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How to Tell Stories to Children

How to Tell Stories to Children

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Number of Chapters: 19

Length: 5 hours and 54 minutes

Language: English

Sarah Cone Bryant was an educator and storyteller who wrote several books on the importance of oral storytelling to children, and stories to tell children. This volume expounds on her theories and practices of telling stories to children, and provides several examples. Her conversational writing style makes this work as relevant for parents and teachers as it was 90 years ago. (Summary by Sean McGaughey)

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0 - Preface and Introduction (Sean McGaughey)
1 - The Purpose of Storytelling in School (Sean McGaughey)
2a - Selection of Stories to Tell (Sean McGaughey)
2b - Example Story: The Three Little Pigs (Sean McGaughey)
2c - Example Story: The Three Bears (Sean McGaughey)
2d - Example Story: The Old Woman and her Pig (Sean McGaughey)
2e - Suggestions and List of Familiar Fairy Tales (Sean McGaughey)
3a - Adaptation of Stories for Telling (Sean McGaughey)
3b - Example Story: The Golden River (Sean McGaughey)
3c - Further Comment (Sean McGaughey)
3d - Example Story: The Red Thread of Courage (Sean McGaughey)
3e - Example Story: The Elf and the Dormouse (Sean McGaughey)
3f - Analysis of Method (Sean McGaughey)
4 - How to Tell the Story (Julie VW)
5 - Some Specific Schoolroom uses of Storytelling (Robert L. Roach)
6 - Stories Selected and Adapted for Telling- Especially for Kindergarten and Class I (Bridget Gaige)
7 - Stories Selected and Adapted for Telling- Especially for for Classes II and III (Julie VW)
8 - Stories Selected and Adapted for Telling- Especially for Classes IV and V (Pep)
9 - The Child Mind and How to Satisfy It (Julie VW)
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