World Tales for Family Storytelling: 53 Traditional Stories for Children Aged 4-6 Years - Paperback
by Chris Smith (Author), Jamila Gavin (Foreword by)
These wonderful world tales are all selected from the highly acclaimed 147 Traditional Stories for Primary School Children to Retell, a storytelling resource used by teachers around the globe. In this collection intended for home use, the focus is on tales for children ages 4 to 6. The stories may be read, told, and retold, and then explored with the whole family. They offer a rich vein of world heritage, giving your family a doorway into the wonderful world of traditional tales.
Storyteller Chris Smith presents traditional oral stories from a variety of historical, cultural, and world sources, featuring:
The author includes story sources and storytelling resources.
"What is meant by storytelling? In this volume the stories are intended to be told by an adult to a child or children, told jointly with the children joining in in various ways, or told independently by the child to an adult or to other children in the family. The main idea is to retell them from memory in the storyteller's own words, rather than read them out word-for-word, although the stories can also be read if you wish." (from the introduction)Chris Smith, PhD, is a storyteller, educational trainer and founding Director of Storytelling Schools. Chris loves helping to make education more joyful, effective and engaging, especially in areas of social deprivation where good education can make such a difference to future life chances. For the last twenty years Chris has been researching and developing the Storytelling Schools idea in UK schools. Chris has also been a father, musician, performer, monk, UN manager, human ecologist and writer. He currently divides his time between a home in Gloucestershire and a wood in Devon.
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