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Empowering Every Child to Become a Storyteller.
An award-winning, child-led resources and training package that develops language, literacy, and social skills through the magic of open-ended storytelling.
Tales Toolkit was created by an experienced teacher to bridge the gap in early years communication and literacy.
The toolkit provides a consistent framework for children to create their own stories by using four simple, universal symbols:
Designed for international and private school settings, Tales Toolkit moves away from rigid planning and instead follows the child’s lead, using whatever is to hand – from a favourite toy to a found object in the garden – to spark imagination.
Tales Toolkit is used extensively by schools in the UK, and has been funded by the Department of Education (DfE).
It is recognized for improving early literacy and SEN/EAL support, making it eligible for Pupil Premium and Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) in England.
Tales Toolkit is a package combining physical resources with an award-winning online training programme that empowers children and practitioners to discover the incredible potential of storytelling.
High-quality resources including story bags, and aprons featuring the four story symbols.
Five CPD-accredited video modules for the whole staff team, ensuring consistency in practice.
A “grab-and-go” resource that reduces teacher workload while increasing impact.
Proven results in collaboration with Goldsmiths University and the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF).
Tales Toolkit storytelling lays strong foundations for the skills and characteristics of effective learning. It’s proven to develop language, literacy, social skills, creativity, confidence, empathy, boys writing, problem solving, maths and lots more.
We’re proud to be an evidence-based language intervention that’s backed by published research. Find information on our research portfolio here and data from published work.
Tales Toolkit can bring consistency Across Staff providing a shared language for all educators, from lead teachers to teaching assistants.
We are developing some exciting new features for parents:
We’re really excited to show you our first official impact report!
We reached out to our members to find out how they’re using Tales Toolkit and the impact it’s been having for both practitioners and children in the early years and beyond.
The responses we got to our member survey were fantastic and we can’t say thank you enough to the practitioners and teachers who took time out of their busy schedules to fill it out in such detail.
Inside the report you’ll find:
We’re going to take what we’ve learnt in 2025 forward into the new year so we can keep improving the service we offer to all our members.
Tales Toolkit has received many awards over the years as a testament to the impact it can have and the joy it can bring.
Tales Toolkit is perfect for the diverse linguistic landscape of International schools, where many students speak English as a second or third language.
Principal at Cheam Common Infants Academy
“The improvement for these children in their communication and language skills as well as their literacy skills was significant and helped them to meet expectations at the end of the year.”
As part of out Impact Report an Early Career Teacher (ECT) undertook a research project in one setting using Tales Toolkit and focused on EAL children in the cohort.
Louise’s enthusiasm for helping learners with their writing, especially EAL & ELL students, is infectious and we look forward to sharing the benefits of Tales Toolkit with staff & schools in her networks."
You are welcome to talk to Louise about Tales Toolkit in the first instance.
Or contact Tales Toolkit directly:
