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Storytelling: A Nature Park Guide
Storytelling can provide a mechanism for learners to develop skills help tell their Nature Park journey, communicate their vision for the local and global Nature Park and share their experiences. Storytelling can allow children and young people to explore their school site from different perspectives (both human and nature), promoting inter- and intra-generational equity - developing the site for each other and for those who will use it in the future. This page features a guide on storytelling in, about and for nature, as well as a nature library catalogue of books to use as a starting point.
Choosing, using and telling nature stories
Guidance
Nature Storytelling Guide.pdf
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This guide provides useful support for choosing nature-related stories, using nature-related stories to support the Nature Park process, positive nature connection and guides learners to create and tell their own Nature Park stories.
Nature library catalogue
Nature library catalogue.pdf
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To support you selecting nature-related stories, this handy catalogue of books provides a starting point and ideas of themes that can be tackled through books. However, this is only a small selection of what is available, and local texts and anything that you can get your hands on in the library (or from parents and carers) can be effective too.
You can also find nature-related book recommendations from BookTrust in each of our units of learning, which support curriculum outcomes.
Storytelling template
Storytelling Template.pdf
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Use this template to encourage learners to tell a story from their Nature Park experiences and observations. You can start by doing the Hidden Nature Challenge or Points of view to explore outdoors and observe the nature around you.
We would love to share some of your Nature Park stories. Please email them to: [email protected]
What to try next
Storytelling to imagine the future
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Storytelling to empathise with nature
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Imagining our space
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