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JANUARY FEBRUARY 2008
Merging the past with the present….
The Art of the
Storyteller
In 1915 Marie Shedlock wrote as part of the forward for this
book, “One of the surest signs of a belief in the
educational power of the story is its introduction into the curriculum…It is
just at the time when the imagination is most keen, the mind being unhampered
by accumulation of facts, that stories appeal most vividly and are retained for
all time.” The book, now in public domain, is available online from a woman who
was truly ahead of her time.http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/shedlock/story/story.html
Thanks to Meryl Arbing for passing this site along.
Oral Tradition Journal
A fabulous resource you will return to again and again. The Center for Studies in Oral Tradition at the University of Missouri has generously placed twenty-two years of their journal online. The site contains nearly 500 articles and 10,000 pages with the contents downloadable as pdf files. The site is also searchable by keyword or author name.
http://journal.oraltradition.orgA fabulous resource you will return to again and again. The Center for Studies in Oral Tradition at the University of Missouri has generously placed twenty-two years of their journal online. The site contains nearly 500 articles and 10,000 pages with the contents downloadable as pdf files. The site is also searchable by keyword or author name.
Thanks to Jo Radner for passing this site along.
Storytelling In Schools
Are you continually frustrated
when school administrators and potential funders ask you for specific research
to demonstrate the value of using storytelling in traditional classrooms? Well
look no further! After months of detailed research Jackie Baldwin and
Kate Dudding have organized an amazing, downloadable booklet and brochure that
will help you meet that question head on. Quantitative studies, innovative
projects books, journals, articles and web sites are all at your fingertips,
but the best part is that the project is not complete; it is an ongoing process
that will be continually updated as new studies surface. http://www.storynet-advocacy.org/edu/how-to/index.shtml
Storytelling With Children
Storyteller Eric Wolf began the The Art of Storytelling with
Children in 2007 and each week he offers interviews with a wide variety of
storytellers from around the globe covering a different aspect of storytelling
with children. You can participate online via iTunes or your own podcasting
software, ask questions or just sit back and listen. Can’t make the day and
time of the call? No worries; Eric has archived all of the podcast for your listening
and learning pleasure. Subscribe and receive alerts
for upcoming podcasts and listen to archived shows at www.storytellingwithchildren.com
A to Z Teacher Stuff
Find a folktale unit ideas for
grades K-12 at this link http://atozteacherstuff.com/pages/315.shtml then take a cyber-leap over to http://atozteacherstuff.com/pages/4042.shtml for several more lessons plans centered on specific
folktales.
Crayola.com
Go “Around the World with
Storytellers” using this springboard to literacy and diversity. http://www.crayola.com/educators/lesson_plans/detail.cfm?id=1000&dropdown1=2&dropdown2=1&dropdown3=13&dropdown4=0
Teacher Planet
The Fairy Tale Resource page is
full of lessons and units, worksheets, Web Quests and more.http://www.teacherplanet.com/resource/fairytales.php
Teacher Vision
Activities for African folktales
K-5.http://www.teachervision.fen.com/folk-tales/activity/3721.html
Forty-Four Turkish
Fairy Tales
Be whisked away to the magical land of Turkey, courtesy of
the amazing Sacred-Texts site.http://www.sacred-texts.com/asia/ftft/index.htm
Two of the
original links to fairy tales I offered in this column are now defunct. I offer
you these two blog links below in their place.
Celebrate with Tell a Fairy Tale Day
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2012/01/celebrate-with-tell-fairy-tale-day.htmlWisdom, Wit and Wonder: Fabulous Fairytales
And if you missed any of the pervious
“Slow and Steady…” blog posts here are the links to the 2007 series.
January February 2007
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/06/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html
March April 2007
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/06/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_30.htmlMay June 2007
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html
July August 2007
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_15.html
September October
2007
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_20.html
November December 2007
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/07/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_29.html
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