Make a storytelling kit

Word cards can be a great way to help build learners’ vocabulary – giving them cards with words to read, understand and put into a sentence, or providing them with blank cards to add their own words and imagery to use as visual aids upon recall.

Learners can make their own storytelling kit using the word cards provided and then extend their story by adding their own words and creating illustrations for their stories.

Activity: Make a storytelling kit

In this activity learners will learn about sentence structure and storytelling. Learners will make their own storytelling kit using a range of word cards that use nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives and conjunctions and use these to create stories.

This activity could be used as a main lesson activity, to teach learners about the use of words and their spelling. It could also support verbal construction of sentences.

Download the free activity sheets below!

All activity sheets and supporting resources are free to download and are fully editable, so you can tailor them to your students’ and your schools’ needs.

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Tools/resources required

• Glue sticks
• Thin card
• Scissors

The activity sheet includes teacher notes, guidance, useful web links, and links (where appropriate) to the national curriculum in each of the four devolved UK nations; England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.