Tell Along Tales!: Playing with Participation Stories (Paperback)

Introduction 1 How to Tell a Story The Definition of Storytelling Why Storytelling Is a Vital Art Form Where to Find Stories How to Shape Stories Learning Stories 2 Audience Participation Various Types of Audience Participation Vehicles to Encourage Audience Participation Elements in a Story That Provide Opportunity for Participation When to Include Audience Participation How to Choose and Coach Kids for Directed Role Playing Other Audience Participation Techniques 3 Audience Management Spot Potential Problems before the Program Begins Take Care of "Housekeeping" in the Beginning Use Sound Reinforcement Warmly Welcome Your Audience Set Audience Expectations Select Age-Appropriate Stories Articulate Clear Instructions Maintain Eye Contact Regain Control if a Distraction Occurs Warm-Ups, Keep-Ups, and Settle-Downs Be Assertive in Taking Appropriate Action Praise Your Audience Stay Focused Play with Participation! 4 Warm-Ups and Keep-Ups How Funky Is Your Chicken?-Original Audience Participation Song Jackie Rabbit-Original Adaptation My Aunt Came Back-A Traditional Audience Participation Song Onomatopoeia-Original Literacy Game Peanut Butter and Jelly Jam-Original Adaptation Pile It on the Pie a Mile High-Original Story Game Ride the Rhyming Pony-An Original Story Stretcher 5 Settle-Downs 5 Finger Clap Hands on Your Head Head, Shoulders, Tummy, Knees If You Can Hear Me. Look to the North Right Hand Up Shake Your Hands Wave Your Fingers Stories Anansi Shares Wisdom with the World-St. Lucia Anansi's Hat Shaking Dance-West Africa The Bag of Truth-Spain The Bobtail Monkey-Japan The Bremen Town Musicians-Germany Elephant and Snake-United States Fortunately, Unfortunately-Original The Golden Goose-Germany The Gourd of Honey-Haiti It Could Always Be Worse!-Eastern Europe (Yiddish) Jake the Snake-Original La Petit Fourmi (The Little Ant)-United States Little Buddy and Old Mother Fox-Old Czechoslovakia The Little "Read" Hen-Original Adaptation The Long-Nosed Princess-Korea Master of All Masters-England Medio Pollito (Little Half Chick)-Spain Mr. Lucky Straw-Japan The Old Woman and Her Pig-England The Pilgrims Were Rocking on the Seas-An Original Thanksgiving Tale Rolling Pancake-Norway Sody Sallyraytus-United States The Three Little Girls-Korea Tio Rabbit and the Barrel-Panama The Travels of a Fox-England Source Notes Web Resources Recommended Reading