This text provides practical activity ideas for educators of 3-6 year olds based on traditional stories. The stories it focuses on are: "The Enormous Turnip"; "The Gingerbread Boy"; "Rapunzel"; "Hansel and Gretel"; and "The Emperor's New Clothes". For each story there are activities across the early years curriculum, plus ideas for displays, a cookery activity and photocopiable sheets. All the activities provide a foundation for the National Curriculum/Scottish Guidelines and cover many of the Desirable Outcomes for under-fives recommended by the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority.

 

This book is part of a book series called Starting With Story .

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 1998 by Scholastic .

Lesley Clark is a lecturer at the Reading and Information Centre at the University of Reading. She is an experienced early years teacher and has written for the Themes for Early Years; Starting With Story and Skills for Early Years series. Pauline Kenyon is an early years consultant and registered inspector. She has been Senior Primary Inspector for Dudley LEA, a primary and nursery registered inspector and OFSTED accredited trainer. Jenny Morris is an early years teacher who has run her own nursery. She is the regular contributor of the Story Box series of articles in Nursery Projects and has written for the 'Themes for Early Years' and 'Starting with Story' series for Scholastic.