There is something lovely about turning a sheet of paper into a little book. Add coloured pencils, a magical Christmas story and a few carefully ordered pictures, and children have something they can proudly take home and read again. In this activit...

A blank page can feel like a big starting point. A picture gives children something to notice, talk about and imagine before they begin writing. This is the idea behind Picture Prompt Stories: think, plan, write. Children explore a picture, use it t...