Tool
Problem stories are a powerful tool to teach social skills. This simple chart is a great tool to support teaching checking in rather than forcing an apology.
"Children enter school accomplished storytellers, veteran fantasy players, only to discover quite abruptly that this great passion of theirs is not part of the curriculum"
