About Growing Storytellers: A Helicopter Stories Podcast
Immerse yourself in storytelling and early years education with bestselling author Trisha Lee and early years expert Isla Hill as they share their insights, tips, and heartwarming anecdotes about Helicopter Stories. Discover how the approach effortlessly fits within the EYFS classroom, fostering communication and imagination. Whether you're an educator, parent, or just curious, this podcast is your gateway to a universe where the stories children tell take center stage.
Let's grow storytellers together!
These episodes were released over 10 weeks from October 2023 - December 13th 2023.
Growing Storytellers: A Helicopter Stories Podcast for anyone who works with children aged 2-7 years old.In this final episode of Series 1 we explore how chidren develop as storytellers and how we born hardwired to make sense of the world through story. Taking us through some of the issues raised in the book - The Growth of a Storyteller, Trisha Lee and Isla Hill discuss how children develop as storytellers, and explore research around the notion of are babies born kind. This episode is full ...
6 Dec 2023
9. Literacy: Choosing to Write
Growing Storytellers: A Helicopter Stories Podcast for anyone who works with children aged 2-7 years old.Today's episode focus's on the notion of choosing to write. What makes children, especially those in the early years, choose to write, and how can we make the act of writing irresistable? In a time where writing by hand happens less frequently, Helicopter Stories offers a time for children to witness the role writing plays in storing their words, so they can be acted out later. Listen, as ...
29 Nov 2023
8. Literacy: Understanding Stories
Growing Storytellers: A Helicopter Stories Podcast for anyone who works with children aged 2-7 years old.Episode 8 looks at how Helicopter Stories deepens children's understanding of stories as they regularly tell, listen to and act out in the stories of their peers. We also explore how we can support chiildren's growth as storytellers, by ensuring that the children are surrounded by a rich story diet.In this episode we also talk about The Story Basket- a programme of audio only stories we ha...
22 Nov 2023
7. Physical Development: Being a Rainbow
Growing Storytellers: A Helicopter Stories Podcast for anyone who works with children aged 2-7 years old.Welcome to Episode 7. Today's podcast focus's on the Prime Area of Physical Development and because this is a such a key part of Helicopter Stories, we have called this episode - Being a Rainbow. When children engage with Helicopter Stories they demonstrate how to jump like frog, crawl like a dog, or skip like a princess. They move quickly or slowly, containing their acti...
15 Nov 2023
6. PSED: A Community of Storytellers
Growing Storytellers: A Helicopter Stories Podcast for anyone who works with children aged 2-7 years old.Welcome to the latest episode. Today are staying with Personal, Social, and Emotional Development (PSED) and exploring how it fits within Helicopter Stories . This episode looks at Building Relationships and how Helicopter Stories enables us to create a community of storytellers in our classroom. We explore how listening to children's stories, helps us to get to know them better...
8 Nov 2023
5. PSED: Taking Risks
Growing Storytellers: A Helicopter Stories Podcast for anyone who works with children aged 2-7 years old.Welcome to our latest episode as we continue to explore the world of Personal, Social, and Emotional Development (PSED) within Helicopter Stories . This week we look at a fascinating aspect of children's creativity: taking risks.We will be talking about the way children fearlessly take risks on the storytelling stage, becoming a variety of characters without planning or preparation. We'll ...
1 Nov 2023
4. PSED: Turn Taking
Growing Storytellers: A Helicopter Stories Podcast for anyone who works with children aged 2-7 years old.Welcome to Growing Storytellers, the podcast dedicated to exploring the fascinating world of Helicopter Stories and its profound impact on early years education. In this our fourth episode, we explore the world of Personal, Social, and Emotional Development (PSED) with a focus on the essential skill of Turn Taking. This fundamental principle is woven into the very fabric of Helicopter Stor...
18 Oct 2023
3. Communication and Language: Expressing Ideas
Growing Storytellers: A Helicopter Stories Podcast for anyone who works with children aged 2-7 years oldIn this our third episode, we return to the realms of Communication and Language within the EYFS framework. This time, focusing on Expressing Ideas.Join us as we embark on a journey into the origins of children's creative ideas, exploring how they draw inspiration from popular culture, and the stories, and poems the hear. We ponder on how there is no such thing as an origional idea. and how...
10 Oct 2023
2. Communication and Language: Listening Attentively
Growing Storytellers:A Helicopter Stories podcast for anyone who works with children age 2 - 7 years oldIn our second episode of Growing Storytellers we begin to explore how Helicopter Stories connects with the EYFS framework. Todays we focus on Communication and Language with an emphasis on Listening Attentively. Join us as we embark on a fascinating journey, discovering how Helicopter Stories nurtures not only children's listening skills, but also those of the adults in the room...
19 Sept 2023
1. The Benefits: Why do Helicopter Stories
Growing Storytellers: A Helicopter Stories podcast for anyone who works with children age 2 - 7 years oldIn this first episode of Growing Storytellers, we delve into the world of Helicopter Stories, inspired by Vivian Gussin Paley pioneering work. Join us as we unravel the benefits of this approach, discussing how empowering it is for children when their stories are scribed and then brought to life by their peers. We also examine the meaningful connections that form when we ...
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