1. Working with Young Children CH 19: Guiding Storytelling Experiences

2. Storytelling Picture Books Storybooks 1Family Life Stories “Timid Timothy” 2Animal Stories “Angus Cat, 3littlePigs” 3Fairy Tales 1st “Cinderella” Flannel boards Reviews Props Draw and Tell Flipcharts Terms to KnowPage 301

3. The Importance of Storytelling Stories/Storytelling: • Should be often and routine • Model acceptable behavior and positive relationships, understand others • Increases vocab • Teaches reading/listening skills • Is relaxing

4. Books as a Source of Stories • Picture Books=single words or simple sentences and plots • Storybooks=More words, complex plots, fewer pictures • Family Life Stories-problems are resolved to teach social understanding • Animal Stories-animals have human qualities and special abilities • Fairy Tales-characters succeed, good wins

5. Selecting Books for Children • Familiar people, places, and things attract the attention of children • Until 5-years, children cannot distinguish between fact and fiction • Pictures should tell the story standing alone • Only a few new words should be introduced in a story • Attention Span: 3-yr-olds~ 6-10 mins., • 4-yr-olds~8-12 mins. • Promote positive messages!

7. Reading Stories to Children • Read ahead of time • Comfortable environment • Small groups • Help children settle down for story time • Introduce with ?s, comments, and predictions • Props grab attention • Use normal voice, but add sound effects, pauses, and new voices for interest • Answer ?s as they arise • Make the ending apparent

8. Achieving Variety in Storytelling • Draw and Tell: drawings are made on the chalkboard as story is told • Tapes: audio or video • Puppets: use as a “listener” who comes up w/?s • Group Stories: have children recount an event by making a story together • Flipcharts=stories drawn on tagboard cards • Slide Stories: center on pictures taken during an event • Flannel Boards=using characters and props cut out of felt

9. Displaying Books • Covers arranged to be seen • Library area away from traffic, separated w/dividers • Keep favorites, but rotate others for variety • Address issues children are facing (divorce, illness, death, etc.) • Books lie flat