Inspire confident storytellers with Story Starters, a creative collection that helps students generate ideas, develop narratives and bring their stories to life through multiple art forms. Designed to make storytelling accessible and engaging, this collection encourages imagination, collaboration and creative problem-solving across a variety of learning contexts.
Through engaging videos, guided activities and structured lesson sequences, students explore the foundations of storytelling—from creating memorable characters and settings in Shapeshifting Stories to collaborative narrative-making in Story Building. They can experiment with visual narratives in Create a Photostory and discover how song, dance, sign language and visual arts can communicate meaning through Visual Storytelling.
Teachers are supported with ready-to-use lesson plans, creative prompts, downloadable resources and step-by-step guidance that make implementation simple and time-efficient. The activities are flexible, adaptable and suitable for a range of learning styles and abilities.
Aligned to the Australian Curriculum: English and The Arts (Drama, Media Arts and Visual Arts), Story Starters helps students strengthen literacy, communication and creative thinking skills while fostering confidence in self-expression and collaboration. Perfect for busy teachers, this collection provides everything needed to unlock powerful storytelling in the classroom.
