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Story Sticks: connecting nature and writing

Teachers can use this resource to guide children in using story sticks when outdoors to develop writing skills. Children create a story stick by collecting a range of natural items from the outdoors and attaching them to a stick. Their story stick is then used to help them write a story, using their imagination and each item to support them in constructing sentences that link to one another.

This resource is produced by

Joshua Piggott, St Nicholas CE First School

Developing literacy skills in the outdoors

A story-making activity to support children’s speaking, writing and reading using outdoor themes.

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