Develop Independence & Language Skills
Nursery Practitioner from Lakehouse and Stationhouse Nurseries in Portishead wanted a resource to support children’s Communication and Language diff…
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Create a Vocabulary-Rich Environment
With the number of children regularly hearing a bedtime story decreasing across the country, Puffins of Exeter Nurseries were keen to expose their chi…
Unlock Parental Engagement
Reception Teacher at St Paul’s Primary in Chippenham wanted to engage parents in Helicopter Stories so that they could share in their children’s l…
Identify Individual Needs
Reception Teacher Chrissie found herself negotiating a variety of speech, language and communication needs within her setting. Introducing Helicopter …
Celebrate Poetry Countywide
To support Communication and Language in North Somerset, Early Years Advisor Gail Alder implemented The Poetry Basket as a county-wide initiative; any…
Meet Age-Related Expectations
An Early Years Advisor in Sunderland introduced Helicopter Stories across the county in response to the low language, communication and writing levels…
Why We Never Stop Asking in Helicopter Stories
For some children it takes longer to want to tell a story than it does for their peers. We’ve known children wait for a week or a month before they …
A Cross-Curricular Approach to The Poetry Basket
EYFS Lead, Emily Taylor, explains how she uses poems from The Poetry Basket across the curriculum, exploring maths, geography and the seasons of the y…
Why Once Upon A Time Will Never Be Enough…
When children first start telling stories they jump straight into the narrative. We need to be careful we don’t school this natural ability out of t…
Embracing The Poetry Basket across East Sussex
Discover how The Poetry Basket ignites enthusiasm, promoting oracy and supporting language development. “The impact on the children has been inspiri…
