An Introduction to... LEGO Education Story Starter Kits

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.

What is LEGO StoryStarter?

Originally designed for the British curriculum: KS1 & 2

Help to develop skills in:

Spoken Language

Reading

Writing

Digital Literacy

Great way to provide scaffolding & support for students

Inside the box

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

Characters

Props

Settings

Details

Scenes

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