Story Boxes

A Story Box is a collection of real objects and other items that correspond to the items mentioned in a story.  These are gathered ahead of time and kept in a bag or a box, serving a similar function to illustrations in picture books.  The items can be explored before a story is read and then referred to while reading the book.  Read more about Story Boxes.

Where to go next: Introductory Materials

• Overview of Story Boxes
• Making a Story Box
• Suggested List of Story Boxes for Young Children
• Bringing Literacy to Life through Storyboxes
• Story Boxes: Literacy Adaptations for Students Who Are Deafblind
• Story Box Ideas for Holiday Stories
• Creating Literacy Skills Kits to Target the Expanded Core Curriculum

Sample Story Boxes for Specific Books

• Easy to Create Story Boxes
• Beginning Story Box: Little Rabbit's Bedtime
• Storybox: Adaptation of Goldilocks and the Three Bears
• Lunch Crunch Story Box
• Story Box for "The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything"
• Story Box for "All You Need for a Snowman"