Nursery World - A cracking tale

A 'precious' egg with fabulous decoration can inspire creative work andform the starting point for an imaginative storymaking session Presenting children with a special object carefully wrapped up inside a decorated box is a powerful starting point for creative work. A 'precious' egg covered in sparkling jewels and gold ribbon can provide a particularly exciting focus for storymaking during the spring and Easter period.

Presenting children with a special object carefully wrapped up inside a decorated box is a powerful starting point for creative work. A 'precious' egg covered in sparkling jewels and gold ribbon can provide a particularly exciting focus for storymaking during the spring and Easter period.

The children's imaginations will probably run free, and it is impossible to predict the direction that their ideas will take but the suggestions included here may help practitioners to be prepared for some of the routes that the children choose!

Planned learning

Such a session is rich in opportunities for learning across the Foundation Stage curriculum but focuses on two early learning goals: Show an understanding of the elements of stories, such as main character, sequence of events,and openings, and how informationcan be found in non-fiction texts to answer questions about where, who,why and how (p62) Use their imagination in art, design, music, dance, imaginative and role play and stories (p124) Preparation

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