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In the classroom
 Use a story time chant to announce storytime.
 Help the children to sit comfortably and quietly and to follow the storytime / circle time rules.
 Make sure all the children can see the book or story visuals if you use any.

During the telling
 Give the children time to look at the illustrations if there are any.
 Speak clearly and slowly and repeat if you think it helps.
 Be dramatic! Use different voices and vary your tone and voice pitch.
 Use your face and body to help tell the story.
 Look at the children and maintain eye contact to keep children engaged.

How to encourage children’s participation:
 Ask pre-story questions like, What can you see? Who’s this?
 Use the children’s responses, both physical and verbal, as clues to stop, pause, or repeat a phrase
or word.
 Let children comment about the story, its illustrations and the characters’ actions.
 When appropriate rephrase the children’s comments into English in particular if it is related to the
unit topic and concepts.
 When re-telling, pause before words they are familiar with, e.g. She sat on the … [pause] big
chair!
 Encourage prediction and ask questions like, What’s going to happen next?
 When possible, make links with the story to their personal experiences. Talk about a story value
together, if one exists.

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