Telling stories is something we do every day – it’s a part of being human. In this article, Tamara Bromley, an early childhood and lead teacher in Western Australia, shares how she used her own storytelling to engage her learners and create a sense of belonging in her classroom. As learners became more confident they contributed to her imaginative stories and retellings and began to contribute their own, enriching their vocabularies. Other strategies including text innovation and modelled writing were also embedded within the storytelling. The children’s oral language and literacy development showed marked development.
Reference: Enhancing Children's Oral Language and Literacy Development Through Storytelling in an Early Years Classroom. Tamara Bromley ALEA Vol 24 Number 1 February 2019