How To Tell Stories To Children
& Some Stories To Tell
by Elizabeth Cone Bryant
Most of us can remember an occassion when we were so enthralled
by a story that we lost all track of time. With a few well-turned
phrases, the storyteller captured our imagination and drew us
into another world where anything was possible; where heros and giants
shared the world with fairies, elves and unicorns.
How To Tell Stories To Children helps us recapture that magical
moment and share it with the children in our lives. It doesn't matter
whether we are teachers, actors, parents, or grandparents, the material
in this ebook brings special gifts to all; because joy, wonder, and time spent
together will live longer in the memories of your child than the fanciest
toys.
Some may say that children today are too sophisticated for this type of thing.
The current popularity of the "Harry Potter" books, however, gives insight into the fact that
children of all ages still love magic, possibility, fantastic creatures, the under-dog winning, and good vanquishing evil.
Material Contained In
How To Tell Stories To Children:
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 - The Purpose Of Story-Telling
The gift of joy, creative use of imagination, as a teaching method, inter-relationships between children & teachers, effective means of lengthening attention span, stress-reduction, over-coming hesistancy, shyness, & hostility in children,
increasing self-confidence, etc
- Chapter 2 - Selections of stories to tell
The qualities children like and why,
elements necessary for oral delivery,
selected list of familiar tales
- Chapter 3- Adaptation of Stories For Telling
How to make a long story short,
how to fill out a short story,
general changes commonly desirable - with examples,
analysis of method
- Chapter 4 - How To Tell The Story
Essential nature of the story,
Kind of appreciation necessary,
Suggestions for gaining mastery of facts,
arrangement of children,
The story-teller's mood,
A few principles of method, manner and voice, from the psychological point of view
- Chapter 5 - Some specific schoolroom uses of story-telling
Exercise in retelling,
illustations made by children,
dramatic games,
influence of games on reading classes
Specially selected stories
included in this ebook
Kindergarten & Grade 1
- Assorted Nursery Rhymes
- Five Little White Heads
- Bird Thoughts
- How We Came To Have Pink Roses
- Raggylug
- The Golden Cobwebs
- Why The Morning-Glory Climbs
- The Story Of Little Tavwots
- The Pig Brother
- The Cake
- The Pied Piper of Hamlin Town
- Why The Evergreen Trees Keep Their Leaves In Winter
- The Star Dollars
- The Lion And The Gnat
Sample Story
Grades 2 & 3
- The Cat And The Parrot
- The Rat Princess
- The Frog and the Fox
- The Fire-Bringer
- The Burning Of The Rice Fields
- The Story Of Wylie
- Little Daylight
- The Sailor Man
- The Story of Jairus's Daughter
Grades 4 & 5
- Arthur And The Sword
- Tarpeia
- The Buckwheat
- The Judgement Of Midas
- Why The Sea Is Salt
- Billy Beg & His Ball
- The Little Hero Of Haarlem
- The Last Lesson
- The Story Of Christmas
Benefits To Children
While the titles of the stories may at first seem familiar, I found that hearing
them told in a manner closer to their original version brought a most restful
element to a hurried, modern world.
The prevalence of ADHD, ADD, and overstimulation
in general cause children to miss many important life elements in their rush from one
activity to another. These stories help settle the day.
In the words of author Elizabeth Cone Bryant:
"The message of the story is the message of beauty.
Its part in the economy of life is to give joy....
To give joy; and through the joy, to stir and feed
the life of the spirit: is not this the legitimate
function of the story in education?"
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& Some Stories To Tell
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