Stories are an essential aspect of everyday communication. We tell stories to pass on news, share information and explain how we feel about things. We seem to have an instinct for story telling
In short, stories are part of the fabric of life. We replay the events of our lives through our stories. That’s why being able to tell stories (and understand other people’s stories) is an essential skill that children need to develop as they make their way in the world.
Stories are more than just a string of sentences. Things need to be told in a particular order; in the sequence they happened (narrative structure) and in a way that takes the listener’s knowledge and needs into account.
Story-telling is a great communication workout because it calls on all the other skills, from paying attention & listening to vocabulary and sentence building.
On this site there are some great activities that support storytelling skills - find activities here.