3.3y–5y10 minReadingStory timeQuiet time
Rules and Ripples Storytime
A guided story chat where your child spots rules, choices, and how behaviour affects other people.
What you'll need
Essentials
- A picture book about rules or fairness (home or library)
Nice to have
- Two small toys or figures
- Paper and crayons or pencils
Movement level: false
What you'll do
The 4-step guide, with what to look for at each step, is for signed-in parents.
What this develops
What it practices
- Aware of the boundaries set, and of behavioural expectations in the setting.Observable behaviour from Development Matters
- Understands that own actions affect other people, for example, becomes upset or tries to comfort another child when they realise they have upset them.Observable behaviour from Development Matters
- Beginning to be able to negotiate and solve problems without aggression, e.g. when someone has taken their toy.Observable behaviour from Development Matters
Where it comes from
- Source
- Development Matters in the EYFS (DfE, 2012)
- Original guidance
- “Provide books with stories about characters that follow or break rules, and the effects of their behaviour on others.”
- License
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Attribution
- © Crown Copyright 2012 (Development Matters in the EYFS, DfE)