Stories

stories

Stories help children understand language, relationships and experiences beyond their own. Listening, reading, retelling and inventing stories introduce them to new words, feelings, places and perspectives.

Stories can also help children make sense of their own lives by giving shape to events and emotions. A story does not have to come from a book - it can come from a grandparent, a family memory, a puppet or the child’s imagination.

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why it matters

Shared stories support vocabulary, comprehension and broader language development. Meta-analyses show that shared book reading helps children learn words, particularly when adults make the experience interactive through questions, conversation and repetition.

Stories also create moments of shared attention and connection between children and caregivers. Research source: storybook-reading meta-analysis and shared picture-book intervention review

everyday activities

  • Reading aloud and talking about the pictures
  • Pausing to ask what might happen next
  • Repeating a favourite book or tale
  • Sharing stories from family or community life
  • Making up a bedtime story together
  • Retelling a familiar story with puppets or toys
  • Inviting children to narrate something from their day
  • Creating a story basket with household objects
  • Imagining a different ending
  • Asking an older child to tell a story to a younger one

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