An accessible and child-led approach, championing the work of Vivian Gussin Paley and the power of story & poetry. (MakeBelieve Arts)
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7 Jan 2025
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We will no longer be posting here and will shut this account at the end of January. We can also be found on instagram and Facebook
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18 Apr 2024
Please Help!!!
Do you use any of our programmes? Helicopter Stories? Poetry Basket? Story Basket? How do they benefit your children?
Please help us by taking this survey! tally.so/r/3qb4YG
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There’s a book called Princesses, Dragons and Helicopter Stories by @TrishaLeeWrites that gives a really good overview. @HelicopterEYFS It is having a huge impact on my P2 class. #primaryrocks
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29 Nov 2023
Still so excited by The Growing Storytellers Podcast with @TrishaLeeWrites and @IslaHill - you can find it on all podcast hosting sites and on helicopterstories.co.uk/our-…
29 Nov 2023
Have you heard the Growing Storytellers Podcast. 'I listened to these back 2 back on a car journey yesterday, they are PURE GOLD! I absolutely love the pace content you are both super slick knowledgeable. I love the mix of practical tips, research, theory personal stories”
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11 Oct 2023
EPISODE 2: Listening Attentively
Please subscribe to Growing Storytellers - A Helicopter Stories podcast - now available on our website and all other podcast places helicopterstories.co.uk/our-…
11 Oct 2023
Growing Storytellers - A Helicopter Stories podcast - Episode 2 is live - woohoo - helicopterstories.co.uk/our-…
This week we are talking about communication and language with a focus on listening attentively. We'd love to know what you think. @HelicopterEYFS
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4 Oct 2023
Listening to "1. The Benefits: Why do Helicopter Stories" at growingstorytellersahelicopt…
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31 Aug 2023
Some motivation for the year ahead! Hunter, who has a speech and language delay, started last September with this Helicopter Story. Up to that point, his stories had only been one word #EYFS #EarlyYears
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22 Aug 2023
“We were experiencing the limitless potential of this simple yet profound approach we call Helicopter Stories.”
Here is the story of Abby, a child with communication difficulties, who triumphs at storytelling...
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17 Aug 2023
Children are natural storytellers. Proof? Here is a four-year-old, scribing the Helicopter Story of a three-year-old #EYFS #EarlyYears
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8 Aug 2023
Helicopter Stories Individual Books - a brilliant way to keep each child's story in one place and keep track of their progress. In some settings, they've even become worthy of a wall display!
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25 Jul 2023
Early Years practitioners hoping to introduce more rhythm and rhyme into your settings? We give you... The Poetry Basket 2. 48 poems and 8 themes - including Emotions, Dinosaurs and All About Me. Plus, a year-long subscription is only £30. helicopterstories.co.uk/cour…
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13 Jul 2023
Want to learn how to do Helicopter Stories with your children this summer? Trisha Lee's best-seller, Princesses, Dragons & Helicopter Stories, offers a complete step-by-step guide and it's available to buy on our website: helicopterstories.co.uk/prod…
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Helicopter Stories retweeted
24 Jun 2023
We love to create our own stories in our @HelicopterEYFS sessions. Today we created a story about princesses and bears.
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4 Jul 2023
This blog explores just how EAL children, with the right adjustments and resources, can become storytellers and poets in the Early Years #EYFS #EAL
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29 Jun 2023
Why is there sometimes such a push to get children to use the phrase Once Upon a Time, rather than valuing how intuitively they tell stories by jumping straight into where the action starts? @TrishaLeeWrites reflects:
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27 Jun 2023
‘The more vocabulary we can expose them to, the better – particularly for those children that maybe don’t have a vocabulary-rich environment at home.’ A fabulous testament to the power of The Story Basket in this case study from The Puffins of Exeter! helicopterstories.co.uk/crea…
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Helicopter Stories retweeted
22 Jun 2023
Thank you @TrishaLeeWrites for providing us with such wonderful poems. The poetry basket and helicopter stories have developed so much oracy this year with our amazing 3 and 4 year olds! We saw a squirrel in the forest and had to recite furry furry squirrel! @voice21oracy
22 Jun 2023
Poetry enjoyed on Forest Thursday today before the rain came! We hope to spot more 🐿️
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22 Jun 2023
"In Helicopter Stories, children’s words are respected and the approach lends itself to collaborative play and sharing ideas. As a group activity, no one feels judged and their ideas and feelings are accepted."
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20 Jun 2023
'One in three say books offer best form of escapism when having a bad day...' - maybe the kind of escape children get telling #HelicopterStories?
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