Slow and Steady Wins the Race: Stor e Telling April May 2010

Tortoise and the Hare
from Childhood Favorites
and Fairy Tales
1909

I have penned the Stor E Telling column since January of 2002 and the articles from 2002-2006 are the publications page of my website found here http://tinyurl.com/llnn47y. I will be adding the columns from 2007 to 2012 to that page as well. However, I am in the process of checking what link URL's have changed or are now defunct. It is a time consuming process so I am taking the “slow and steady” approach via Aesop and will post the individual columns on my blog for now.

I will not be adding current columns until the following year, so if you want immediate access to the newest websites, consider becoming a member of the National Storytelling Network.

Please feel free to comment on the blog and let me know if you find this useful.

April/May 2010                                            

April is National Frog Month so get let’s get hopping with these tales from around the globe!

Allaboutfrogs.org - Sixteen fables and parables about frogs.
http://tinyurl.com/36fjtg

The Armadillo's Song – Bolivia
http://tinyurl.com/yzwl3lq

Brer Fox Catches Old Man Tarrypin – USA
http://tinyurl.com/ybds94o

Frog Kings – Fourteen folktales from around the world.
http://tinyurl.com/28ukyj

Why the Stork Eats Frogs and The Wolf Hunts Sheep - Ukrainian Folktale
http://www.4to40.com/folktales/index.asp?p=Why_The_Stork_Eats_Frogs_And_The_Wolf_Hunts_Sheep

How Frog Went to Heaven A Tale of Angola – retold by Aaron Shepard 

http://tinyurl.com/yk8cdjh

Story-lovers.com – A virtual pond filled with Folktales, Folklore, Fairy Tales, Legends, Myths,
History, and more.

http://www.story-lovers.com/listsfrogstories.html

The Two Frogs – Japan 
http://tinyurl.com/y9ngkky

Additional facts and information to complement your program of frog tales or use in the classroom.

A Frog’s Life – Lots of information to share with your audiences from the American Museum of Natural History

http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/current-exhibitions/frogs-a-chorus-of-colors/a-frog-s-life

Suite 101.com – Information on the mythology and folklore associated with frogs. http://tinyurl.com/y93hchv

Jump into April, the month of fools with tales of tricks and laughter!

Native American Trickster Tales

http://www.native-languages.org/trickster.htm

Tales of Laughter from 1908. A collection tales from Ireland, Spain, France, Russia and other countries from around the globe. They are sure to have you smiling with delight!

http://tinyurl.com/3mzd7pr

April 27 is Tell a Story day so I offer you some public domain books to download for free. Expand your repertoire with a few clicks of the keys!

Folklore and Legends – England and Scotland by Charles J. Tibbets, 1894. 

http://tinyurl.com/yhjapjv

The Laughing Prince: A Book of Jugoslav Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, by Parker Fillmore, 1921. Fourteen tales to add a smile to your day. 

http://tinyurl.com/yceb8wc

Bengal Fairy Tales by F.B. Bradley-Brit, 1920 – Brahmins, jackals, riddles and more. http://tinyurl.com/ycnx46c

The Pearl Fountain and Other Fairy Tales by Bridget and Julia Kavanaugh, 1876.  Eleven fairytales from long ago.

http://tinyurl.com/7zdexk

Irish Fairy Tales by Edward Leamy, 1890.

http://tinyurl.com/yzakh5j

The national Summer Reading Program theme in the USA is Make a Splash at Your Library. Here are some tales and information to help you make a splash!

The Boat That Went on Land and Water - France

http://tinyurl.com/yceg3hr

The Dance for Water or Rabbits Triumph – Africa

http://tinyurl.com/y99ccfx

Koobor the Koala and Water – Australia

http://tinyurl.com/yzpg37k

The Water Fairies – Micmac Legendhttp://tinyurl.com/y9rct48

Water Spirit Legends – Eleven tales collected by D. L. Ashliman.

http://tinyurl.com/ylgdk3g

Why the Hippopotamus Lives in the Water – Africa

http://tinyurl.com/ybpth7x

Water Mythology by S.M. Enzler MSc – Background information on myths and legends on water and water creatures.

http://tinyurl.com/ykm7cza

Since the next magazine issue won’t be published until June, here is a site to give you a head start on the 4^th of July celebration in the United States.

Myths and Legends of Our Own Land by Charles M. Skinner, 1896
http://tinyurl.com/ya9ko3n

And if you missed any of the previous “Slow and Steady…” blog posts here are the links to the series so far.

2007

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.html
May 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

2008

January February 2008
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html
March April 2008
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_11.html
May June 2008
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-may-june-2008.html
Summer 2008
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/08/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_25.html
Fall 2008
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html

2009

January February 2009
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_10.html
May June 2009
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_14.html
July August 2009
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_21.html
September October 2009
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/09/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_29.html
November December 2009
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/10/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e.html

2010

January February 2010
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/10/slow-and-steady-wins-race-stor-e_13.html

Karen Chace 2013 ©
This blog post was researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to my blog via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.

Five Speckled Frogs and So Much More!

The Frog Prince
by Maxfield Parrish

April is National Frog Month so I thought I would share some of the fun we had with frogs in my lapsit program at the National Historic Whaling Park.

Below are a few of the  fingerplays, songs and a book suggestion to complement your frog program. And of course, there must be stories!

In April of 2010 I wrote a blog post, It's Not Easy Being Green, that is jumping with frog tales! You can find it here:

https://karenchace.blogspot.com/2010/04/its-not-easy-being-green-frog-tales.html


COUNTING AND FINGERPLAYS

Five Green and Speckled Frogs
Five green and speckled frogs,
Sat on a speckled log,
Eating some most delicious bugs
YUM YUM!

One jumped down in the pool,
Where it was nice and cool,
Now there's just four green speckled frogs
Continue until there are no more green and speckled frogs!

Croak Said the Frog

Croak said the frog, (Make croaking sound)
With his golden eyes. (Fists up to eyes)
Sitting on a lily pad, catching flies. (Grab air with hand)
I have a sticky tongue, (With index finger make darting motion)
It’s a FAST as can be.
I catch the mosquitoes, 1-2-3.

BOOK

The children loved this popup book! The Wide Mouthed Frog by Keith Faulkner.

SONG

I Have a Little Frog
I have a little frog
His name is Tiny Tim,
I put him in the bathtub,
To see if he could swim,
He drank up all the water,
And gobbled up the soap!
And when he tried to talk
He had a BUBBLE in his throat!

Down By the Banks of the Hanky Panky

Down on the banks of the hanky panky
where the bullfrogs jump from bank to banky
with a hip hop flipity flop
with hip hop flipity flop
he missed the bank and he went kerplop

STORY STRETCH

Five Little Froggies
Five little froggies sat on a shore
(children crouch in a row like frogs)
One went for a swim then there were four
(First frog leaps, swims off)
Four little froggies looked happy as can be
One went swimming and then there were three
Three little froggies said "What can we do?"
(Children repeat)
One jumped in the water then there were two
Two little froggies sat in the sun
One swam off and then there was one
One little froggie said "This is no fun!"
(Last frog repeats)
He dived in the water and then there were none.

Six Little Frogs (tune: "Six Little Ducks")
Six little frogs that I once knew,
Green ones, brown ones, red ones, too.
But the one bullfrog with the freckles on his throat,
He ruled them all with a croak, croak, croak.

Down to the blue pond they would go,
Hop, jump, hop, jump, to and fro.
But the one bullfrog with the freckles on his throat,
He ruled them all with a croak, croak, croak.

Home from the river they would come.Hop, jump, hop, jump, to and fro.
But the one bullfrog with the freckles on his throat,
He ruled them all with a croak, croak, croak.
But the one bullfrog with the freckles on his throat,
He ruled them all with a croak, croak, croak.

Karen Chace 2012 ©

This blog post was researched and compiled by Karen Chace. Permission for private use is granted. Distribution, either electronically or on paper is prohibited without my expressed written permission. For permission please contact me at storybug@aol.com. Of course, if you wish to link to my blog via your website, blog, newsletter, Facebook page or Twitter please feel free to do so; I greatly appreciate your support and personal integrity.