How to Tell Stories to Children

by Sara Cone BRYANT (1873 - )

2c - Example Story: The Three Bears

How to Tell Stories to Children

Sarah Cone Bryant was an educator and storyteller who wrote several books on the importance of oral storytelling to children, and stories to tell children. This volume expounds on her theories and practices of telling stories to children, and provides several examples. Her conversational writing style makes this work as relevant for parents and teachers as it was 90 years ago. (Summary by Sean McGaughey)


Listen next episodes of How to Tell Stories to Children:
2d - Example Story: The Old Woman and her Pig , 2e - Suggestions and List of Familiar Fairy Tales , 3a - Adaptation of Stories for Telling , 3b - Example Story: The Golden River , 3c - Further Comment , 3d - Example Story: The Red Thread of Courage , 3e - Example Story: The Elf and the Dormouse , 3f - Analysis of Method , 4 - How to Tell the Story , 5 - Some Specific Schoolroom uses of Storytelling , 6 - Stories Selected and Adapted for Telling- Especially for Kindergarten and Class I , 7 - Stories Selected and Adapted for Telling- Especially for for Classes II and III , 8 - Stories Selected and Adapted for Telling- Especially for Classes IV and V , 9 - The Child Mind and How to Satisfy It