ABSTRACT
We have always known that reading stories is a worthwhile activity to do with children, but there is much more to story (Wells, 2010). Stories in the mind (storying) is one of the most fundamental means of making meaning. We all make up stories, making our lives meaningful and interesting through the telling of stories and relating events. Children have a natural impulse to tell stories as a means of making connections between what they are learning and what they already know (Wells, 2010). Do you enable children to tell their own stories and do you listen to what they say? As a reflective practitioner you should be able to understand many of the connections that children are making and build on these to further develop their metacognition about story and enhance their language development. Oscar and James story sharing. https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203117248/7f6567f5-8da1-46b5-b82d-4c59efe7e399/content/figcs_2_B.jpg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>
