Stor e Telling Resources 2002 - 2004

Constance and Her Child
by
Warwick Goble, 1922

I am working my way backwards through my Stor e Telling columns from Storytelling Magazine to my blog. This week I finished 2002-2004 and thought it would be helpful to have all 16 blog posts, along with a brief synopsis for each one, in an easy to access post.

I will continue to work through 2005 and 2006 in the coming months.  You will also find links to two blog posts that will lead you to all of the articles from 2007-2013 at the end of this page. 

As autumn leaves begin to fall I hope you will find some quiet time to discover the many delightful stories and resources within. Let your imagination set sail!.

2002

January February - Folktales, myths, legends and pourquoi stories from around the world and a few other sites to whet your appetite.
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/06/stor-e-telling-january-february-2002.html

May June - American Life Histories from the WPA Project, Mayan and Philippine folktale's, public domain tales dating back to the 1880's, seasonal stories of forests, frogs, moons and maidens, solar folklore and more. 
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/06/following-breadcrumbs-stor-e-telling.html

 
July August - Trickster tales, Kenyan folktales, flower fables and participation stories to put some fun in your summer storytelling. 
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/06/following-breadcrumbs-ii-stor-e-telling.html 
 
September October – Included is a guide to collecting family folklore, folktales from Britain, Russia, Kashmir, fables from the Panchatantra, Jataka stories, and Native American legends ready to be explored.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/06/following-breadcrumbs-iii-stor-e.html

November December - Resources for Jack Tales, puppets, ghost stories, educational resources and activities, Australian storytelling, traditions and folklore from the Orkney Islands. For extra fun the Book Hive link will lead you to stories by the amazing Jackie Torrence and other well-known tellers. Next stop, 2003!
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/06/following-breadcrumbs-iv-stor-e-telling.html

2003

January February - Folktales from Africa and Norway, Borneo myths and legends, ghost stories, storytelling games and resources, and a wee bit more.
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/06/following-breadcrumbs-v-stor-e-telling.html

March April - Grant resources, improvisational games to add to your storytelling residency, Native American Trickster Tales, information to keep your voice in tip top telling shape and more.

http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/07/following-breadcrumbs-vi-stor-e-telling.html

May June - The theme for the Storytelling Magazine issue was Grant Resources and all the links have been checked. I hope you will find something to help you discover that pot of gold!
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/07/following-breadcrumbs-vii-stor-e.html

July August - Some delightful sites to whet your storytelling appetite. You will find Andrew Lang's colored fairy tales books and more of his works, stories from the Arabian Nights, Hodja tales and more stories about trees than you could ever hope to climb! I hope you find something useful for your work.
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/07/following-breadcrumbs-stor-e-telling.html

September October - You will find a wonderful site that offers stories searchable by continent, country and theme. Also, Legends of Guam, Western Yugar folktales, teaching benchmarks by state, resources to care for your voice and more.

http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/08/following-breadcrumbs-ix-stor-e-telling.html

November December - Resources focused on Appalachian Literature, oral history resources, including the StoryCorp project, Legends of Maui (a bit timely since two hurricanes are heading to Hawaii tonight; stay safe everyone) and a few more treats.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/08/following-breadcrumbs-x-stor-e-telling.html

2004

January February - There are Philippines folktales, two oral history resources, stories for a variety of holidays and tales of pirates, boggarts and more.

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/08/following-breadcrumbs-xi-stor-e-telling.html 

March April - Tibetan, Irish, and Afro-American folktales, a grant planning tutorial, video's featuring some of our best known storytellers, songs for teaching and a wee bit more.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/08/following-breadcrumbs-xii-stor-e.html

May June - This issue's theme from 2004 was Oral History so you find a plethora of resources: Veterans, Civil Rights, Appalachia, over 50,000 eyewitness testimonies from Holocaust survivors,  lesson plans, photographs, documents, videos, audio, maps, from the Library of Congress and more. This post is one to savor on a cold winter's day with a hot cup of cocoa!

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/09/following-breadcrumbs-viii-stor-e.html

July August - This round has folktales from India, Ukraine and Russia, children's songs and fingerplays, campfire stories, voice care, oral history, presentation skills resources, two articles from the wonderful Chris King and more.

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/09/following-breadcrumbs-xiv-stor-e.html 

November December - There are links that lead to Bura folktales, fingerplays, songs, icebreakers, mermaid tales and more.

http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/09/following-breadcrumbs-xv-stor-e-telling.html

2007 - 2012

Stor e Telling 2007 - 2012 - All 31 blog posts, along with a brief synopsis for each one, in an easy to access post at the link below.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/12/stor-e-telling-columns-2007-to-2012.html 

2013

 

From 1001 Night to 2001 Story Resources – This link will lead to you one blog post with all of my columns from 2013.
http://www.karenchace.blogspot.com/2014/06/from-1001-nights-to-2001-story.html 


Karen Chace 2014 ©
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The Year of the Rabbit - Celebrate the Chinese New Year

The Chinese New Year begins on February 3 and 2011 is The Year of the Rabbit. Here are some tales,  crafts, curriculum and more to help you celebrate in style!

STORIES

A Rabbit Story - Tibet
http://tinyurl.com/37cae3w

Brer Rabbit and Tar Baby - USA
http://tinyurl.com/2fssknu

The Dance for Water or Rabbit’s Triumph – South Africa
http://tinyurl.com/23nmdf3


The Foolish Lion and the Clever Rabbit
http://tinyurl.com/2vv9nkt

Rabbit and Fox– Native American
http://tinyurl.com/29g29hq

The Rabbit and the Coyote - Mayan
http://tinyurl.com/ybn7he6

Rabbit Shots the Sun – Native American
http://tinyurl.com/36u3ukl

The Rabbit Throws Out His Sandal - Mayan
http://tinyurl.com/2uuzrqc

The Smiling Rabbit - Mexico
http://tinyurl.com/327ezs9

Storybug.net – Two previous posts on my blog about the Chinese New Year in 2008 and 2009. While the stories are not about rabbit you will find information about the celebration that may be useful.
http://tinyurl.com/yfqejbk  and  http://tinyurl.com/ylxdd5l

Chinese Folklore -Short Stories for Children
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/chinese-new-year/short-stories/

Spreading Their Wings

Moon Maiden, Warwick Goble, 1910 

Since 2002 I have directed a student storytelling program, The Story Explorers, at my local Elementary School. While choosing and learning their stories is paramount, each week there are also a few fun games/exercises to help them with improvisation, intonation, body language and more. Not only are the exercises designed to hone their storytelling skills but very subtly they increase their time in front of an audience, even if it just our core group for the moment.

While some students may be a bit reticent at the beginning of the program, each week more and more hands spring up, eager to spread their impro wings. I am always amazed at their creativity and the ideas that flow when faced with this storytelling challenge. This week we played an improvisation game I call Fabric Follies.

FABRIC FOLLIES

All you need is one yard of fabric. I actually use a small, lace tablecloth. The fabric should be large enough to use for different ideas the students have but not too large to hinder their movement.

The leader demonstrates by using the fabric in a new way then asks the students to guess what it is. The fabric is then passed to the person who answered correctly and they take their turn with a new idea. Students cannot repeat an idea already used. Here are some of the inventive and creative ideas the children came up with this week.

• Briar placed the cloth on the floor. Moving to the edge of the room she began to run towards it, plopped herself down and slid across the floor. Sledding in the snow!

• Mari placed the cloth on the floor as well but instead of laying it flat she took a minute to scrunch the cloth up lengthwise. No one was quite sure, including me, what she was doing. When she was finished she stood up, stepped on the cloth and began to mimic a surfer in the water. She was actually creating waves with the way she displayed the cloth on the floor, using the center as a surf board.

• Hannah wrapped it around her neck like a scarf then strutted across the room. Stopping now and again to smile, wave and silently mime some words as if she were speaking into a microphone. Can you guess? She was a superstar walking the red carpet!

Over the years that same cloth has been been a:

o Magic carpet
o Flag
o Picnic blanket
o Shower curtain
o Superman/Bullfighter’s cape
o Hula skirt
o Baby blanket
o Toga
o Cane
o Race car
o Baseball bat

I don’t claim to have invented this game but unfortunately I cannot remember where I read about it through the years, otherwise I would offer proper credit.


There are many improvisation games available on line, here are a few sites you may wish to view:

Improv Encylopedia - Categories from A - Z.  http://improvencyclopedia.org/games/index.html
Drama Activities for the Classroom - http://plays.about.com/od/actes/a/activitylist.htm
Friday Night Live - http://tinyurl.com/2dr3vul

Now go out and turn yourself into something brand new!