Product Description

Telling stories awakens wonder and creates special occasions with children, whether it's bedtime, sitting around a campfire or merely a rainy day. Nancy Mellon shows how to tell stories to children using a variety of methods and techniques. The book offers tips and resources for: creating a listening space; using the day's events and rhythms to make stories; transforming old stories and making up new ones; bringing personal and family stories to life; learning stories by heart using pictures, inner theatre, walk-about, singing the story and other methods; and building a rich storycupboard.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #135468 in Books
• Published on: 2000-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Customer Reviews

Invitation to Inspiration
Storytelling with Children is inspiration -- with a practical outlook. Nancy Mellon, who is a therapist and teacher, shows you how to pull stories from your own experience or a child's, using anecdotes, memories or observations. She helps you overcome fear and doubt, and discover the wellsprings of your creativity. With a lighthearted touch yet a deep respect for children and the adults who love them, she acts as a guide to one of the oldest and greatest acts of communication and sharing - that of spinning a tale out of shared experience or sometimes (it can seem) out of nowhere.
Parents, grandparents, teachers or anyone who spends time with children will discover how to make up stories for birthdays, and important events such as birth, death, or moving house. They learn how to incorporate a child's fears and difficulties - or simply the ups and downs of everyday life - into a story that will help to resolve them. For those who worry that their kids are spending too much time with the TV and computer, this is the perfect antidote. For those who love reading aloud to children, the magic of creative storytelling offers something even more nourishing. Adults who start off feeling tired and uncertain find themselves enlivened and cared for as much as the children do, says Mellon. They feel closer to their child and more in touch with themselves. I have no trouble believing her. For children, the gift of a story made especially for them must be priceless.

Diana Reynolds Roome (author, The Elephant's Pillow)