Little Red Hen

My nursery and reception children used to love learning this story of the Little Red Hen.

 

Following recommendations from Pie Corbett we would read the story to begin with a few times. Then we would start to put some repetitive actions to the different parts of the story to help the language stick and made these into a map. This map was also sent home to families and put up around our learning spaces.

 

We then created a small world version of the farm for the children to use in their play and added into the area the mapped story.

 

We provided children with the sensory opportunities of making their own bread and visiting a farm. It was a fantastic way to help children’s language development and story telling skills. We then explored changing a few parts of the story like the characters or how it ended.

 

What are your favourite stories to tell?