Story Steps

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Story Steps

Language games. Designed to assist children's language development and early literacy skills. Clear guidance for parents suggests the starting points and then the children take the lead to develop them further so giving a multitude of endings! Each pack contains a variety of materials for the children to invent their own games, tell stories and engage in role-play. Suggestions included for further activities for rhyme, rhythm and movement. Curriculum guidance sheet indicates skills practised. Endlessly flexible resources suitable for a parent and 1-4 children.

Based on the Hare and the Tortoise tale. Start by playing a thought-provoking floor game with the different coloured stepping stones. Sequence and retell the story with picture cards and masks. See if tortoise always wins in the board game and let the children invent their own games. A Bingo! game with left/right orientations helps the children observe carefully.

Contents include:

• Game board
• 4 pictures
• Hare and Tortoise characters
• 5 picture tokens
• 10 stepping stones (6 brown, 2 red and 2 blue)
• Double sided photocopiable sheet
• Spinner
• 2 masks
• Bag
• Dice
• Number counters
• Record sheet

Product No: CC-SST