Let the printed word come to life. Get out your toys and get in character to act out one of your child’s favourite stories. Act out the story not the book.. (it doesn’t need to be word for word). You might even come up with a few variations to the original book. It is also a great way to introduce new books or topics/ vocabulary a child might be less familiar with.

Research has found that those children who have acted out the story are better able to make inferences about the text and remember the story better than those who only read (or re-read) the story.

Or for older children why not make an iMovie

By Sarah Winstanley