Creating a story book with illustrations

Creating an illustrated story. 

Materials Required

  • Paper
  • Pencils, crayons, textas
  • Stapler or tape

Play experience profile

Play Experience Preparation

Look at a favourite book to start to get an idea - Have materials ready (i.e. paper/pencils/textas)

Experience Steps

  1. Have all materials you need ready and accessible.
  2. Encourage child to think about a start, middle and end.
  3. Encourage them to author and illustrate, write their script if necessary.
  4. Staple or tape together.

What to talk about, or questions to ask during the experience

  • How will you start your story?
  • What will happen in your story?
  • How will your story end?
  • What characters will you have/what will they do/say?
  • How can you show that on paper?
  • Tell me about your story/drawing.

Build on this...

  • Create comics
  • Create longer stories
  • Explore or include mapping of stories for further editions to follow on from the initial story

WHO guidelines for physical activity and sedentary behaviour

Provide evidence-based public health recommendations for children, adolescents and adults on physical activity. Learn more

Have children stand at the table when drawing/writing rather than sitting, to encourage movement.


EYLF Outcomes

The Early Years Learning Framework has been designed for use by early childhood educators working in partnership with families, children’s first and most influential educators. View PDF

  1. Children express ideas and make meaning using a range of media
  2. Children interact verbally and non-verbally with others for a range of purposes
  3. Children take increasing responsibility for their own health and physical wellbeing

EYLF Principle

Principle 1: Secure, respectful and reciprocal relationships. Through a widening network of secure relationships, children develop confidence and feel respected and valued.

EYLF Practice

Practice: Learning through play. Play can expand children’s thinking and enhance their desire to know and to learn. In these ways play can promote positive dispositions towards learning. Children’s immersion in their play illustrates how play enables them to simply enjoy being.


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Early Childhood Australia

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