Resources for Teachers
Stories can bring an inspiring benefit to the classroom - and not just for Reception years. Nor just for literacy. The excited interest that can be encouraged by good storytelling is a proven tool for increasing children's keenness for learning.
This is the chief reason why Snail Tales began holding storytelling workshops for children and teachers, and it is also the reason why we wish to offer you some stories and lesson ideas for free use in the classroom.
Our only disclaimer is this: all material offered on this site is copyright Snail Tales, and may not be used by any other persons for financial profit.
You can also visit this page for our mission statement and policies.
Stories and Lesson Ideas Archive
Snail Tales has written out some of their retellings of traditional tales. If you decide to retell one of these stories, do have a go at using your own words. But feel free to use the exact words we've written.
Lesson ideas are provided in PDF format. If you need to install the free Adobe Acrobat Reader, click here.
To download, a left-click will usually work. If it doesn't, try a right-click and choose the option that says "Save Target", "Save Link" or "Download Linked File".
Christmas in other cultures (lesson ideas storytelling)
Themes: Common features of fairy tales, Task-based stories, Problem-solving
Skills: problem-solving, recognising genre, writing to a structure
Dreamtime Stories (Echidna Coral Creeper Pindari & Mowan lesson ideas storytelling)
Themes: Then and now, Commitment, Arthurian legend
Skills: making an ending, recognising emotions, spotting differences between past & present
Hercules' 11th Labour (read the story lesson ideas storytelling)
Themes: Myths and legends, Trickster tales
Skills: persuasion, inventiveness, listening
Pea and the Princess (read the story lesson ideas storytelling)
Themes: Purity
Skills: music, rhythm, reinterpreting traditional stories
Puddocky (read the story lesson ideas)
Themes: Common features of fairy tales, Task-based stories, Problem-solving
Skills: problem-solving, recognising genre, writing to a structure
Rabbit's Ears Interactive! (read the story lesson ideas)
Themes: Alternative endings, Creation stories, Traditional stories
Skills: predicting and comparing endings, making notes
NB: This story is found on our sister website, www.LittleBirdsClub.com. For more information on Little Birds, click here.
Sir Guingamor and the White Boar (read the story lesson ideas storytelling)
Themes: Then and now, Commitment, Arthurian legend
Skills: making an ending, recognising emotions, spotting differences between past & present
Look out for further stories and lesson ideas to be added in the near future!
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Useful links around this site
If you find these resources useful, you will gain even more benefits by visiting the following pages on our site:
- Book Some Storytelling - a list of all our current storytelling programmes for schools
- Little Birds - our unique and best-value storytelling workshops for schoolchildren
- Storytelling workshops - to increase your own storytelling potential in the classroom
- About Storytelling - a guide to why storytelling is so useful in the classroom
- Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning - how storytelling can be your greatest asset for SEAL
Mission Statement and Policies
If you want to know something about Snail Tales that you are unable to find anywhere on this website, please contact us by emailing stories@snailtales.org