Support your Foundation learners as they take their first steps into narrative writing with this gentle, highly scaffolded Lost Toy Narrative Writing Pack.
Foundation Story Writing Pack: The Lost Toy
Designed especially for early writers, this Foundation story writing pack helps young students talk, draw, and write about a simple storyline they can easily connect with — losing a favourite toy and finding it again.
With clear visuals, guided questions, and developmentally appropriate templates, students move through each phase of early narrative creation: discussing ideas, listening to a model text, drawing key story parts, writing simple sentences, and checking their finished work with a child‑friendly checklist.
A Foundation Narrative Writing Rubric is included to help teachers assess early writing behaviours reliably and consistently.
Why These Writing Resources Work for Foundation Students
This early‑years story writing resource is ideal for Foundation classrooms because it:
- Builds confidence through simple, age‑appropriate scaffolds
- Encourages children to express ideas through drawing and emergent writing
- Helps students understand the basic parts of a story through familiar contexts
- Provides teachers with a structured and ready‑to‑use assessment tool
- Saves preparation time with straightforward print‑and‑use pages
- Uses a relatable “lost toy” scenario that supports emotional connection and engagement
A Step‑by‑Step Approach to Emergent Stories
This pack is structured to match the developmental needs of beginning writers. Students explore:
- Characters and the toy
- Where the toy went missing
- Feelings associated with the problem
- How the toy is found
- How the story ends
Drafting frames and sentence starters help students put their ideas into simple sentences, while picture boxes and drawing prompts allow for multimodal storytelling.
The included checklist encourages young learners to reflect on their work by checking capital letters, full stops, story meaning, and illustrations.
Choose between an easy‑to‑print PDF and an editable Google Slides version using the dropdown menu.
This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher and Teach Starter Collaborator.
More Foundation Story Resources
If you’re building a full narrative writing sequence for the Foundation year, you’ll find many more early‑years writing resources ready to explore.
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