Here at Tales Toolkit, we know that everyone has a story to share. This is ours...
Tales Toolkit resources are manufactured by Supreme Creations, “The World’s Largest Ethical Manufacturer of Reusable Bags”. Supreme’s award-winning factory in Pondicherry “is Fairtrade accredited, has an 80%+ women workforce, and uses sustainable manufacturing methods to reduce waste in water, energy, and materials.”
From its inception, Tales Toolkit was designed to be for everyone. We want children of all backgrounds and language levels to access the joy of storytelling and benefit from the opportunities to develop their communication and social skills. The super simple 4-part story structure with easily understood symbols symbols were created to ensure maximum understanding.
We also encourage practitioners to celebrate every unique child by creating stories that are of interest to them, using familiar objects and ideas from their home and culture.
We know that children learn best when they are given agency. And we know that teachers want to give them that freedom. That’s why Tales Toolkit champions letting the children lead by creating stories that mean something to them and making sure they know that there’s no such thing as a wrong answer!
Tales Toolkit was created in UK settings to support quality interactions betweenchildren and the people around them while fulfilling curriculum requirements.
From person to person, institute to institute, we all learn differently. Tales Toolkitbuilds the foundations for education, preparing children for a life-long love oflearning. Our scaffolded approach supports language and communication, social andemotional skills, literacy, creativity, problem solving and more.Of course, development must be recorded and impact shown.
The EYFS statutoryframework is very much part of Tales Toolkit DNA – it’s where it all began!Through our training we support you to make maximum impact for your children, tickthe boxes you need to tick, and build the confidence to talk to key stakeholdersabout evidence, research and what really matters for your children. We've been veryhappy to receive feedback from schools that English Ofsted have been impressed byTales Toolkit.
Tales Toolkit is also international - operating in 13 different countries! We have ourroots in the UK curriculum, but we're branching out all over the place.
Tales Toolkit is based on sound science with decades of evidence supporting the impact of play and quality interactions.
We are on a mission to create our own research portfolio, with our stalwart partners at Goldsmiths University. Our 2018 study proved the potential for Tales Toolkit to make a positive difference and we have more research being undertaken with the support of the Mercers Company and the Education Endowment Foundation.
Tales Toolkit resources are manufactured by Supreme Creations, “The World’s Largest Ethical Manufacturer of Reusable Bags”. Supreme’s award-winning factory in Pondicherry “is Fairtrade accredited, has an 80%+ women workforce, and uses sustainable manufacturing methods to reduce waste in water, energy, and materials.”
From its inception, Tales Toolkit was designed to be for everyone. We want children of all backgrounds and language levels to access the joy of storytelling and benefit from the opportunities to develop their communication and social skills. The super simple 4-part story structure with easily understood symbols symbols were created to ensure maximum understanding.
We also encourage practitioners to celebrate every unique child by creating stories that are of interest to them, using familiar objects and ideas from their home and culture.
We know that children learn best when they are given agency. And we know that teachers want to give them that freedom. That’s why Tales Toolkit champions letting the children lead by creating stories that mean something to them and making sure they know that there’s no such thing as a wrong answer!
Tales Toolkit was created in UK settings to support quality interactions betweenchildren and the people around them while fulfilling curriculum requirements.
From person to person, institute to institute, we all learn differently. Tales Toolkitbuilds the foundations for education, preparing children for a life-long love oflearning. Our scaffolded approach supports language and communication, social andemotional skills, literacy, creativity, problem solving and more.Of course, development must be recorded and impact shown.
The EYFS statutoryframework is very much part of Tales Toolkit DNA – it’s where it all began!Through our training we support you to make maximum impact for your children, tickthe boxes you need to tick, and build the confidence to talk to key stakeholdersabout evidence, research and what really matters for your children. We've been veryhappy to receive feedback from schools that English Ofsted have been impressed byTales Toolkit.
Tales Toolkit is also international - operating in 13 different countries! We have ourroots in the UK curriculum, but we're branching out all over the place.
Tales Toolkit is based on sound science with decades of evidence supporting the impact of play and quality interactions.
We are on a mission to create our own research portfolio, with our stalwart partners at Goldsmiths University. Our 2018 study proved the potential for Tales Toolkit to make a positive difference and we have more research being undertaken with the support of the Mercers Company and the Education Endowment Foundation.
Kate Shelley has decades of experience in education
Kate has worked in all kinds of settings at every level. She’s been a teacher on the ground and a consultant and she has worked in some of the most poverty-stricken parts of the UK.
Tales Toolkit has received many awards over the years as a testament to the impact it can have and the joy it can bring.
We’re proud and lucky to work with so many incredible organisations. With their help, we are able to reach more children in the UK and worldwide!