As a coda to my last post, I’d like to describe two anecdotes from my own teaching experience which illustrate the power of stories in practice when working with children. The first comes from a time when I organised a drama week at the school where I was working to coincide with the end of the autumn term.

First of all, I’d just like to say what a pleasure and delight it is to have been invited by the the TeachingEnglish team to facilitate this discussion on stories and storytelling as part of a wonderful initiative to make more resources and materials for teachers of young learners available on the site.

Kindersite Project is being used as a free resource to introduce English (EFL and ESL) to very young children globally. 18,000 schools in 157 countries have registered on the website.