How to Tell Stories to Children : And Some Stories to Tell.
by
Bryant, Sara Cone.
Title
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How to Tell Stories to Children : And Some Stories to Tell.
Author
:
Bryant, Sara Cone.
ISBN
:
9781775567967
Personal Author
:
Bryant, Sara Cone.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (284 pages)
Contents
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Title -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter I The Purpose of Story-Telling in School -- Chapter II Selection of Stories to Tell -- Chapter III Adaptation of Stories for Telling -- Chapter IV How to Tell the Story -- Chapter V Some Specific Schoolroom Uses of StoryTelling -- Chapter VI Stories Selected and Adapted for Telling -- Chapter VII The Child-Mind -- And How to Satisfy It -- Endnotes.
Abstract
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The great difference between telling and reading is that the teller is free; the reader is bound. The book in hand, or the wording of it in mind, binds the reader. The story-teller is bound by nothing; he stands or sits, free to watch his audience, free to follow or lead every changing mood, free to use body, eyes, voice, as aids in expression. Even his mind is unbound, because he lets the story come in the words of the moment, being so full of what he has to say...
Local Note
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Subject Term
:
Activity programs in education.
Storytelling.
Genre
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Electronic books.
Electronic Access
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Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number |
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IYTE Library | E-Book | 1205154-1001 | LB1042 -- .B793 1918 EB |