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Cynthia Changaris
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Singing with Stories for Children.
Cynthia Changaris writes… Songs, rhythms and rhymes are a strong way to connect to children. I use singing and rhythms, finger-plays and rhymes in my work to develop an immediate response from the children, to connect to their previous knowledge, and to let them know this event is going to be fun and interactive. It allows me to issue an invitation, “Come on! Come along with me.”
When babies are in their mother’s womb, they are exposed to sounds, music from the outside, banging, etc. But, the most regular sound they are exposed to, which is a constant for them is the beat, beat, beat of the mother’s heart. This sound is often accompanied by the rocking of the Read more »
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Working with Fear and Children.
Written by Rick Carson…. Rick has been a professional storyteller for almost 25 years. He specializes in mountain and tall tales, ghost and humorous stories for all ages. Rick is experienced in telling at schools, libraries, organizational meetings and festivals and in giving workshops and residencies. He’s a member of the National Storytelling Network, the International Order of EARS, the Ohio Order for the Preservation of Storytelling and a charter member of Miami Valley Storytellers.
It has been my experience that the scary story is one of the most popular genres. Children begin liking scary stories from about the age of 8 or 10, although the exact age varies with each individual child. Some children never like them. Scary stories seem to hold a fascination for adults as well as children. This is true for a variety of Read more »
Purchase a HQ Mp3 File of Interview #011 Bill McKell
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Founding a Festival from Scratch.
Bill Mckell writes…
Creating the Southern Ohio Storytelling Festival in Chillicothe has been an interesting journey. I guess it began when my wife and I started attending the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesborough, TN when our daughters were quite young. When they became old enough to enjoy attending storytelling festivals, we were reluctant to invite them into the “get away” weekend we enjoyed in eastern Tennessee each year. So we searched for an alternate festival to which we could take them. We found the Cave Run Storytelling Festival near Morehead, KY and began taking them there. After attending a couple of years, my wife and I wondered if we could do something similar in our hometown of Chillicothe. The art and tradition of storytelling seemed a natural complement to the Read more »
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Children telling Stories; Giving Children a Voice.
Kevin Cordi writes… Nationally known Professional Storyteller and Story Teacher Kevin Cordi invites you to join with him and Eric as we discuss, challenge, and encourage discussion concerning how we can provide a voice for children with storytelling and proven storytelling practices. Kevin is the co-author, with Judy Sima, of Raising Voices: Youth Storytelling Groups and Troupes and according to the National Storytelling Network, “the first full time high school storytelling teacher in the country.” He has a Masters Degree in “Using Storytelling as a Primary Means of Educating Students” and is currently a PH.D Candidate in “Dramatic Inquiry and Narrative Storytelling” at The Ohio State University. He also has led a successful award-winning youth storytelling troupe called Voices of Illusion for 11 years and is the founder of both Voices across America Youth Storytelling Project and the Special Interest Group now called Y.E.S. (Youth, Educators, and Storytellers.)
What is most important is that when he was a teenager he found his voice with storytelling. For awhile he was alone in his pursuit to be Read more »
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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 »
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Improvisational storytelling with children; Creativity and Children.
Stephen Hollen writes…. Improvisational storytelling is a teaching tool that is a cross between storytelling that I have been doing for years and improv techniques I learned in my college days. Instead of aiming at oral tradition, it goes into the creative writing classroom to put “meat” on the three “Ps” – Person, Place and Problem plus one “P” of my own – Props.
By using these 4 “Ps” I help children in 3rd-5th grade unlock their creativity and develop the basics of Read more »
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Teaching writing to children with storytelling and working with state benchmarks.
Jim Flanagan writes… To tell a story, you must write it down.
Before you tell it, you must have a point of reference, an outline, and hen scratching a script.
After you tell the story, you refine, and you refine your written story too.
Writing a story leads the teller to be able to see if the tale flows, if it makes sense,
The writing defines the beginning, middle and end. You look at the words and play with the vocabulary and the phrases. You see where in the story, you will have to add emphasis. (You might even insert the directions to change your voice)
I would suggest you read it to someone, they act it out. This acting helps you see what you left out or the jumps in the story.
You tell the story and see how it relates to the written tale. If you revise or change a part put that into the written story. Read more »
Episode List, Music in Storytelling, Storytelling in Schools | Brother Wolf | 
July 3, 2007 6:41 pm | 
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