Storytelling Games and Activities

There are a number of games to get your children or anyone else for that matter interested in storytelling. Try these activities with your family. Storytelling binds families together and provides entertainment while teaching your children family history,folktales or classic stories.Collecting Family Stories
Have students collect true tales about the "old days" by interviewing older relatives. Have students find out about the history of their families as far back as anyone can tell them.

Family stories are tales about people, places, and events related to families or their ancestors. Family stories casually talked about at the dinner table,or retold at family gatherings remind us of great epics or notable short stories. The memorable stories of our lives and of others in our family take on special importance because they are true, even if every persons perspectives of the these stories are different. These tales are family heirlooms held in the heart not the hand. They are a gift to each generation that preserves them by remembering them and passing them on. Go and start stories with your family today!!

Keep the Faith,

Great Storytelling Resources.

Here are some great storytelling sites with some awesome resources you may want to check out. Don't forget to go to http://www.kidswritebooks.com/ and sign up for all the give aways.

Aesops Fables online at http://tinyurl.com/msxkjj
Legends of America at http://tinyurl.com/5m4mg5 ( this is a great site if you love history)
Paul Bunyan:American Folklore at http://tinyurl.com/35htdo
Stories for the Seasons at http://www.h-net.org/~nilas/seasons/ (seasonal stories)
Education World.com at http://tinyurl.com/3xovo9 ( lesson plans on 10 characters from American Folklore--Pecos Bill,Daniel Boone,John Henry and more)

"To do with out tales and stories and books is to lose humanity's past,is to have no star map for our future."
-Jane Yolen

Keep the Faith,

Storytelling....A Gift to Give and Receive

Storytelling is the way we learn naturally. Stories connect generations to one another. Children love their parents or grandparents to tell them stories from when they were kids. For years stories have been told to convey lessons,to teach and to educate. Storytelling can be a incredible teaching tool where information is more easily retained. Telling stories along with reading and writing can all work together to bring a more rounded approach to learning. Historical facts embedded into a good story can result in students retaining more of the information. Storytelling can be powerful. It supports speaking and listening skills,motivates reading and writing and stimulates the imagination. Stories can teach,reinforce and introduce ideas and curriculum's in a more logical and creative way. Stories can teach important life principles and lift our spirits. Stories help us remember our past and allow us to live on for generations. Stories can be used to present and preserve our culture and heritage. In this fast paced world it is so important that we look back at where we came from and share that rich history with our children so that they will share with theirs. At my house I am always repeating stories that my parents told me or about events that happened when I was a child to my son.

A Cheyenne storyteller once said,"Stories are gifts. It is up to us to GIVE and receive them." Share Your Stories,