Makebelieve Arts

Amazing artcle in the TES this morning about children's speech, language and communication skils and social mobility, 'The most important factor in reaching the expected levels in English and maths aged 7 is children’s language skills when they are 5. This is greater than the link to poverty or parental education. ' Tis important work we do people - thank goodness for Helicopter Stories! https://www.tes.com/news/key-social-mobil ity-lies-language

https://helicopterstories.co.uk/…/keepi ng-a-record-of-chil…/ Latest blog by Artistic Director Trisha Lee on recording children's stories.

Artistic Director Trisha Lee has started a blog on #HelicopterStories - the purpose of the blog is to answer questions and to focus on different aspects of the approach over the coming months. Please feel free to follow her www.helicopterstories.co.uk

June 15th 2018 - Helicopter Stories Training in Guildford. Guildford Nursery School and Children's Centre, Hazel Avenue Guildford, Surrey, GU1 1NR - Venue has now been confirmed. We have been really lucky to have the support of Guildford Nursery School and Children's Center which is greatly reducing the cost to us of offering this training. We are passing this saving on to you - (we will contact all those already booked so we can ensure you receive the discount too) DISCOUNTED PRICE: Full Day Helicopter Stories Training: £105.50 (includes food and demonstration with Nursery children) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/helicopter -stories-in-guildf…

https://youtu.be/WzTE7XFYWAo Elliot is 5 - He regularly writes his own books. This is his first book. Through Helicopter Stories and listening weekly to stories told orally and through picture books, Elliot now identifies himself as an author.

Helicopter Stories training in Exeter and Guildford during the summer term. Tickets on Eventbrite: https://tinyurl.com/y7c3dy7s and https://tinyurl.com/y8jncze9 Early Bird: Book before 15th February 2018 to receive a free copy of MakeBelieve Arts The Woman Who Cooked book of children’s stories that can be used to introduce the approach!

A wonderful insight into a two year old’s understanding of waiting for her baby brother or sister to arrive!

Great to see lots of enthusiastic PVI managers at the CEME conference centre today and very excited working with you on our next Helicopter Stories Project in Havering!

Here's a great piece of evidence of self initiated writing from a 4 year old! That urge to write is so strong when you love Helicopter Stories! https://youtu.be/RthrwSmeZOQ

Helicopter Stories with children at a Special Needs School in Havering. So inspiring to learn from such a skilled practitioner. Finding the balance of allowing space and freedom to tell stories unaided and when to give support, is all about intuition and experience.

How can Helicopter Stories work with 2 year olds? This was the question a London Borough asked Trisha Lee and Isla Eleanor Hill. Here's a short film of the amazing stories that followed.

You can't use up creativity, the more you use, the more you have!
We'd love to hear some of the amazing and creative ideas that have come from your classrooms!

Did you know that Helicopter Stories can also be used with younger children? Take a look at how you can implement a child-centred approach to learning with two-year olds: http://bit.ly/2xRpYPJ

Every time Zandra growled at me, I repeated her sounds, exactly as she said them, before writing her story down. The pattern went like this, Zandra growled, I growled back. She put her hands over her ears, we smiled at each other, reassuring ourselves that it was just a game.
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Our artistic director, Trisha Lee, has written many great articles over the years, and you can now see all of them on our website: http://bit.ly/2gBqGoW