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Category Archives: Narratives
The Story that Didn’t Want to End
Jamie’s Monster - observations and reflections from Kate Cowan (Teacher in Greenfinch Room and project co-ordinator at the nursery) Within his Nursery classroom, Jamie was usually one of the quieter members of the group, often seeking out support and reassurance … Continue reading
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A Giant of a Man
Whilst searching for records of an old house which used to stand in Homefield Park, I came across this fantastic ‘true story’ of the Histon Giant, Moses Carter (1801 – 1860). It immediately reminded me of Ellis’s story “Once there … Continue reading
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More stories from the woods
Many stories have followed the first ones in the woods. There have been stories of danger, fear, bravery, and rescue; mysterious stories of night time, shadows, and the dark (Greg’s third story multiplied the possibilities brilliantly: “Once upon a time … Continue reading
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The power of suggestion
Mapping the emergence of story making in the woods – the connections between stories and between story-tellers – I’m struck by the generative power of Greg’s first narratives. They were told clearly and excitedly, with a smile of someone who … Continue reading
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