Teachers all over the world often begin their lesson with a story since they have realised what a powerful weapon in their educational arsenal this can be. Storytelling is such a compelling and tried through time tool; it develops language and emotions, it fosters imaginative and creative thinking and promotes cultural understanding and respect.
Surviving Kindergarten with a Storytelling Handbook is weaved around a story-based syllabus and contains lesson plans based on 14 engaging stories, which are cognitively accessible to the children’s age . The storytelling techniques range from using puppets, storyboxes to kamishibai and storytelling aprons in order to attract young learners' attention and to provide a more interactive framework. The stories and activities in this book have been carefully selected to meet the needs and interests of pre-primary school children and at the same time they are in accordance with the Kindergarten curriculum.
Each story provides a springboard to a wide range of related language learning activities, which bear cross-curricular links to Maths, Art, Geography, Music, Drama, and STEM and cater for different intelligences and diverse learning needs. With this storytelling handbook we aspire to provide new teachers of English at pre-primary level with valuable practical help, while at the same time to remind more experienced ones the real value of a story-based approach.