As natural performers. children can lose themselves in stories in a way that adults can only envy. In the right environment and with little stimulation, they take off like rockets fuelled by their vivid imagination. Even from the very beginning of primary school, stories can be a source of inspiration and delight – for the children and the teachers. Through these ‘living’ experiences, we can pass on a ‘living’ language. The use of stories is also one of the best ways to involve children actively in language learning and in an enjoyable way. This powerful and motivating teaching tool engages the young learners emotionally, helps them to fix vocabulary and structures into long-term memory and can promote communication as well.

This workshop will provide some ideas and suggestions on how to use stories creatively in the classroom in an enjoyable way and through a variety of activities (from the areas of listening, comprehension, retelling, acting, miming to inventing stories - from simple picture stories to creative shadow stories and the ‘story sack’).
The practical examples and storytelling techniques used in this workshop can be adapted to different themes and classroom situations, not only for the teaching of English, but also for releasing the creative energies deep within the personality of every child.