Story Boxes

We were introduced to the idea of Story Boxes in our English seminar, and it's a concept that I will definitely be using in my own classroom. 

Each group was given their own box, each with its own theme. Ours was The Three Billy Goats Gruff. The box contained three different versions of the book, aimed at children with different reading abilities, three toy goat figures, a troll doll, and a bridge.

Story boxes are a great way for the children to reenact the stories that they have been reading, and allows them to use their imaginations to alter the original story to make it their own.

For older children, story boxes can be used as a way to peak their imaginations, and use props as a way to create their own story. 

Our box contained a toy dragon and a phoenix, some old jewellery and trinkets, a postcard of an ancient sword, a fabric bag and a bottle. 

With these items, we created a story where the phoenix used a sleeping potion on the evil dragon in order to claim back the gold that was stolen from him. 

The simplest and most random selections of things can be used to fill the boxes, yet it is amazing what stories will be able to be told from them. I will definitely be using this in the classroom.