Building story telling/narrative skills using visual aids

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These activities will explain ways that you can use visual support building story telling skills.

Section: Primary (5-11yrs) info; Secondary (11-16yrs) info

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Communication area:	Narrative/story-telling; Sentence building; Vocabulary/word finding; Turn taking
Blank's Level of Discourse:	Level 2; Level 3
Includes:	Activities
Suitable for:	Individual; Small group
Contributors:	anonymous contributors; Lryves
Date last changed:	January 23, 2022

Activity/strategy name and materials required	How to do the activity	Key principles for doing the activity and comments
Story Lines - Washing line - Pegs - Selection of pictures	1. Peg a picture on the line and ask your child to look at it - you could ask you child to choose a picture from a selection. 2. The adult says "It's story time and we are going to make up a story with the pictures" The adult starts the story by using the word on the picture. 3. Encourage your child to take the next turn by choosing a new picture and thinking how they can add to the story that has already been started. 4. Keep going until all the pictures have been used, or the story comes to a natural end.	This activity can be carried out with a small group of children You may need to recap the story at each turn, or give options if your child is finding it challenging to know what they can add. You could use a familiar story and use pictures from the book pegged to the line - you could encourage your child to retell the story with the pictures.
Story Dice - Story dice - click here for different dice themes.	Login or register to see the instructions for this activity.	This activity can be carried out with a small group of children You may need to recap the story at each turn, or give options if your child is finding it challenging to know what they can add.

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