An Introduction to...

Story Starter Kits

By
A.R Turner

Contents

3 Introduction

4 What is the LEGO StoryStarter?

5 Inside the Box

8 Resources: Curriculum Pack

10 Resources: Software

11 About the Author

Introduction

Overview

This book has been designed especially for educators!

It will guide them through the LEGO Education StoryStarter solution and prepare teachers to confidently use it in their classrooms

Disclaimer

Information contained in this user guide has been acquired from personal experience of delivering staff training on this product, as well as referring to the detailed information provided in the official StoryStarter curriculum pack.

Images for this guide have been acquired from three main sources: photography of LEGO figures; snipping areas from the free to download LEGO Education StoryStarter Curriculum Pack and using images sourced via the Book Creator platform that have been labelled for commercial reuse with modification.
All efforts were made to ensure no breaches of copyright.

Please note: this publication has been designed as a free resource and not to be sold in anyway, shape or form.

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What is LEGO StoryStarter?

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Originally designed for the British curriculum: KS1 & 2

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Help to develop skills in:

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Spoken Language

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Reading

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Writing

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Digital Literacy

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Great way to provide scaffolding & support for students

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Inside the box

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All the parts are organised into labelled trays

Before using the kits in your classrooms, refer to p.8 of the 'curriculum pack' to see how to organise all the parts

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Characters

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Props

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Settings

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Details

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Scenes

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Inside the box

Inside the box

Each kit comes with a 'Spinner', complete with two double sided cards

Types of cards:

Category: Linked to types of parts available

Setting

Time: Past / Present / Future

Mood

The spinner helps students to get started with their stories and helps to vary projects and spark students creativity and imaginations

Inside the box

Its always a good idea to get to know the kits before using them in your classrooms - lets put the spinner together by following these instructions...

Resources

Curriculum Pack

LEGO Education has developed a curriculum pack to support these kits and it can be downloaded, free of charge, from:

https://education.lego.com/en-us/downloads/storystarter

This resource is packed full of information, including four differing sections of lesson activities / plans:

Getting Started
Day-to-day storytelling
Building & telling stories
Retelling & analysing stories

Resources

Curriculum Pack

I'd also suggest to print and laminate the following pages of the curriculum pack to use with each kit...

p. 31
Spinner build instructions

p.32 - 38:
Model creation ideas

Resources

Software

Story Visualizer

There is a free app for iOS (iPad), Mac and Windows that is available via:
https://education.lego.com/en-us/downloads/storystarter

But I'd suggest using the image masking features in StoryVisualizer and to create your final product in Book Creator...

Book Creator: iPad & Chrome

iPad: the free version will allow you to create 1 x book and the paid version will allow you to create as many as you'd like!

Chrome: the free version will allow you to create 1 x online library and you have a book limit of 40 books. There are various payment plans available for educators that differ by the number of libraries and books that you can have active at any one time.