You already know stories work. Children lean in. They listen. They remember.
What most teachers don’t have is a clear, reliable way to use story across the curriculum without adding to workload. That’s exactly the problem Start With Story was written to solve.
This book introduces a practical storytelling framework for teachers who want learning to stick, planning to feel lighter, and teaching to feel purposeful again. What it doesn’t do is ask you to become a performer, rewrite your schemes of work, or add anything extra to an already full day.
Why teachers need a storytelling framework
Many teachers use stories instinctively: a picture book here, a myth there. Sometimes it works brilliantly. Sometimes it doesn’t quite land.
A storytelling framework for teachers gives you consistency. It helps you:
- Choose stories with intention
- Connect them to learning outcomes
- Use them confidently across subjects
- Know why a story is doing the work, not just hope it will
Start With Story offers that structure without turning story into something dry or over-complicated.
What Start With Story does differently
This isn’t a book of lesson plans or scripts.
Instead, it gives teachers a way of thinking about story that works with:
- Any story
- Any subject
- Any year group
It’s designed to slot into the planning you already do, whether you’re teaching English, science, history or PSHE. The framework is deliberately simple, but its impact is not.
Teachers often describe it as one of those ideas that makes you think: “Why wasn’t I shown this earlier?”
Built for real classrooms, not ideal ones
Start With Story was written with busy primary teachers in mind.
That means:
- No long prep
- No specialist storytelling skills
- No extra resources required
- No pressure to “perform”
Instead, it shows how story can quietly do some of the heavy lifting in learning in supporting attention, understanding, memory and talk. This is a storytelling framework for teachers who want results, not theory.
What you’ll gain (without us giving it away)
Inside the book, teachers discover:
- A repeatable framework they can return to again and again
- A new way to plan that saves time rather than adds to it
- Clear examples that spark ideas without prescribing practice
- A renewed sense of confidence using story across the curriculum
If story already matters to you, this book goes further
If you care about:
- Oracy and vocabulary
- Learning that sticks
- Calm, engaged classrooms
- Teaching with meaning
Then this storytelling framework for teachers is worth your time.
Not because it gives you more to do, but because it changes how you approach what you already do.
Ready to start with story?
If you’re curious about how story can become a dependable part of your teaching, not an occasional extra, the next step is simple.
Buy Start With Story here.
The practical storytelling framework for teachers who want to save planning time, deepen learning and help children remember. Sometimes the smallest shift makes the biggest difference. This one starts with story.
