Sample Stories for Students in LS5633: The Art of Storytelling
On this page, you will find some storytelling programs that include videos of introductions, videos of stories with bibliographic information, and videos of storytelling session endings. Some of these videos are not freely available on the Web. When indicated, please go to the "Sample Stories" on the Blackboard course navigation menu when directed to do so.
This is a sample permission form that I used for my tellings in Fall 2012:
Flannel board variant based on We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury
Shelved as picture book - however - considered a "retelling"
This song/story is in the public domain by virtue of its long-time use in
school and public library programming. You will find many, many versions in books and on the Web.
Happy Birthday Moon
Flannel board variant based on the book by the same name by Frank Asch (Prentice-Hall, 1985) - 12 minutes 24 seconds
This original picture book is copyright protected. My telling cannot be distributed on the Web. You will find the video within our Blackboard course on the Sample Stories link - behind password protection
Ending
Children and teller meeting
Note: In Blackboard on the Sample Stories link
because some students' names are audible.
Sample Stories for Students in LS5633: The Art of Storytelling
On this page, you will find some storytelling programs that include videos of introductions, videos of stories with bibliographic information, and videos of storytelling session endings. Some of these videos are not freely available on the Web. When indicated, please go to the "Sample Stories" on the Blackboard course navigation menu when directed to do so.
This is a sample permission form that I used for my tellings in Fall 2012:
Primary Grades - on this page
Intermediate Grades
Middle School
African Stories: Kindergarten Class at Heritage Elementary School, Highland Village, Texas (30 minute-session)
Focus on geography and distinction
between two countries and two cultures from which these stories originated
Introduction
For "Too Much Talk" - Vocabulary: Ghana and Kente Cloth
(2 minutes 27 seconds)
(7 minutes)
Folktale (398.2) - Public Domain
For "The Clever Turtle" - Angola and turtle habitat (4 minutes 36 seconds)
(7 minutes)
Folktale (398.2) - Public Domain
Voting on favorite
of two stories
(1 minutes 18 seconds)
Children interacting
with puppet and teller (27 seconds)
Note: Students' names not audible.
Bear Stories: Kindergarten Class at Heritage Elementary School, Highland Village, Texas (30 minute-session)
Practicing an echo for We're Going on a Bear Hunt
(1 minute 48 seconds)
Story
Two examples:
Bear Hunt Story 1
(5 minutes 48 seconds)
Bear Hunt Story 2
(5 minutes 20 seconds)
Shelved as picture book - however - considered a "retelling"
This song/story is in the public domain by virtue of its long-time use in
school and public library programming. You will find many, many versions in books and on the Web.
This original picture book is copyright protected. My telling cannot be distributed on the Web. You will find the video within our Blackboard course on the Sample Stories link - behind password protection
Children and teller meeting
Note: In Blackboard on the Sample Stories link
because some students' names are audible.