Follow this link to go to an article from my Winter 2018 Storytelling Workshop at TASIS (The American School in Switzerland). It includes a second link to a film of one of my stories, so you can see my interactive storytelling style.
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Makind Rising is an animated film that tells the story of evolution, from the origins of life to the arrival of our species. It doesn't get bigger than this!
Here is a link to a website about the tradition form of Japanese storytelling with story cards, Kamishibai.
Here is a link to an extensive website listing many myths, foktales and fairytales from North America. Here is a link to a huge resource of folktales from around the world. Here is a link to an index of hundreds of myths and folktales, and the books you can find them in. Here is a link to a more condensed source of myths, legends and fables. Here is a link to a beautiful online selection of Aesop's fables from the US Library of Congress. Here is a great link that even organises fairytales into original author collections. Here is a link to a website with 50 free fairy tale plays! Follow this link to a great website that has freely posted stories told by storytellers. Listen and love storytelling! Here is a link from Ted.com about how stories are told in different cultures, and here is a separate but connected article about storytelling in Zanzibar. Below are new articles about storytelling about some of the wider theory, science and evidence for it's effectiveness in the classroom.
1.Why Storytelling in the Classroom Matters - an article by myself for Edutopia. 2. Here is an excellent article by Paul Zak from Berkeley College, California, about How Storytelling Changes the Brain. 3. Using Storytelling in the Classroom - an article by myself for IB World Magazine. 4. The Secrets of Storytelling from The Urban Wire. 5. How Storytelling Helps Children Learn English - an article by myself for Edutopa. 6. The Science of Storytelling - by Leo Widrich. 7. Could Storytelling Be the Secret Sauce to STEM Education? - by Katrina Schwartz 8. Importance of Storytelling for Children - by Penelope Longfellow. 9. Young Storytellers: the Tale Begins - an article by myself for Eduptia. 10. How Storytelling Changed My Life - by Alexandru Glod. 11. India's Female Storytellers from the BBC. 12. Ditch Grammar, Teach Storytelling - a perspective from the UK. 13. Why Your Brain Loves Storytelling - neuroscience and storytelling. 14. Ten Amazing Benefits of Storytelling for Kids 15. How Stories Shaped the World - history and literature and storytelling combine, from the BBC: 16. 8 Amazing Benefits of Storytelling for Kids - Cornerstone Learning Centre Here is a great TED Talk from Christopher Emdin about how to find inspiration for teaching and storytelling in the community. Here is an inspiring short film about the power of storytelling to transform the listener and the teller. Here is a wonderful blog in which two parents use their imaginations, toy dinosaurs and a digital camera to make a fantasy world come to life. It's hilarious, inspiring and achievable. Who said you have to grow up? Here is a fun link imagining what the Period Table would look like if it was applied to Storytelling... Here are some great quotes from leading psychologists and educators in the field of Narrative Psychology and the power of storytelling in education.
One way to build confidence as a new storyteller is to use the Dramatised Read-Aloud method. It works like this:
1. Pick a story from a book you really want to tell. A collection of myths, legends, folktales and fables works wells as the stories are short and self-contained. 2. You 'read aloud' the story to the class, reading directly from the book just as you would with any other read-aloud text. You would want to use as much expression as you can BUT you don't have to 'memorise' anything. 3. The children dress up as the characters and act out the story as you read it. 4. You will need to pause a lot, directing the students, encouraging them to repeat the lines of dialogue and move around your classroom to entertain the audience. However, you always have the book to return to. 5. As you get more confident, you will be able to move away from the text more and more, inventing your own additions. 6. Have fun! Here is Anu doing it for the first time. The students LOVED it! |
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