Traditional Tales Discovery Stones

Traditional Tales Discovery Stones

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Create learning that feels 'just right' with Traditional Tales Discovery Stones from Hope Education! These spellbinding stones have been designed to bring three classic tales to life, strengthening storytelling skills whilst promoting a love of literacy within your classroom.

EYFS, Key Stage 1

Year 1, Year 2, Reception

• Communication and Language
• English
• Expressive Arts and Design
• Literacy

• ELG: Comprehension
• ELG: Being Imaginative and Expressive
• ELG: Speaking
• Reading – comprehension
• Spoken Language

• Participate in small group, class and one-to-one discussions, offering their own ideas, using recently introduced vocabulary
• Offer explanations for why things might happen, making use of recently introduced vocabulary from stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems when appropriate
• Invent, adapt and recount narratives and stories with peers and their teacher
• Demonstrate understanding of what has been read to them by retelling stories and narratives using their own words and recently introduced vocabulary
• Anticipate – where appropriate – key events in stories
• Use and understand recently introduced vocabulary during discussions about stories, non-fiction, rhymes and poems and during role-play
• develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by: listening to and discussing a wide range of poems, stories and non-fiction at a level beyond that at which they can read independently
• develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by: becoming very familiar with key stories, fairy stories and traditional tales, retelling them and considering their particular characteristics
• develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by: recognising and joining in with predictable phrases
• develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by: discussing word meanings, linking new meanings to those already known
• develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by: listening to, discussing and expressing views about a wide range of contemporary and classic poetry, stories and non-fiction at a level beyond that at which they can read independently
• develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by: discussing the sequence of events in books and how items of information are related
• develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by: becoming increasingly familiar with and retelling a wider range of stories, fairy stories and traditional tales
• develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by: recognising simple recurring literary language in stories and poetry
• develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by: discussing and clarifying the meanings of words, linking new meanings to known vocabulary
• develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by: discussing their favourite words and phrases
• participate in discussions, presentations, performances, role play, improvisations and debates