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Smyth, Jane – AECA Resource Book Series, 1996
Stories are one means of communication between people of all ages. The telling of stories or listening to them is a part of a tradition as old as human experience. This guide gives practical advice, curriculum suggestions, and story examples for teachers interested in using storytelling with young children. The following are the sections: (1)…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Narration, Reading Aloud to Others
Download full textSherman, Janice – Insights into Open Education, 1989
This paper examines children's preferences and understanding of stories and story elements by analyzing an extensive collection of art, writing, and teacher observations of one child, Virginia. The paper traces the progession of Virginia's understanding of character, setting, action/plot, and preference for fairy tale structures as evidenced in…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Concept Formation, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedHaycock, Ken, Ed.; Haycock, Carol-Ann, Ed. – Emergency Librarian, 1982
The focus of the articles in this theme issue of a journal for librarians and teachers working with young children is storytelling. The first article, "Observations on Storytelling," (K. Roberts) relates how storytelling can be essential to reading--if one observes the law of diminishing returns. The second article, "How to Turn a Story Hour Into…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Library Role
Mautte, Lois A. – Florida Educational Research Council Research Bulletin, 1990
A study examined the effects of adult-interactive behaviors during repeated storybook readings upon the language development and selected prereading skills of prekindergarten at-risk students. A total of 53 inner city, low socioeconomic status subjects participated in the 20-week study. Subjects were dichotomized at the median on a measure of…
Descriptors: Adults, Beginning Reading, High Risk Students, Inner City
Van Dongen, Richard – Insights into Open Education, 1984
A child's literary experience may be "stretched" through extension activities such as reading aloud, discussion, writing, art, music, and drama. While any planned activity can be overused and work against the intent of furthering the child's literary growth, there are many valid ways of offering the child opportunities for savoring and reflecting…
Descriptors: Child Language, Elementary Education, Experiential Learning, Language Patterns
Franklin, Elizabeth; And Others – Insights into Open Education, 1987
A group of elementary teachers enrolled in a graduate class in language arts at the University of North Dakota explored how children construct their own meanings as they interact with texts. One teacher regularly read to her 20-month-old grandson, and excerpts from the journal she kept reveal that his understanding of a specific text evolved to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Language, Childrens Literature, Grade 5
