Teaching through stories is fantastic at kindergarten. The power of stories is incredible, and they are superb for teaching English. Here are ten reasons to use them in your preschool or kindergarten English class.

Ten reasons for teaching English through stories

1. Children love them. Start a story, and preschool children will suddenly be mesmerized. The effect stories have on preschoolers is amazing, even if they already know the story inside out!

2. The story can be the focal point of the lesson, giving meaning and context to odd words and phrases learned in isolation.

3. Children can absorb the structure of language subconsciously as well as hear familiar words they know.

4. Preschoolers will be happy to hear the same stories over and over, which is fantastic for revision and absorption.

5. You can use the stories as a base for fun activities in class.

6. An educational message can be contained in the tale, aside from language learning.

7. Using stories develops creativity and imagination in a way that watching TV never can, never mind the harmful effects of computer games and screens on children.

8. You can use stories as a quiet time in between boisterous activities.

9. Stories, along with songs, allow children to hear and understand far more English than any other method.

10. Enhance your storytelling with gestures, actions, colourful illustrations, relevant games, and role-playing. Dynamic teaching increases language retention and makes lessons more fun. This method helps you review language repeatedly and make topics real through play.

You, too, can be an inspirational teacher!

“What took me days to figure out ploughing through websites and going to the library now takes me an hour with Shelley’s program. You can quote me on that! The children are opening up more and more each class, and I see the looks on the parents’ faces. You make me look so good!” Kathryn Williams, USA

Story-telling at kindergarten resources for teachers

Make your life easy teaching English at kindergarten with these fabulous preschool stories curricula, with lesson plans, games, songs, and masks. Enjoy this curriculum of stories,  specially written for English language learners. The first 20 stories are specifically for complete beginners ages 3 to 6, while the Special days set is suitable for all children up to age ten. Many teachers tell me that older children enjoy the early sets also. The full series of stories prepares for the A1 European Language Certificate.