A Rose By Any Other Name...Celebrating Red Rose Day

It Was the Time of Roses

David Murray, 1914

"But he who dares not grasp the thorn, should never crave the rose.” -  Anne Brontë

June 12 Red Rose Day so below is a bit of history and some stories to share. You will also find stories from England, Romania, Italy, Portugal and other countries, easy crafts to share with the children, and curriculum to make your classrooms bloom with delight!

A BRIEF HISTORY OF ROSES

• Roses are a symbol of love, beauty, war and politics.
• According to fossil evidence, roses are 35 million years old.
• There are 150 species of roses throughout the Northern Hemisphere.
• Cultivation of roses began in China 5000 years ago.
• During the Roman period roses were grown extensively in the Middle East.
• Nero dumped tons of rose petals on his dinner guests.
• Cleopatra had her living quarters filled with the petals of roses so that when Marc Antony met her, he would long remember her every time he smelt a rose.
• Rose hips have been found in Europe and petrified rose wreaths have been unearthed from ancient Egyptian tombs.
• The first known paintings of a rose are actually frescoes. The earliest example was discovered in Crete around 1600 B.C.

Above information found at:

http://urbanext.illinois.edu/roses/history.cfm http://www.theflowerexpert.com/content/miscellaneous/flowersandhistory/history-of-roses

STORIES

The Blue Rose – China

http://www.civprod.com/storylady/stories/TheBlueRose.htm

The Daughter of the Rose – Romania

http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/rft/rft06.htm

The Elf of the Rose – Hans Christian Andersen

http://hca.gilead.org.il/elf_rose.html

Legend of the Cherokee Rose – Native American
http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/LegendOfTheCherokeeRose-Cherokee.html 

The Legend of the Christmas Rose - Italy

http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=steedman&book=italy&story=rose

Little Wild-Rose – Romania
http://www.worldoftales.com/European_folktales/Romanian_folktale_9.html

The Maiden with the Rose on Her Forehead - Portugal

http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/books/portugual/pedroso/maidenwithrose.html

The Nightingale and the Rose – Oscar Wilde

http://www.artpassions.net/wilde/nightingale.html

The Rose - Grimm

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm203.html

The Rose Beauty – Turkey

http://www.sacred-texts.com/asia/ftft/ftft07.htm

The Rose Tree – England

http://www.worldoftales.com/European_folktales/English_folktale_3.html

The Snail and the Rose Tree – Hans Christian Andersen

http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=rhead&book=andersen&story=snail

The Three Roses – Czechoslovakia

http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/kog/kog13.htm

CRAFTS

Enchanted Learning – This site offers a wide variety of flower crafts along with word searches and printable classroom activities.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/flowers/

Rose Tissue Paper Flowers

http://www.littlemisscraft.com/Rose_Tissue_Paper_Flower-10_1

CURRICULUM

Teacher’s Guide – Lessons plans, printouts, white board activities, coloring books and more. Your classroom will be blooming in no time at all!

http://www.theteachersguide.com/plantsflowers.htm

ADDITIONAL RESOURCE

Birds, Bees and Butterflies - Since flowers attract our winged friends, here is a previous blog post, filled with fun songs and fingerplays for the wee ones.

http://www.theteachersguide.com/plantsflowers.htm

Karen Chace 2014 ©

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.

Storytelling: Putting the 'Fun' in the Fundamentals!



Ring Around the Rosie
by Edward Henry Potthast,1910-1915

Since 2011 I have taught a storytelling residency at a private school in Massachusetts. The staff and students understand the value of storytelling and always make me feel welcome, respected and appreciated, but this year it didn’t end with the student’s final performance.

Last week I was delighted to find an envelope in my mailbox filled with thoughtful and creative thank you cards from all 30 students. I thought I would share some of the beautiful artwork, illustrating their stories, along with their impressions of the time we spent together.





Some comments from the student's thank you cards:

• “I became less nervous and more confident in myself.”
• “Thank you for helping me get over my stage fright.”
•  “Thank you for teaching me how to interact with the audience.”
• “You taught me a lot. This will help me in life.”
• “I like how your ‘I wonder if’s’ were never demanding and always  kind.
• “Thank you for helping me with voice and gestures. I became so much better at performing.”
• “You helped me connect with my story and learn more about it.”
• “I really enjoyed the experience!”
• “I loved the bouncing ball game. It helped me focus on my story.”
• “Storytelling was my favorite unit and you are my favorite teacher!”
• “Storytelling was the best part of my year.”
• “I really liked how you used games to help us with the performance.”
•  “I wish we could have storytelling every year!”
• “I had so much fun at storytelling!”
•  “If I had three wishes I would wish you would come back to school.”

As part of my residency we learn the fundamentals of presentation, eye contact, body language, gestures, vocal intonation, etc. However, I also believe that learning a story is a whole body experience and children need to move! I use a mix of written and interactive activities to help them fully connect with their stories and characters, and I end every class with a storytelling game. Finish with fun and they will always come back for more!

Every storyteller knows that our work complements the Common Core Standards in many areas, including oral presentation, writing, and reading, but it does so much more. Storytelling creates confidence, camaraderie and a willingness to play, things that can’t be measured on standardized tests; it puts the fun in the fundamentals!

And here's some fun for you! If you can guess the titles of three of the four stories pictured in the above student artwork I will send you a copy of my new book, Story by Story: Creating a Student Storytelling Troupe and Making the Common Core Exciting , which offers twelve original storytelling activities. The first one to comment on the blog with three correct answers wins! Hint: One of the titles is embedded in one of the student's comments above.

IMPORTANT: Please note, your comment won’t be posted on the blog until I approve it for publication; this cuts down on spam. However, I will know who responds with the correct answer first by the notification in my email.

Karen Chace 2014 ©

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.

                                                                                                                                                   

Come and Play! It's Children's Day in Japan





Original Chikanobu (1838-1912)

Japanese Woodblock Print Children Playing



Children’s Day, also known as Kodomo no Hi, is a Japanese national holiday which takes place annually on May 5, the fifth day of the fifth month. It is a day set aside to respect children's personalities and to celebrate their happiness. It was designated a national holiday by the Japanese government in 1948. Although it is not known precisely when this day started to be celebrated, it was probably during the reign of the Empress Suiko (593–628 A.D.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_Day_(Japan)

Paper or cloth "carp" streamers are flown during the celebration. There is a carp for each child on the family's streamer. The carp on the top is the largest and represents the oldest child, with each carp getting smaller to symbolize the younger and youngest children. The carp, called koi in Japanese is a symbol of strength, courage and determination. The carp kites represent a wish for the Japanese sons and daughters to grow up to brave and strong.

STORIES

The Boy Who Drew Cats – Japan
http://www.aaronshep.com/stories/045.html

The Cat’s Elopement

http://tinyurl.com/cllzb9b

The Snow Tomb

http://tinyurl.com/cydbgtb

The Two Frogs

http://tinyurl.com/y9ngkky

Moonflower
http://tinyurl.com/2v33wxt

Snow Woman
http://tinyurl.com/c9q397r

Japanese Legends About Supernatural Sweethearts

Seven supernatural stories from the land of the rising sun.
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/japanlove.html

Kids Web Japan - A number of Japanese folktales for your students to read. Later, they may explore the culture of Japan using different links.

http://tinyurl.com/bqjbur

BOOKS BRIMMING WITH ADDITONAL JAPANESE TALES

Aino Folk-Tales by Basil Hall Chamberlain, 1888 - The Ainu are an ethnic minority in Japan, living primarily on the northernmost Japanese island of Hokkaidō.
http://tinyurl.com/899tr6s

Ancient Tales and Folk-lore of Japan by Richard Gordon Smith, 1918. A collection of “historical legends and folktales from Japan; themes include ghosts; unrequited love across social boundaries; Shinto landscape, tree and ocean spirits; and tales driven by Bushido and Buddhist ethics.”

http://www.sacred-texts.com/shi/atfj/index.htm

Child Life in Japan Child-Life in Japan and Japanese Child Stories by Matilda Chaplin Ayrton, 1909.

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28979?msg=welcome_stranger

Green Willow and other Japanese Fairy Tales by Grace Adams, 1910 – Thirty eight stories from the Land of the Rising ballads told to children, complemented by the gorgeous illustrations of Warwick Goble.

http://tinyurl.com/4rzy5pg

Japanese Folk Stories and Fairy Tales - Thirty-three folktales collected by Mary F. Nixon-Roulet and published in 1908. You can download the book for your own files. http://tinyurl.com/ckvg49

Japanese Fairy Tales by Teresa Peirce Williston, 1911; step into the world of fairy tales with these thirteen stories, including The Bamboo Princess, The Great Stone Bowl and The Dragon Jewel.

http://tinyurl.com/l5jjwyj

Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki, 1908. A collection of Japanese fairy tales based on a version written in Japanese by Sadanami Sanjin. According to Ozaki, "These stories are not literal translations, and though the Japanese story and all quaint Japanese expressions have been faithfully preserved, they have been told more with the view to interest young readers of the West than the technical student of folk-lore."

http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/72/japanese-fairy-tales/

Old-world Japan : legends of the land of the gods by Frank Rinder, 1895
http://www.archive.org/details/oldworldjapanleg00rind 

Tales of Old Japan by A.B. Mitford, 1910 
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13015/13015-h/13015-h.htm

The two books below are not available as a download but are available for purchase.

Folktales from the Japanese Countryside. (Fujita & Stallings, Libraries Unlimited 2008).

Stories to Play With (Fujita & Stallings, August House 1999) 

CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS

Comparing Japanese Folktales with American Tall Tales

http://www.colorado.edu/cas/tea/curriculum/texts-and-contexts/momotaro/comparing-folktales-and-tall-tales-lesson.pdf

Sketches of Japanese Manners and Customs by J.M.W.Silver, 1867

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13051/13051-h/13051-h.htm

Japanese Folktales Lesson Plans for K-8

http://tinyurl.com/btzck2

Kites in the Classroom - Kites can be a remarkably efficient teaching tool, allowing teachers to integrate many subjects-science and technology, reading, writing, social studies, visual arts, math-within a single lesson or sequence of lessons. http://www.aka.kite.org/docs/Handbooks/ki

Kamishibai (kah-mee-shee-bye) Kamishibai is a form of Japanese street storytelling dating back to the 1920’s. If you would like to know more about this charming art of storytelling, or incorporate it into your lesson plans, visit these sites:

Integrating Japanese Folk Tales into the Classroom Using Japanese Kamishibai

Addresses grades 2- 6 in the areas of social studies, language arts, and art http://www.grandviewlibrary.org/pdfs/IntegratingJapaneseStorytelling_Kamishibai.pdf

Teachers Guide to Kamishibai
This unit addresses the themes of Love of Family, Compassion, Courage and Sacrifice.

http://www.indiana.edu/~easc/outreach/educators/storytelling/kamishibai.shtml

Teacher’s Resource Guide: Japanese Art and Culture Outreach Kit - Although you may not be able to borrow the actual kit, there are many helpful curriculum ideas in this guide you may duplicate on your own.
http://jsma.uoregon.edu/sites/jsma.uoregon.edu/files/PDF/JapaneseArtandCultureKit.pdf

CRAFTS

Activity Village – Make your own carp kite or origami to celebrate Kodomo no hi (Children’s Day). There are many other crafts, activities and printables to make this Japanese national holiday shine!
http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/childrens_day_japan.htm

Enchanted Learning – Japanese Activities and Crafts: Lots of wonderful crafts, including easy origami, and classroom activities.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/japan/

Japanese Fans made with paper plates.

http://arteascuola-miriampaternoster.blogspot.com/2013/04/oriental-fans-with-paper-plates.html?m=1

Storybug.net – If you are interested in learning more about origami, visit my previous blog post with additional resources.

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2012/03/celebrating-akira-yoshizawa-grandfather.html

CHILDREN’S GAMES

Traditional Japanese Games

“Japan has many games that have been passed down through the generations. Rules and materials may change over time, but even today Japanese children are fond of pastimes from the old days. Some of the games introduced on these pages are probably similar to those in your own country.”
http://web-japan.org/nipponia/nipponia26/en/topic/

Japanese Games

http://www.k12connections.iptv.org/documents/Japanese_games.pdf

Karen Chace 2014 ©

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.

Stor e Telling: October November December 2013

All the Newspapers in the World
by Edmund Dulac, 1911

Last year I undertook the project of placing all of my 2007-2012 Stor e Telling columns, from Storytelling Magazine on my blog. Now that 2014 is here I will begin to share all of my columns from 2013. I will not be adding current columns until the following year, so if you want immediate access to the newest websites, please consider becoming a member of the National Storytelling Network. 

Below are the sites I offer for the October/November/December 2013 issue. October is apple picking time in the USA so there is a basketful of apple tales and of course, resources for Halloween. In addition, November is National Novel Writing Month so there are sites with information to help you travel the publishing road, along with stories to celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas. I hope you find something to add to your repertoire.

Building Your Book for Kindle – This is a free Kindle download from Amazon.com.  You may view the table of contents at the link.

http://tinyurl.com/mbmd46q

How to Publish Short Stories – Seven steps to start you on the road to adding 'author' to your resume.
http://tinyurl.com/mobpsrv 

How to Successfully Self-Publish a Kindle eBook – “You have everything you need to start sharing your message today—fingers, keyboard, and the Internet.” Writer and blogger and Jeff Goins’ breaks it down in five easy sections.

http://tinyurl.com/lbkuako

How to Write a Non-fiction Book Proposal –This article shares information on book outlines, specifications, author information and more to help you get it right the first time. http://tinyurl.com/maxh8fw

Independent Publishers and University Presses – From A – Z a list of book publishers, mainly from the U.S. and Canada.

http://www.newpages.com/book-publishers/

Online Book Publishing – A 2013 chart comparing 10 of the best online book publishing companies and their services.

http://tinyurl.com/lkyys7q

Top Ten Frequently Asked Questions About Children’s Book Publishing by Robin Michal Koontz, SCBWI Regional Advisor.

http://www.scbwisocal.org/htmls/FAQs.htm

In some parts of the United States autumn means its apple picking time. I offer you some stories to complement the season.

The Apples of the Hesperides - A Greek Myth. The eleventh tale from the Twelve Labors of Hercules.

http://tinyurl.com/k8syyjr

A Boy and His Donkey - Hispanic Southwest

http://tinyurl.com/lwttvus 

The Apple of Contentment by Howard Pyle
http://tinyurl.com/m38e7tl

The Enchanted Apple Tree - France
Another version of this story is "Tia Miseria's Pear Tree," a story from Puerto Rico.
http://tinyurl.com/kxrt29h

The Griffin – Germany
http://tinyurl.com/l4oddl8

The Twelve Months – Russia

http://russian-crafts.com/tales/12months.html

The Glass Mountain – Polish

http://tinyurl.com/mbh5q6h

The Golden Apples and the Nine Pea Hens – Serbia

http://tinyurl.com/mpyratm

Story-Lovers.com - Information and story suggestions from the fabulous Jackie Baldwin.
http://tinyurl.com/lztfrd

The Tale of the Three Apples from the Arabian Nights

http://tinyurl.com/n3d99fx

The Laughing Apple and the Weeping Apple - Turkey

http://tinyurl.com/m59oe3r

Halloween is here! Some tales to fright and delight your audiences.

Can Such Things Be? Short, spine tingling tales, published in 1910, to add to your storytelling repertoires from 1910.
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4366

Story-Lovers.com - Jackie Baldwin stirs up a witches' brew of stories ideas. Check out the Halloween Bare Bones book, the perfect addition to your library!
http://tinyurl.com/kfwzcmh

Don’t forget to bring some Halloween fun into the classroom!

Halloween  Games for the Classroom - “A collection of fun and educational Halloween games that build math and language skills for grades K-5.

http://tinyurl.com/ya4hn36

Three multicultural tales to celebrate my favorite holiday, Thanksgiving.

The Circle of Life and the Clambake – A Native American  story from the Wampanoag culture that encompasses the spirit of thanksgiving, the circle of life and caring for the earth.http://tinyurl.com/kpdyaq

The Magic of Muskil Gusha – Iran

http://www.aaronshep.com/stories/048.html

The Scarecrow’s Thanksgiving – Canada
http://tinyurl.com/y9ulwob

A plethora of all things Christmas piled high under the tree.

World of Christmas

Twenty-two tales and information on Christmas symbols and superstitions.
http://www.worldofchristmas.net/christmas-stories/

The link below will take you to all of the Stor e Telling blog posts, with synopses, from my 2007-2012 columns for the national Storytelling Magazine.

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/12/stor-e-telling-columns-2007-to-2012.html

Let me know if you find this useful; I love to hear from you ; feel free to share the link to the post. Please note that if you comment on the blog below it will not appear until I allow it to be published. Sadly, I had to implement that fail safe to avoid spam messages from being published. Thank you for understanding. 

 

Karen Chace 2014 ©

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.

Stor e Telling: August September 2013



Prince Florimund finds the Sleeping Beauty
from
Childhood Favorites and Fairy Stories,
1907

Last year I undertook the project of placing all of my 2007-2012 Stor e Telling columns, from Storytelling Magazine on my blog. Now that 2014 is here I will begin to share all of my columns from 2013. I will not be adding current columns until the following year, so if you want immediate access to the newest websites, please consider becoming a member of the National Storytelling Network. 

Below are the sites I offer for the August September 2013 issue; the theme for that issue was Fairy Tales so you will find some wonderful articles and stories to complement the theme. I hope you find something fun to tell!

 

"Someday you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again." ~ C. S. Lewis

 

Articles on Fairytales

All Things Considered by G. K. Chesterton's, 1908.  There are a variety of essays in this book, including one on fairytales.

http://tinyurl.com/kkyqugf 

The Endicott Studio Journal of Mythic Arts – Twenty-one articles on Animal Brides and Bridegrooms, Beauty and the Beast, Baba Yaga and many more.

http://tinyurl.com/k7mak2f

Sources for the Analysis and Interpretation of Folk and Fairy Tales - Resources on the analysis of fairy or folk tales, from literary and psychological traditions. http://www.folkandfairy.org/

 

You’re sure to find some fabulous fairytales to add to your repertoire in the links below.

 

The Cat and the Mouse, A Book of Persian Fairy Tales by Hartwell James, 1906. Four fairytales from this beautiful land.
http://tinyurl.com/lrhcz9o

Cossack Fairy Tales and Folktales by Robert Nisbet Bain, 1902 – Bain collected these folktales from Ruthenian, the language of the Cossacks, a language intermediate between Russian and Polish. The Iron Wolf, The Golden Slipper, The Tsar and the Angel and The Story of the Forty-First Brother are just a few of the unique stories found within these cyber pages.
http://tinyurl.com/2uklns8

Czechoslovak Fairy Tales by Parker Fillmore, 1919. “The old king reached into his pocket, drew out a golden key, and handed it to the prince.” So begins the story of Longshanks, Girth and Keen, one of the many tales that await you within.
http://tinyurl.com/baw8ysh

Fairy Legends of the French Provinces by Martha Ward Carey, 1887 – Thirty-four stories filled with charm and enchantment.
http://tinyurl.com/be5ly4j

Forty-Four Turkish Fairy Tales by Ignácz Kúnos, 1913 - Be whisked away to the magical land of Turkey and meet the Wizard and His Pupil, Prince Ahmed, The Silent Princess and other fascinating creatures. The text also offers the English definition of the Turkish words used in the text.

http://tinyurl.com/8vtcwx

The Golden Maiden and Other Folk Tales and Fairy Stories Told in Armenia by A.G. Seklemian. Twenty-nine stories including The Bride of the Fountain, The Trove of Destiny and The Maiden of the Sea, just a few enchanted tales you will find between the pages of this book from 1898.
http://tinyurl.com/mcgynac

Old English Fairy Tales by Sabine Baring-Gould, 1906. Robert the Evil, The Badger in the Bag, The Undutiful Daughter and others are waiting to delight you!

http://tinyurl.com/89j85d3

Serbian Fairy Tales by Elodie L. Muatovich, 1918. Seeking some longer stories to share? This book offers a number of tales in three, four and six parts.
http://tinyurl.com/aqer7bc

Swedish Fairy Tales by Herman Hofbert, 1890. Stories of trolls, elves, sea maidens and giants await.

http://tinyurl.com/ld6b7lh

Celebrate with Tell a Fairy Tale Day – This link will lead you to a blog post I wrote on fairy tales in 2012. There are a number of stories and public domain books from around the globe, and also links to curriculum and crafts.

http://tinyurl.com/kapa47k

Miscellaneous

Beacons in the Night: Lighthouse Keepers, Legend and Lore – Stories, curriculum and crafts, all connected to the many beautiful lighthouses around the globe.

http://tinyurl.com/pnfxfnr


The link below will take you to all of the Stor e Telling blog posts, with synopses, from my 2007-2012 columns for the national Storytelling Magazine.
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2013/12/stor-e-telling-columns-2007-to-2012.html

Let me know if you find this useful; I love to hear from you! Please note that if you comment on the blog below will not appear until I allow it to be published. Sadly, I had to implement that fail safe to avoid spam messages from being published. Thank you for understanding.

 

Karen Chace 2014 ©

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.