Tools for Schools
Provision and /or strategies
- Harness the use of the child or young person’s interest when considering the approach.
- The child may benefit from being taught and modelling imaginative play sequences sometimes referred to as structured play.
- Familiar adults introduce simple pretend play, using familiar objects to model new play.
- Role play and drama, use of props (e.g. puppets, hats or materials) to act out familiar stories.
- Modelling; providing a narrative for the child’s play.
- Story telling.
- Use of technique such as ‘Helicopter stories’ to engage children in making up their own stories.
- Singing and improvisation.
- Photos used to talk through what might be happening.
Last updated 2 November 2021