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Share your thoughts on the call, connect with old time storytellers and ask questions to experts in the field.
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And don’t forget to subscribe by iTunes or your browser to the Art of Storytelling Podcast so you can get bi-weekly inspirations from Brother Wolf direct to your desktop.
9 Comments on Get the Inside Track on Storytelling…, last added: 10/9/2009
Press Play to hear Kevin Strauss speak about applying storytelling to environmental science on the Art of Storytelling.
Written by Kevin Strauss...
Introduction:
“Environmental Storytelling” has become a popular subset of the storytelling world, but until recently, there was little agreement about what it was or how to do it. In this Blog follow-up to my interview on [...]
Brother Wolf said, on 8/3/2009 8:48:00 PM
Book Review by Brother Wolf.
What an amazing resource! This book is an excellent effective resource for anyone who works with schools, camps, libraries, and just wants to share it on from family book shelves. It is a must for storytellers who intend to tell scary stories to children under fourteen. This anthology of scary stories clearly demonstrates the rich selection of plots and stories that are common in America today. Many of the more traditional stories are provided with slightly different twists. This produces fun to read (or hear) collections for the new storyteller while still holding the interest of those readers (or listeners) who have heard these tales. There are several original stories that are found nowhere else – plus a large selection of the old standbys. Altogether there are twenty stories placed in five categories with four stories per group: Just Deserts, Ghostly Guardians, Dark Humor, Urban Legends and Fearless Females. You are bound to fit a tale to fit any need!
The stories included are not horror or suspense. Blood and gore are not privileged any place in this collection of tales. Instead, the concentration is good scary storytelling. The short length of the book and each story make it an easy take-along for sleepovers and camping trips.
Here you will find Margaret Read Macdonald’s version of the Dauntless Girl; in addition to a fresh twist of the graveyard dare story from Great Briton. The Gingerbread Boy, a tale collected by Mary Hamilton, and a Cinderella story told with a visit to a friendly neighborhood witch who is right out of Hansel and Gretel. Kevin Cordi’s “Aaron Kelly’s Bones,” serves as a great reminder of what to do when the dead come back to haunt the living. What better demonstration of the fact that the bones of old relationships get in the way of the current ones than a skeleton sitting in a rocking chair in your living room? Each story comes with notes and additional resources that could be use in developing a storyteller’s own version of the tale. Included with the collection are hints of
books, websites, and festivals to check out. I found the book very readable.
The stories were so fresh that I could not put the book down; I had to read it in one evening. At 144 pages this book will become one of the old standbys of any classroom for middle school, especially 5th and 6th grade. This is an important oral narrative resource for any teacher wanting to include storytelling in the curriculum this fall. Without reservation, buy it, you and the kids you work with deserve a good fright!
The August House of Scary Stories
ISBN 978-0-87483-915-9
Price : $15.95
If you have found this resource review helpful – maybe you would
consider writing a review of a storytelling resource; book, magazine,
CD, DVD or storyteller for publication on the Art of Storytelling with
Children Blog? If you have a resource that you would like reviewed, you
should know that any of my previous guests are welcome to write a 500+ word review of any resource.
Brother Wolf said, on 8/18/2009 11:54:00 AM
Press Play to hear Elisa Pearmain speak about a Teaching Forgiveness through storytelling on the Art of Storytelling.
Written by Elisa Pearmain...
Forgiveness is central to the success of relationships, and is an integral part of the emotional, spiritual and even physical healing process, and yet it is poorly understood. Forgiveness offers an opportunity to look at [...]
Brother Wolf said, on 8/28/2009 11:28:00 PM
Over the Next month I will be releasing the video version of this email course available now on the Art of Storytelling with Brother Wolf
I promise that I send you the seven emails about storytelling over the next ten days or so and that in addition I will send you Announcement about storytelling workshops [...]
Brother Wolf said, on 9/3/2009 10:03:00 AM
Press Play to hear Anne Glover speak about Finding Your Authentic Voice in Storytelling on the Art of Storytelling.
Anne Glover writes....
Here are two things I feel passionately about in storytelling: authentic voice, and connection to the audience. They are closely intertwined. Some people think "authentic voice" means "no character voices." If you've [...]
Brother Wolf said, on 9/12/2009 1:42:00 PM
I am happy to share the latest number from the show. For the last 3 months we have been running over six thousands downloads a month Currently listeners are in over 104 countries world wide. The average released episodes has 1000 listeners with 26,000 downloads since June 1st.
Thank-you for all of those who have been so supportive. I have changed the name of the show.
As of two days ago the Art of Storytelling with Brother Wolf is the Art of Storytelling with Brother Wolf. The name has been changed to help with audience identity and growth.
Finally – the many of the episode CD’s of the show will be for sale in the National Storytelling Festival Marketplace tent. Make sure that you stop by the tent at the Market Place and buy and pick up a CD!
Brother Wolf said, on 9/16/2009 6:02:00 PM
Press Play to hear Doug Elliot talk about using storytelling to support nature based education on the Art of Storytelling with Brother Wolf.
Doug Elliot Writes...
How do you find a story in nature (or anywhere else for that matter)? I often start with an incident, an encounter, a problem or a question-something happens to you, you [...]
Brother Wolf said, on 10/6/2009 3:44:00 PM
Would you like to be a part of a storytelling conference call that supports you in your use of storytelling? If so, then enter your name and email address and you will receive personal invitations to participate in The Art of Storytelling with Brother Wolf Conference call or anything else about the show…
Name:
Email:
Share your thoughts on the call, connect with old time storytellers and ask questions to experts in the field.
I will not share or give away your email address.
And don’t forget to subscribe by iTunes or your browser to the Art of Storytelling Podcast so you can get bi-weekly inspirations from Brother Wolf direct to your desktop.
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Participate now and directly influence the Art of Storytelling with Children.
Currently survey participants responses are coming from…
(One participant may check more then one choice.)
Professional Storyteller 43%
Educator 43%
Parent 41%
Storytelling Organizer 34%
Story Admirer 34%
Audience Member 31%
Writer of Children’s Stories 23%
Semi-professional Storyteller 20%
Librarian 18%
Amateur Storyteller 16%
Storytelling Coach 16%
Faith Based Storyteller 15%
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Participate now and directly influence the Art of Storytelling with Children.
Currently survey participants responses are coming from…
(One participant may check more then one choice.)
Professional Storyteller 43%
Educator 43%
Parent 41%
Storytelling Organizer 34%
Story Admirer 34%
Audience Member 31%
Writer of Children’s Stories 23%
Semi-professional Storyteller 20%
Librarian 18%
Amateur Storyteller 16%
Storytelling Coach 16%
Faith Based Storyteller 15%
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The Art of Storytelling with Children podcast successfully fuels the rebirth of the storytelling community in a new technological format. The podcast has created a format where anyone can learn the ancient art of storytelling.
“Storytellers can reach children in ways that other forms of education fail,” says storyteller Eric Wolf. Mr. Wolf has told stories professionally since 1993. “I have seen it again and again. The art of storytelling is essential to the development of moral and ethical behavior in children. Ethics and storytelling walk hand and hand into our children’s lives. You cannot have one with out the other.”
The Art of Storytelling with Children is not just for children. This program is for anyone who wants to learn how to use storytelling with children. Want to know how to be an amazing storyteller? How to use storytelling to hold audiences of all ages in rapt attention? How to get an audience to give you a standing ovation? Why thirty second stories are so useful? How storytellers are able to tell such great stories? All these questions on the art of storytelling are answered in considerable detail at www.storytellingwithchildren.com.
The Art of Storytelling with Children podcast has had a total of over 41,000 downloads from 140 different countries worldwide with 12,000 unique listeners and several hundred regular fans. This is a feat made more amazing because each show is over an hour long. More than 80 storytellers from all over the world have been interviewed. While long believed dead by many, the ancient art of storytelling is alive and well at www.storytellingwithchildren.com.
This Upcoming Tuesday - June 10th - - 8PM ET– Mary Jo Huff speaks about early literacy begins with rhythm rhyme & story time on the Art of Storytelling with Children.
Mary Jo writes…
Language is critical for literacy development and storytelling creates an interactive bridge. Music, repeated phrases, and actions provide connections and invite participation by children when they become part of the storytelling event.
Working in schools demands that the storyteller is tuned into the state literacy standards. Storytelling connects many types of standards but I am only concentrating on the literacy connection. A good story challenges a child’s auditory, visual, and kinesthetic skills along with a phonemic awareness.
Performing in schools as a storyteller gives a teller the opportunity to address some reading readiness components such as repetition, retelling, rhyming and sequencing. When teachers are aware of what the stories have to offer they are amazed at the children’s reaction. Children develop their oral language skills by learning to tell and retell stories. They learn about their world, other cultures, visual imagery, moral and social issues and they increase listening skills.
Literacy standards connections to look for when telling stories for children:
• Phonological Awareness
• Understanding Stories
• Book Awareness
• Comprehension
• Word Awareness
• Story Enjoyment
Mountains of information are available for review and it can be mind boggling. Check out these organizations for documentation of literacy standards and review for connections to your type of storytelling.
• International Reading Association
• National Council of Teachers of English
• National Association for the Education of Young Children
Play with the sounds of language using songs, rhymes, chants and stories. Get excited about what you do. This life of mine is a passion and I work at it everyday in one way or another. Over the years I have been successful because I spent 35 years in the trenches with young children and also attended numerous conferences and developed a love for my life. I rely on my experiences to connect my storytelling to the world I live in and to share my experiences with anyone who will listen!
More about Mary Jo
I have 35 years as an Early Childhood Educator and 20 years as a storyteller. I believe in my heart that children who listen to stories develop a great vocabulary and understanding of their world. I used storytelling in the classroom and began visiting schools, libraries and doing workshops for teachers and librarians. In this period of time I have been in all but 7 states and visited with thousands of children and adults. Children need excitement, music, props and I like puppets with my storytelling. I am not a puppeteer I just play with puppets and I play with story.
Today I work as an author, storyteller, consultant, teaching artist and granny-on-the-go! I am a good traveler and my fluff goes with me wherever I go to tell stories. Children are hungry to hear a good told story and they connect especially when there is a little rhythm and rhyme. I have 7 books published and working on a couple at this moment along with 3 CDs and my favorite a new DVD called “Fairy Tales, Fantasy, and Storytellin’ Fun!.
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Press Play to hear Kevin Strauss speak about applying storytelling to environmental science on the Art of Storytelling. Written by Kevin Strauss... Introduction: “Environmental Storytelling” has become a popular subset of the storytelling world, but until recently, there was little agreement about what it was or how to do it. In this Blog follow-up to my interview on [...]
Book Review by Brother Wolf.
What an amazing resource! This book is an excellent effective resource for anyone who works with schools, camps, libraries, and just wants to share it on from family book shelves. It is a must for storytellers who intend to tell scary stories to children under fourteen. This anthology of scary stories clearly demonstrates the rich selection of plots and stories that are common in America today. Many of the more traditional stories are provided with slightly different twists. This produces fun to read (or hear) collections for the new storyteller while still holding the interest of those readers (or listeners) who have heard these tales. There are several original stories that are found nowhere else – plus a large selection of the old standbys. Altogether there are twenty stories placed in five categories with four stories per group: Just Deserts, Ghostly Guardians, Dark Humor, Urban Legends and Fearless Females. You are bound to fit a tale to fit any need!
The stories included are not horror or suspense. Blood and gore are not privileged any place in this collection of tales. Instead, the concentration is good scary storytelling. The short length of the book and each story make it an easy take-along for sleepovers and camping trips.
Here you will find Margaret Read Macdonald’s version of the Dauntless Girl; in addition to a fresh twist of the graveyard dare story from Great Briton. The Gingerbread Boy, a tale collected by Mary Hamilton, and a Cinderella story told with a visit to a friendly neighborhood witch who is right out of Hansel and Gretel. Kevin Cordi’s “Aaron Kelly’s Bones,” serves as a great reminder of what to do when the dead come back to haunt the living. What better demonstration of the fact that the bones of old relationships get in the way of the current ones than a skeleton sitting in a rocking chair in your living room? Each story comes with notes and additional resources that could be use in developing a storyteller’s own version of the tale. Included with the collection are hints of
books, websites, and festivals to check out. I found the book very readable.
The stories were so fresh that I could not put the book down; I had to read it in one evening. At 144 pages this book will become one of the old standbys of any classroom for middle school, especially 5th and 6th grade. This is an important oral narrative resource for any teacher wanting to include storytelling in the curriculum this fall. Without reservation, buy it, you and the kids you work with deserve a good fright!
The August House of Scary Stories
ISBN 978-0-87483-915-9
Price : $15.95
To Purchase this book try Amazon -
The August House Book of Scary Stories: Spooky Tales for Telling Out Loud
If you have found this resource review helpful – maybe you would
consider writing a review of a storytelling resource; book, magazine,
CD, DVD or storyteller for publication on the Art of Storytelling with
Children Blog? If you have a resource that you would like reviewed, you
should know that any of my previous guests are welcome to write a 500+ word review of any resource.
Press Play to hear Elisa Pearmain speak about a Teaching Forgiveness through storytelling on the Art of Storytelling. Written by Elisa Pearmain... Forgiveness is central to the success of relationships, and is an integral part of the emotional, spiritual and even physical healing process, and yet it is poorly understood. Forgiveness offers an opportunity to look at [...]
Over the Next month I will be releasing the video version of this email course available now on the Art of Storytelling with Brother Wolf I promise that I send you the seven emails about storytelling over the next ten days or so and that in addition I will send you Announcement about storytelling workshops [...]
Press Play to hear Anne Glover speak about Finding Your Authentic Voice in Storytelling on the Art of Storytelling. Anne Glover writes.... Here are two things I feel passionately about in storytelling: authentic voice, and connection to the audience. They are closely intertwined. Some people think "authentic voice" means "no character voices." If you've [...]
I am happy to share the latest number from the show. For the last 3 months we have been running over six thousands downloads a month Currently listeners are in over 104 countries world wide. The average released episodes has 1000 listeners with 26,000 downloads since June 1st.
Thank-you for all of those who have been so supportive. I have changed the name of the show.
As of two days ago the Art of Storytelling with Brother Wolf is the Art of Storytelling with Brother Wolf. The name has been changed to help with audience identity and growth.
Finally – the many of the episode CD’s of the show will be for sale in the National Storytelling Festival Marketplace tent. Make sure that you stop by the tent at the Market Place and buy and pick up a CD!
Press Play to hear Doug Elliot talk about using storytelling to support nature based education on the Art of Storytelling with Brother Wolf. Doug Elliot Writes... How do you find a story in nature (or anywhere else for that matter)? I often start with an incident, an encounter, a problem or a question-something happens to you, you [...]
Would you like to be a part of a storytelling conference call that supports you in your use of storytelling? If so, then enter your name and email address and you will receive personal invitations to participate in The Art of Storytelling with Brother Wolf Conference call or anything else about the show…
I will not share or give away your email address.
And don’t forget to subscribe by iTunes or your browser to the Art of Storytelling Podcast so you can get bi-weekly inspirations from Brother Wolf direct to your desktop.