Shared Story: The Fisherman and the Ring from West Africa

Language development through gesture and repetition How to enable your child to bring their own words to the story by giving them gestural prompts. We will also explore repetition and how it helps to build confidence in your child’s play. Task: If your child had a golden ring what would they wish for? Can you find another story that has a wish in it and can you replace some of the words in the story with a physical gesture when reading it aloud?