Because children with special needs are increasingly served within inclusive classrooms, teachers and researchers alike have been struggling with the challenge of how best to promote social integration within inclusive early childhood classrooms. Early childhood special education scholars are concerned that research investigating social integration interventions has, for the most part, not been making its way into practice. Therefore, leaders in the field are beginning to urge a reconceptualization of ways to promote social integration. This project investigated storytelling and creative drama for the powerful possibilities they offer in creating playful and inclusive large group experiences that promote inclusive social experiences in the early childhood classroom. By investigating the development of an ongoing storytelling curriculum, as enacted by a visiting teaching artist in conjunction with the classroom teachers, this study explored how these activities created an environment where all children could fully participate in a large group experience. To examine the inclusive educational environment created during the storytelling sessions, a qualitative, case study design was employed over a 20-week period. Data collection procedures included: observational field notes and videotaping; interviews with the storyteller and classroom teachers; and the collection of relevant documents. An analysis of the entire data record revealed that during the weekly storytelling sessions, the storyteller and the teachers worked together to create an environment that was both rigorous and inclusive. By documenting and analyzing the classroom teacher's talk, actions, and curriculum plans, this investigation also explored the impact of the program on the lead teacher's teaching practice, finding that it had been transformed: she developed a new teaching mindset and used aspects of storytelling and drama to create more engaging and interactive teaching practices. Case studies of two children with special needs show how each child's participation in the curriculum evolved over the course of the study and illustrate their emerging language, social, and play skills. This study sheds light on the ways that teachers can use storytelling and drama to create inclusive large group experiences that allow everyone to contribute as fully participating members and thereby promotes the social integration of children with special needs.