Educational
Practical Workshops for Early Years Educators
SPEA Approved Certificate
Overview
Workshop Overview
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This practical workshop shows how interactive storytelling can support children’s listening, vocabulary, understanding, speaking and participation.
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Participants will learn how to use stories, repetition, questions, visuals, actions and simple props more effectively.
Who Should Attend
- Nursery school managers who want to create engaging open days
- Nursery schoolteachers who want to use practical strategies to support communication and language development
- Nursery assistants who support children's participation and learning
- Preschool educators who want to use stories more effectively to create interactive learning experiences
Early Years practitioners seeking practical strategies for easier planning and delivery
Learning Outcomes
- Participants will learn how to: Use storytelling to support communication and language development
- Develop children's listening, vocabulary and understanding
- Encourage prediction, participation, sequencing and retelling
- Support children learning English as an Additional Language
- Use interactive storytelling during nursery open days
Course Outline
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Communication and language in the Early Years
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Choosing and preparing suitable stories
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Using repetition, questions, actions, visuals and props
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Encouraging participation, sequencing and retelling
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Supporting children learning English as an Additional Language
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Using storytelling during nursery open days
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Practical demonstration
Assessment
Assessment will be through participation, discussion, practical activities and feedback. There is no formal examination