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How to Tell Stories to Children : And Some Stories to Tell
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bryant, Sara Cone, 1873-1956.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Storytelling--Methodology.
- Storytelling in education.
- Storytelling.
- Local Subjects:
- Storytelling--Methodology.
- Storytelling in education.
- Storytelling.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (284 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Auckland : The Floating Press, 1918.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The great difference between telling and reading is that the teller is free; the reader is bound. The book in hand, or the wording of it in mind, binds the reader. The story-teller is bound by nothing; he stands or sits, free to watch his audience, free to follow or lead every changing mood, free to use body, eyes, voice, as aids in expression. Even his mind is unbound, because he lets the story come in the words of the moment, being so full of what he has to say...
- Contents:
- Title; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter I The Purpose of Story-Telling in School; Chapter II Selection of Stories to Tell; Chapter III Adaptation of Stories for Telling; Chapter IV How to Tell the Story; Chapter V Some Specific Schoolroom Uses of StoryTelling; Chapter VI Stories Selected and Adapted for Telling; Chapter VII The Child-Mind; And How to Satisfy It; Endnotes
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-77556-796-6
- OCLC:
- 620458107
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