Nursery Sea Story Stones: Storytelling Cards

Sea Story Stones: make up your own sea stories. Twelve story stones with sea creatures, a diver, a submarine and a treasure chest. Children pick stones and use them to tell their own stories. Cut them out as cards or stick them onto real pebbles. They work well in the book corner, at the water tray or with the ocean playmat. What’s included: • Teacher guide with Development Matters links. • 12 cut-out story stones. Ideas for using it: • Pick three: Pick a character, a place and a problem. Tell a story. • Pass it on: Each child adds one sentence. • Treasure hunt: Who finds the treasure chest? • Small world: Use the stones with the ocean playmat. Linked to Development Matters (three and four-year-olds): • Engage in extended conversations about stories, learning new vocabulary. • Use longer sentences of four to six words. • Use a wider range of vocabulary. • Begin to develop complex stories using small world equipment like animal sets, dolls and dolls houses, etc. Supplied as a ready-to-print PDF (A4 landscape). Print, laminate and reuse all year.