Tina Bruce CBE is Honorary Professor at the University of Roehampton, UK, a Vice President of Early Education, a Patron of CLPE, a member of the executive committee of the International Froebel Society and an established author.Dr Lynn McNair OBE is a founder leader of the Edinburgh Froebel Network, Head of the Cowgate Under Fives Centre in Edinburgh, Senior Teaching Fellow and Pathway co-ordinator of the MSc Ed (Early Childhood Practice and Froebel) and an endorsed Froebel Tutor for the Froebel Trust. Jane Whinnett MBE is a founder leader of the Edinburgh Froebel Network, Head of two maintained Nursery Schools in Edinburgh, Chair of the Education and Research Committee of the Froebel Trust, Tutor for the MSc Ed (Early Childhood Practice and Froebel) and an endorsed Froebel Tutor for the Froebel Trust.

• ForewordSacha PowellChapter 1 The flourishing of the Edinburgh Froebel Network ‘Players and Storytellers’ projectJane WhinnettChapter 2 "Someone killed Goldilocks and they didn’t live happily ever after…" Isabella age 3 years: How regular storytelling helps to develop creativity and narrative role playSharon Imray and Karen ClementsChapter 3 Tailoring Traditional Tales as Tools for our Trade: Transforming Literacy in the Early YearsChris McCormick and Shauna McIntoshChapter 4 Storytelling Groups: Large or Small?Alison J Hawkins and Moira WhitelawChapter 5 Observing Stories Children ‘Tell’ in their Play: ReflectionsRhian FergusonChapter 6 Using Props: An adventure in stories and drama to encourage young story tellersLynda BardaiChapter 7 Superheroes and Imaginative Play: More opportunities for our children?Deirdre ArmstrongChapter 8 "Fix, fix, fix – Olav is stuck!": Supporting children to tell the story that they really want to tellElaine FullertonChapter 9 Woodland AdventuresLucy Macfarlane and Rosemary WelenskyChapter 10 The Stories Children Tell Us about their Transitions from Early Childhood Settings to Primary SchoolLynn McNairChapter 11 Stomping Giants and Diamond Castles: A study of the use of story grammars to support the development of coherence in written narrative, within the context of a Froebelian play based Primary 1 classroomCatriona GillChapter 12 Gathering Thoughts about StorytellingTina BruceIndex

Tina Bruce CBE is Honorary Professor at the University of Roehampton, UK, a Vice President of Early Education, a Patron of CLPE, a member of the executive committee of the International Froebel Society and an established author.Dr Lynn McNair OBE is a founder leader of the Edinburgh Froebel Network, Head of the Cowgate Under Fives Centre in Edinburgh, Senior Teaching Fellow and Pathway co-ordinator of the MSc Ed (Early Childhood Practice and Froebel) and an endorsed Froebel Tutor for the Froebel Trust. Jane Whinnett MBE is a founder leader of the Edinburgh Froebel Network, Head of two maintained Nursery Schools in Edinburgh, Chair of the Education and Research Committee of the Froebel Trust, Tutor for the MSc Ed (Early Childhood Practice and Froebel) and an endorsed Froebel Tutor for the Froebel Trust.

• ForewordSacha PowellChapter 1 The flourishing of the Edinburgh Froebel Network ‘Players and Storytellers’ projectJane WhinnettChapter 2 "Someone killed Goldilocks and they didn’t live happily ever after…" Isabella age 3 years: How regular storytelling helps to develop creativity and narrative role playSharon Imray and Karen ClementsChapter 3 Tailoring Traditional Tales as Tools for our Trade: Transforming Literacy in the Early YearsChris McCormick and Shauna McIntoshChapter 4 Storytelling Groups: Large or Small?Alison J Hawkins and Moira WhitelawChapter 5 Observing Stories Children ‘Tell’ in their Play: ReflectionsRhian FergusonChapter 6 Using Props: An adventure in stories and drama to encourage young story tellersLynda BardaiChapter 7 Superheroes and Imaginative Play: More opportunities for our children?Deirdre ArmstrongChapter 8 "Fix, fix, fix – Olav is stuck!": Supporting children to tell the story that they really want to tellElaine FullertonChapter 9 Woodland AdventuresLucy Macfarlane and Rosemary WelenskyChapter 10 The Stories Children Tell Us about their Transitions from Early Childhood Settings to Primary SchoolLynn McNairChapter 11 Stomping Giants and Diamond Castles: A study of the use of story grammars to support the development of coherence in written narrative, within the context of a Froebelian play based Primary 1 classroomCatriona GillChapter 12 Gathering Thoughts about StorytellingTina BruceIndex

Tina Bruce CBE is Honorary Professor at the University of Roehampton, UK, a Vice President of Early Education, a Patron of CLPE, a member of the executive committee of the International Froebel Society and an established author.Dr Lynn McNair OBE is a founder leader of the Edinburgh Froebel Network, Head of the Cowgate Under Fives Centre in Edinburgh, Senior Teaching Fellow and Pathway co-ordinator of the MSc Ed (Early Childhood Practice and Froebel) and an endorsed Froebel Tutor for the Froebel Trust. Jane Whinnett MBE is a founder leader of the Edinburgh Froebel Network, Head of two maintained Nursery Schools in Edinburgh, Chair of the Education and Research Committee of the Froebel Trust, Tutor for the MSc Ed (Early Childhood Practice and Froebel) and an endorsed Froebel Tutor for the Froebel Trust.

• ForewordSacha PowellChapter 1 The flourishing of the Edinburgh Froebel Network ‘Players and Storytellers’ projectJane WhinnettChapter 2 "Someone killed Goldilocks and they didn’t live happily ever after…" Isabella age 3 years: How regular storytelling helps to develop creativity and narrative role playSharon Imray and Karen ClementsChapter 3 Tailoring Traditional Tales as Tools for our Trade: Transforming Literacy in the Early YearsChris McCormick and Shauna McIntoshChapter 4 Storytelling Groups: Large or Small?Alison J Hawkins and Moira WhitelawChapter 5 Observing Stories Children ‘Tell’ in their Play: ReflectionsRhian FergusonChapter 6 Using Props: An adventure in stories and drama to encourage young story tellersLynda BardaiChapter 7 Superheroes and Imaginative Play: More opportunities for our children?Deirdre ArmstrongChapter 8 "Fix, fix, fix – Olav is stuck!": Supporting children to tell the story that they really want to tellElaine FullertonChapter 9 Woodland AdventuresLucy Macfarlane and Rosemary WelenskyChapter 10 The Stories Children Tell Us about their Transitions from Early Childhood Settings to Primary SchoolLynn McNairChapter 11 Stomping Giants and Diamond Castles: A study of the use of story grammars to support the development of coherence in written narrative, within the context of a Froebelian play based Primary 1 classroomCatriona GillChapter 12 Gathering Thoughts about StorytellingTina BruceIndex