Personalized Story Creations
Stories have consistently played a vital role in the social, and moral development of children. Used not only to entertain, but to educate, storytelling can be an interactive and progressive learning tool that can help children of various age groups learn and retain valuable life lessons and skills. Story time is a time of bonding for children and provides the opportunity to build lasting and trusting relationships with adults in a child’s life. To put a creative twist on a traditional story time and provide children with the opportunity to exercise their decision making skills and better understand the concepts behind cause and effect scenarios, try to incorporate interactive stories and allow the children to decide the direction the story will take. Interactive storytelling allows children to be actively engaged and invested in the story, as well as gives them the opportunity to use their imagination and share with a group in a classroom setting. You may remember the popular book series Choose Your Own Adventure, in which the reader could choose the path the characters would follow by flipping to different pages in the book. Stories such as the Choose Your Own Adventure series are very successful with readers because they are in control of the outcome and can reread the story in a different way, effectively getting two stories for the price of one. Try some of these easy to follow lesson plans and resources to help engage and inspire the children in your life.
- The Stacks- Tons of choose-you-own-path adventure stories. Which ending will you choose?
- Story Maker- Pick a genre, location, even the names of the characters to make up your own story
- Fill-In Story- Fill in the blanks to create your own story
- Dinosaur Adventure- Fill in the blanks to make your own dinosaur adventure
- Christmas Story Creator- Write your own Christmas story and print it
- Create Your Own Comic Book- Use this printable comic book layout to create your own comic
- Picture Book Project- Write a story about the things you see in the picture
- Share A Story- Make a special story to share with you family and friends. Create a story for mom, dad, your family, or a holiday
- Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Lesson Plan- A resource for teachers to work with their students to better understand story structure and teamwork
- Digger and the Gang- Pick your own story and watch it play out instantly
- Very Valentine- Print out and fill in the blanks to make your own Valentine’s Day story
- Picture Project- Pick a set of pictures and color, then write your own story about what is happening in the pictures
- Write-Your-Own- Use this step-by-step process to write and edit your own story
- Fairytale Story- A lesson plan for teachers to share creative storytelling and story structure with their students
- Printable Fantasy Lesson Plan- A printable resource for teachers to share with their imaginative students who like to create
- MadLibs Junior- Create your own MadLibs, an exercise in the parts of speech and creativity
- Round Robin Suspense- A group project for children to exercise teamwork and creativity in storytelling

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