Story Café is a stay and play session with a focus on Communication and language development, with an emphasis on the benefits of sharing stories together. We share a story with props, play and explore around the story with activities, enjoy a healthy snack and finish with songtime. Each child takes home a free picture book and a sticker. Story Cafe sessions are FREE, including all activities, picture book and snack for children and adults, and led by our teacher / Communication Champion. This month we shared...
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Published by Penguin Books. Find out more here - https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/322742/where-the-wild-things-are-by-sendak-maurice/9780370007724 And watch the story on youtube here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALmNPxNehYE
Try paper boat making - https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Paper-Boat
And here's a lovely short piece linking the story to how we deal with our children's feelings - https://childpsychotherapy.org.uk/resources-families/exploring-childrens-books/where-wild-things-are
Where the Wild things are is a classic, perfect for bedtime. Here's what we did.
Hooray for Fish by Lucy Cousins
Perfect for sharing. Colourful and bright illustrations and rhyming text. Can you spot the pineapple fish? And the strawberry fish? And can Little Fish find Mummy Fish? Listen to and watch the story here - https://vimeo.com/52877670. Published by Walker Books Find out more here - https://www.booktrust.org.uk/book/h/hooray-for-fish/
The Book with No Pictures by B J Novak
Play with technology for 0-3s with funny sounds and words and the Bla Bla Bla app. On iPhones here - https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/bla-bla-bla/id430815432 and on the web here - https://www.lorenzobravi.com/blablabla/
Listen to BJ Novak himself reading the book here - https://youtu.be/SiiS2NDkfI4?si=fvRfcLn7jgJD6DZA
The Book with No Pictures is published by Penguin Books. Find out more here - https://www.booktrust.org.uk/book/t/the-book-with-no-pictures/
To find out more about children's communication and language development, if you are a parent or a practitioner, take a look at my Padlet for tips, advice and inspiration. Story Cafe Padlet here
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