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Elklan. Speech and Language Support for 3-5s%u00a9 Elklan Training Limited 2023 144S77.6.0 SHARING BOOKS AND STORYTELLING%u2022 Early on at school, children have to write stories. Storytelling for many children can be a daunting task.%u2022 Discuss the different skills needed in order to tell a story (ELB. 81, Slide 208)Include:%u2022 Having the ideas.%u2022 Finding the vocabulary.%u2022 Sequencing the ideas together.%u2022 Expressing the ideas in complete, descriptive sentences.%u2022 Having confidence to talk.%u2022 Appreciating what the listener does and does not need to know.%u2022 It is really important that the children have competent skills in these areas before starting school.Sharing books is a well researched strategy that supports early language development. However, draw learner%u2019s attention to the fact that simply reading the text does not encourage language development. Interactive story sharing does.7.6.1 USING BOOKS IN COMMUNICATION FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENTS (Slide 209)