Who loves story telling? WE DO!!!!!
National Storytelling Week takes place every year to promote storytelling, the very first way of communicating life experiences and the creative imagination.
The event has been growing steadily each year throughout schools, hospitals, museums, theatres and storytelling clubs.
Why not join in yourselves!!! There are so many ways this can be incorporated into lessons etc. School Assemblies being the main time to target a storytelling session.
Chose books that will educate children, encourage imagination and an element of wonder and eagerness. Children will love to sit and listen to a story that excites them and gets them involved.
Why not let children do the reading themselves? Take turns reading a page each. This will promote confidence and work on reading and literacy skills – a great English lesson for the children.
Who said it needs to be in a school hall or classroom? Take it outside? Add an element of surprise and creativity. We provide a great outdoor Storytellers’ Area.
This is comprised of our Teacher’s Storytelling Chair, match it with the Child’s Storytelling Chair and Curved Seating around to create the ultimate learning space for children to gather and build on fundamental literacy and communication skills.
Why not encourage pupils to use their imagination and create their own stories?
Our range of Playboards, such as our Chalk Board, White Board and Painting Station are all great for creative play. Mark-make, write or draw your story and tell it to friends and teachers. Let your imagination run wild!
However you choose to celebrate National Storytelling Week, make sure you get involved!
Creative Play are proud to be a member of the API and look forward to working closely with this incredibly well-regarded organisation in the future.
Here at Creative Play, we’re passionate about providing schools with quality 
It’s no secret that the average child doesn’t play outside as much as they used to. We’ve all read stories trying to boil down the causes; computer games, diminishing park space, worries about safety. That said, there are still so many advantages to playing outdoor, benefits that its important not to forget.
Last month we were fortunate enough to be invited to attend the open day of one of our most recent playground developments. We had worked with Our Lady and St Edward’s Catholic Primary School in Birkenhead to create an exciting play space that incorporated both physical and imaginative role play opportunities. In attendance was our sales manager James Gambino, staff and pupils of Our Lady and St Edwards as well as special guest Steven Jennings, captain of Tranmere Rovers.
