WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? The Tale-Stick, also known as Story Stick or Storytelling-stick, is a tool that allows the storyteller to help structure their thoughts and important steps of a story while telling it. It allows to have a handy skeleton of the story, while...
(Japanese: 紙芝居, KAMI=paper, SHIBAI= theater, acting ) It was a form of street theatre and was used by a kamishibai-ya (kamishibai narrator) who moved by bicycle in cities to tell tales to the children. Source: Photo from the Walter A. Pennino Postwar Japan Photo...
WHY ARE OBJECTS AND PROPS IMPORTANT FOR STORYTELLING? Oral storytelling requires from the teacher an excellent ability not only expositive but above all creative in order to be able to reach and welcome all children beyond the different abilities of each of...
The structure of a story is one of the most important components in storytelling. To follow the narrative, the structure needs to be clear and well-constructed for the audience’s benefit. Unstructured stories will tend to result into a disengagement from the audience,...
“Talk is a necessity. Listening is an art.” Goethe WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? Considering that what the child learns in community and cooperation will later be reproduced by the child in an autonomous and independent way, it is essential that the teacher/educator...
