Celebrate National Storytelling Week at home
When is National Storytelling Week?
In 2025, National Storytelling Week will be taking place from Saturday 1 February to Sunday 9 February.
What is National Storytelling Week?
This fantastic annual event is a joyful celebration of the power of sharing stories. Stories teach us about the world, they allow us to step into someone else’s shoes and feel empathy, they help us to relax and escape and they can help develop essential literacy skills.
What is this year’s theme for National Storytelling Week?
The theme for National Storytelling Week 2025 is ‘Reimagine your world’. Whether it’s something unexpected on a walk in the park, odd sounds you hear at night, or a path you’ve never followed, the world around us is full of secret lives, places and possibilities. The most extraordinary story can come from the most ordinary place: it just needs someone to find it.
Celebrate National Storytelling Week with us
Storytelling play supports early language development. Children naturally engage in storytelling play, and when you join in you can support their language development even more. Download our Playful storytelling at home activity guide to support your child to engage in storytelling play at home .
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You can also watch our storytelling video of Frances Stickley's story What Will I Be? together with your child, and chat about the story. It might inspire your child to think about what they’d like to be. Find props around your home, just like the storytellers in the video, and get playing.