How to Tell Stories to Children

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I

THE PURPOSE OF STORY-TELLING IN SCHOOL

CHAPTER II

SELECTION OF STORIES TO TELL

CHAPTER III

ADAPTATION OF STORIES FOR TELLING

CHAPTER IV

HOW TO TELL THE STORY

CHAPTER V

SOME SPECIFIC SCHOOLROOM USES

STORIES SELECTED AND ADAPTED FOR TELLING

ESPECIALLY FOR KINDERGARTEN AND CLASS I.

Nursery Rhymes

Five Little White Heads

Bird Thoughts

How we came to have Pink Roses

Raggylug

The Golden Cobwebs

Why the Morning-Glory climbs

The Story of Little Tavwots

The Pig Brother

The Cake

The Pied Piper of Hamelin Town

Why the Evergreen Trees keep their Leaves in Winter

The Star Dollars

The Lion and the Gnat

ESPECIALLY FOR CLASSES II. AND III.

The Cat and the Parrot

The Rat Princess

The Frog and the Ox

The Fire-Bringer

The Burning of the Ricefields

The Story of Wylie

Little Daylight

The Sailor Man

The Story of Jairus's Daughter

ESPECIALLY FOR CLASSES IV. AND V.

Arthur and the Sword

Tarpeia

The Buckwheat

The Judgment of Midas

Why the Sea is Salt

Billy Beg and his Bull

The Little Hero of Haarlem

The Last Lesson

The Story of Christmas

THE CHILD-MIND; AND HOW TO SATISFY IT

A short List of Books in which the Story-teller will find Stories not too far from the Form in which they are needed