• Making specific features of narrative structures tangible and easy to
understand. Concepts such as ‘beginning’, ‘middle’ and ‘end’ or ‘first,
‘next’, ‘last’ are vital to a child’s grasp of how stories work. Knowledge
of words like ‘who’, ‘what’, ‘where’ and ‘when’ are also essential. Using
pictures or objects to support understanding of these words is always
helpful.