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Storytelling: A Pathway to Literacy
 Related Online Articles
New Horizons for Learning (www.newhorizons.org)
New Horizons, an international, nonprofit educational network founded in 1980 shares information of interest to educators.
The New Horizons Online Journal, Vol. IV No. 4,
April, May, June, 1999 (http://www.newhorizons.org/journal/journal22.htm) focused on storytelling. Articles included the following:
Learning and Growing Through Stories, Michale Gabriel, Professional Storyteller Tips from a Master Storyteller, the Giraffe Project, Sue Tannehill, Teacher and Storyteller
Something Happened! Sharing Life Stories
from Birth to Three
Zero to Three Bulletin, Volume 20, Number 3
Excerpt at www.zerotothree.org/vol20-3.html
This article describes the STORIES Project, a research-based early literacy program of The Center for Early Childhood Development, Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Institute, Washington, D.C.
Details of the STORIES Project: Studies the role of storytelling in the development of early language skills in preschoolers from three cultural contexts Providers receive training to increase their awareness of child-initiated language, interactions, and stories, and to encourage them to recognize and respond to the first stories of infants and toddlers. Researchers are studying how young children communicate their stories in daily interactions. Will result in materials all child-care providers can use to facilitate early language skills among the children in their care.
Story Arts
http://www.storyarts.org/
At this site, there are articles, lesson plans and activities, a curriculum ideas exchange, a newsletter, and more—all related to telling stories in classroom settings. Visitors can subscribe to a monthly newsletter, Musings. Here are a few examples of what’s included at this site:
Storytelling in the Classroom includes a library of folktales and fables students can memorize and tell, tips for exploring cultural roots through storytelling, and ideas for using storytelling to assess listening and speaking skills. Lesson Plans and Activities provides a collection of story-related activities, projects, and games; ideas for incorporating storytelling throughout the curriculum; and links to storytelling lesson plans on the web. Curriculum Ideas Exchange allows teachers to share their own storytelling activities and lesson plans. The items shared are designed to encourage speaking and listening skills and support one or more curriculum areas.
Storytelling
www.nncc.org/Literacy/better.storytell.html
This article includes general guidelines, offers tips for selecting and preparing to tell stories, and describes four ways to tell stories: traditional, rhythmic, main character, and felt board.
Storytelling Tips for Parents and Teachers
http://www.epfl.net/kids/parents/
The Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, Md., suggests creative ways to tell old favorites, such as Ticki Ticki Tembo, and some less familiar stories (for example, How the Sky's Housekeeper Wore Her Scarves by Patricia Hooper ). The article includes traditional and nontraditional approaches using puppets, props, crafts, creative dramatics, and more.
Teaching Storytelling
http://www.ncte.org/about/over/positions/category/lang/
107637.htm
This position statement of the National Council of Teachers of English Committee on Storytelling covers the history of storytelling, explains why it should be included in schools, and offers strategies teachers can implement with students in their classrooms.
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