Heather Forest – Sharing musical folktales with young listeners.

Purchase a HQ Mp3 File of Interview #032 Heather Forest [wp_eStore:product_id:53:end] for $2.23 Musical Folk Tales for Children.

Purchase a CD of this telephone interview…

CD Telephone Quality Audio Interview #032 Heather Forest, Musical Folk Tales for Children for $9.95. [wp_eStore:product_id:20:end]

Heather Forest writes…
I enjoyed this conversation on the topic of sharing musical folk tales with young listeners. Music and children are an exuberant match. I have found in my storytelling experience with young people that melody, rhythm, rhyme, and repetition of musical refrains keeps young listeners listening. When my son Lucas was a three-year-old and already quite experienced listening to stories, he loved our story times and would often clammer, “Mama, sing me a story!.” From his listening point of view, speaking and singing in storytelling were all part of song. I named my first recording for young listeners “Sing Me a Story” after his way of Read more »

Storytelling in Summer Camp Settings

Purchase a HQ Mp3 File of Interview #009 Kate Fox, Ellyce Cavanaugh & Zayanne Thompson [wp_eStore:product_id:30:end] for $2.23 Camp directors talking about storytelling with children at camp.

Post written by Zayanne Thompson, Ellyce Cavanough and Kate Fox. These camp directors.
How have you used storytelling in camp settings?
Zay Thompson Answers – Stories are a natural for camps. Camps offers an opportunity to create a meaningful and memorable connection to the outdoor environment. Educational research suggests that this connection to the outdoors creates a highly charged environment that facilitates learning. This emotional value of the camp experience opens the gateway for Read more »