Story Spoons


Story spoons are a one of many great ways for encouraging children to become independent storytellers.



Story Spoons:

  • Help to develop vocabulary
  • Extend imagination
  • Promote a love of reading and learning
  • Improve comprehension skills
  • Enhance a child's experience of play
Story spoons can be used as props to retell the story, practice dialogue or even sequence events. Having over 10 year teaching experience, they have proven to be a valuable and transferable teaching resource. While used across a range of curriculum areas, they have worked particularly well during Aistear and oral language lessons. 

Invoices are available for those in education settings. Feel free to contact me to discuss pricing and book titles for bulk orders. 

Please find below some samples, previous orders and reading hampers. 



































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