Choose a book that has a least one strong setting for your child to imagine and visualise.
After reading the book, talk about the different settings that you learn about. Where do the characters go? What do you find out?
How will the box look on the outside? Will it provide a clue to the scene inside?
Gather and organise a range of different materials that your child might want to use.
Get busy creating your story setting boxes!
Give time for children to play with their story box world, re-enacting events from the book or creating new scenes or stories.
Book recommendations that we know story boxes work well with:
EYFS
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
We're Going on a Bear Hunt
The Gruffalo
Year 1/2
Man on the moon (a day in the life of Bob) by Simon Bartram
The Great Explorer by Chris Judge
Year 3/4
Leon and the Place Between by Angela McAllister
Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse by Chris Riddell
Year 5/6
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
Cosmic by Frank Cottrell Boyce
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