Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around Chinese traditions, modernising folk tales, and exploring religions, using the tale of a carpenter's extreme lengths to keep a tiger off his table. Sharing their ideas with you are teacher Rob, education adviser and former teacher Abi, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Listen to the full story via our sister podcast Fables & Fairy Tales . For additional resources – including lesson plans, story books, storytelli...
Jan 25, 2022•11 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around friction, climate change, and food chains, using the tale of a carpenter's extreme lengths to keep a tiger off his table. Sharing their ideas with you are teacher Rob, education adviser and former teacher Abi, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Listen to the full story via our sister podcast Fables & Fairy Tales . For additional resources – including lesson plans, story books, storytelling videos, classroom chall...
Jan 21, 2022•11 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around counting, measuring, and mathematical investigations, using the tale of a carpenter's extreme lengths to keep a tiger off his table. Sharing their ideas with you are teacher Rob, education adviser and former teacher Abi, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Listen to the full story via our sister podcast Fables & Fairy Tales . For additional resources – including lesson plans, story books, storytelling videos, clas...
Jan 20, 2022•11 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around building blocks of stories, adapting existing stories, and dramatising scenes, using the tale of a carpenter's extreme lengths to keep a tiger off his table. Sharing their ideas with you are teacher Rob, education adviser and former teacher Abi, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Listen to the full story via our sister podcast Fables & Fairy Tales . For additional resources – including lesson plans, story books, ...
Jan 19, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around respect, recognising emotions, and refugees, using the tale of a carpenter's extreme lengths to keep a tiger off his table. Sharing their ideas with you are teacher Rob, education adviser and former teacher Abi, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Listen to the full story via our sister podcast Fables & Fairy Tales . For additional resources – including lesson plans, story books, storytelling videos, classroom cha...
Jan 18, 2022•15 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around cakes, meal planning, and charcoal painting, using the tale of a 6-year-old's struggle of endurance to save his mother's life. Sharing their ideas with you are teachers Bex and Helen, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Listen to the full story via our sister podcast Fables & Fairy Tales . For additional resources – including lesson plans, story books, storytelling videos, classroom challenges and more – visit epi...
Jan 14, 2022•13 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around endurance, warm-up activities, and light symbolism, using the tale of a 6-year-old's struggle of endurance to save his mother's life. Sharing their ideas with you are teachers Bex and Helen, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Listen to the full story via our sister podcast Fables & Fairy Tales . For additional resources – including lesson plans, story books, storytelling videos, classroom challenges and more – vi...
Jan 13, 2022•11 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around mountain life, the journey of a coffee bean, and climates around the world, using the tale of a 6-year-old's struggle of endurance to save his mother's life. Sharing their ideas with you are teachers Bex and Helen, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Listen to the full story via our sister podcast Fables & Fairy Tales . For additional resources – including lesson plans, story books, storytelling videos, classroom ...
Jan 12, 2022•9 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around uses of fire, health and safety, and communication through the ages, using the tale of a 6-year-old's struggle of endurance to save his mother's life. Sharing their ideas with you are teachers Bex and Helen, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Listen to the full story via our sister podcast Fables & Fairy Tales . For additional resources – including lesson plans, story books, storytelling videos, classroom challen...
Jan 11, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around keeping warm, shadows, and fire building, using the tale of a 6-year-old's struggle of endurance to save his mother's life. Sharing their ideas with you are teachers Bex and Helen, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Listen to the full story via our sister podcast Fables & Fairy Tales . For additional resources – including lesson plans, story books, storytelling videos, classroom challenges and more – visit epicta...
Jan 07, 2022•13 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around budgeting and saving, cumulative addition, and fractions, using the tale of a 6-year-old's struggle of endurance to save his mother's life. Sharing their ideas with you are teachers Bex and Helen, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Listen to the full story via our sister podcast Fables & Fairy Tales . For additional resources – including lesson plans, story books, storytelling videos, classroom challenges and mor...
Jan 06, 2022•19 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around invitations, descriptions, and emotion tracking, using the tale of a 6-year-old's struggle of endurance to save his mother's life. Sharing their ideas with you are teachers Bex and Helen, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Listen to the full story via our sister podcast Fables & Fairy Tales . For additional resources – including lesson plans, story books, storytelling videos, classroom challenges and more – visit...
Jan 05, 2022•13 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around supporting others from a distance, generosity, and friendship, using the tale of a 6-year-old's struggle of endurance to save his mother's life. Sharing their ideas with you are teachers Bex and Helen, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Listen to the full story via our sister podcast Fables & Fairy Tales . For additional resources – including lesson plans, story books, storytelling videos, classroom challenges an...
Jan 04, 2022•25 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around astronomy, light, plants and more, using the tale of a little camel struggling to carry heavy gifts through an arid desert. Sharing their ideas with you are former teacher Abi, teachers Bex and Rob, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Listen to the full story via our sister podcast Fables & Fairy Tales . For additional resources – including lesson plans, story books, storytelling videos, classroom challenges and m...
Dec 10, 2021•11 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around decimals, weights, symmetry and more, using the tale of a little camel struggling to carry heavy gifts through an arid desert. Sharing their ideas with you are former teacher Abi, teachers Bex and Rob, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Listen to the full story via our sister podcast Fables & Fairy Tales . For additional resources – including lesson plans, story books, storytelling videos, classroom challenges an...
Dec 09, 2021•14 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around coding, Bee-Bots, Nativity producing and more, using the tale of a little camel struggling to carry heavy gifts through an arid desert. Sharing their ideas with you are former teacher Abi, teachers Bex and Rob, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Listen to the full story via our sister podcast Fables & Fairy Tales . For additional resources – including lesson plans, story books, storytelling videos, classroom chal...
Dec 08, 2021•11 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around modes of transport, gymnastics, weather phenomenon and more, using the tale of a little camel struggling to carry heavy gifts through an arid desert. Sharing their ideas with you are former teacher Abi, teachers Bex and Rob, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Listen to the full story via our sister podcast Fables & Fairy Tales . For additional resources – including lesson plans, story books, storytelling videos, ...
Dec 07, 2021•15 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around winter celebrations from different cultures, pilgrimages, the impact of surroundings on traditions, and more, using the tale of a little camel struggling to carry heavy gifts through an arid desert. Sharing their ideas with you are former teacher Abi, teachers Bex and Rob, arts education adviser Jen, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Listen to the full story via our sister podcast Fables & Fairy Tales . For addi...
Dec 03, 2021•13 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around questioning, van Gogh, experimenting with media, and more, using the tale of a little camel struggling to carry heavy gifts through an arid desert. Sharing their ideas with you are former teacher Abi, teachers Bex and Rob, arts education adviser Jen, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Listen to the full story via our sister podcast Fables & Fairy Tales . For additional resources – including lesson plans, story bo...
Dec 02, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around character descriptions, adapting to different settings, report writing, and more, using the tale of a little camel struggling to carry heavy gifts through an arid desert. Sharing their ideas with you are former teacher Abi, teachers Bex and Rob, educational arts advisor Jen, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Listen to the full story via our sister podcast Fables & Fairy Tales . For additional resources – includi...
Dec 01, 2021•15 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around understanding different cultures, unlikely heroes, managing distractions, and more, using the tale of a little camel struggling to carry heavy gifts through an arid desert. Sharing their ideas with you are former teacher Abi, teachers Bex and Rob, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Listen to the full story via our sister podcast Fables & Fairy Tales . For additional resources – including lesson plans, story books...
Nov 30, 2021•21 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around adapting across genres, musical accompaniment, and dance, using the tale of a farmer trying to outwit a villainous boggart! Sharing their ideas with you are former teacher Abi, teacher Bex, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Listen to the full story via our sister podcast Fables & Fairy Tales . For additional resources – including lesson plans, story books, storytelling videos, classroom challenges and more – vis...
Nov 26, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around adapting to different media, illustrating a text, and mastering artistic techniques, using the tale of a farmer trying to outwit a villainous boggart! Sharing their ideas with you are former teacher Abi, teacher Bex, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Listen to the full story via our sister podcast Fables & Fairy Tales . For additional resources – including lesson plans, story books, storytelling videos, classroo...
Nov 25, 2021•16 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around willow weaving, embroidery, and creating menus, using the tale of a farmer trying to outwit a villainous boggart! Sharing their ideas with you are former teacher Abi, teacher Bex, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Listen to the full story via our sister podcast Fables & Fairy Tales . For additional resources – including lesson plans, story books, storytelling videos, classroom challenges and more – visit epictal...
Nov 24, 2021•13 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around comparing time periods, the language of time, and climates across the world, using the tale of a farmer trying to outwit a villainous boggart! Sharing their ideas with you are former teacher Abi, teacher Bex, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Listen to the full story via our sister podcast Fables & Fairy Tales . For additional resources – including lesson plans, story books, storytelling videos, classroom challe...
Nov 23, 2021•19 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around what plants need, rocks and soils, and balanced diets, using the tale of a farmer trying to outwit a villainous boggart! Sharing their ideas with you are former teacher Abi, teacher Bex, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Listen to the full story via our sister podcast Fables & Fairy Tales . For additional resources – including lesson plans, story books, storytelling videos, classroom challenges and more – visit ...
Nov 19, 2021•20 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around pictograms, interpreting data, and area and perimeter, using the tale of a farmer trying to outwit a villainous boggart! Sharing their ideas with you are former teacher Abi, teacher Bex, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Listen to the full story via our sister podcast Fables & Fairy Tales . For additional resources – including lesson plans, story books, storytelling videos, classroom challenges and more – visit ...
Nov 18, 2021•13 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around predicting, descriptions, and writing instructions, using the tale of a farmer trying to outwit a villainous boggart! Sharing their ideas with you are former teacher Abi, teacher Bex, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Listen to the full story via our sister podcast Fables & Fairy Tales . For additional resources – including lesson plans, story books, storytelling videos, classroom challenges and more – visit epi...
Nov 17, 2021•15 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around coping with fear, citizenship, and key workers, using the tale of a farmer trying to outwit a villainous boggart! Sharing their ideas with you are former teacher Abi, teacher Bex, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Listen to the full story via our sister podcast Fables & Fairy Tales . For additional resources – including lesson plans, story books, storytelling videos, classroom challenges and more – visit epictal...
Nov 16, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around ball skills, assault course benefits, and programming routes, using the tale of a princess who comes face-to-face with a mountain-shaking giant! Sharing their ideas with you are teachers Helen and Rob alongside Epic Storyteller Chip. Listen to the full story via our sister podcast Fables & Fairy Tales . For additional resources – including lesson plans, story books, storytelling videos, classroom challeng...
Nov 12, 2021•9 min•Season 1Ep. 16