Course Information
Course Overview
Watch demos of interesting Storytelling Methods and How to plan relevant classroom activities based on a story
Stories have been around since the beginning of time, passed down to us in oral and written form and are the easiest way to connect. It is proven and universally acknowledged that stories are very effective way to communicate and learning through stories is fun.
This course explains about the importance of Storytelling and how it becomes a great learning activity for children. It also explains about various effective Storytelling techniques and methods which help children improve their listening, literacy, creative and thinking skills. When someone narrates a story to young children, they learn various sounds, words and sentence formation.
This is a course designed for aspiring teachers to enhance their skills in the art of storytelling. It will help them create interesting stories and keep children engaged in the classroom. Parents/ Carers will learn creative ways of narrating a story that helps in strengthening their relationship with the child.
You will also learn about creative props and classroom setups used in Storytelling which really enrich the experience and encourage a pleasant involvement with books and stories for young children. These can help to draw children's attention into the stories and enrich their understanding of the story.
Selecting appropriate story books for children of different age groups is very important.For reading to or with children, we should select picture books with strong storylines and character development. For the child who is reading independently, choose a book with a straight forward story employing words that will be familiar from everyday use.
Course Content
- 11 section(s)
- 18 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Introduction to Storytelling and Course content
- Section 2 Importance of Storytelling
- Section 3 Story Narration - A Very Hungry Caterpillar
- Section 4 What are the five basic elements of a story?
- Section 5 Introduction to Storytelling Techniques
- Section 6 Introduction to different types of Storytelling Methods
- Section 7 Storytelling Game - Group Activity
- Section 8 Story Narration in your own words
- Section 9 Themed Classroom Setups
- Section 10 Props used in Storytelling & Classroom Setups
- Section 11 Story Narration - "The Journey of a Seed to a Plant"
What You’ll Learn
- The importance of Storytelling and engaging classroom activities which help in enhancing children listening, literacy and creative skills, The five basic and important elements of a story, A good understanding of effective Storytelling Techniques and Methods that makes a story engaging for the audience like children at home & students in the class, Create classroom setups for Storytelling based on themes - Forest, Halloween, Construction Vehicles and In the Ocean, Make creative and colourful props using various kind of material like felt, foam, paper, cotton, thread and wood, Narrating a story - "Journey of a seed to a plant" in your own words using creative, attractive puppets called " Kathpotlis"
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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NNazeema Lalani
Very helpful
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AAmazing Explorers
I liked the new ideas; I enjoyed that props. Thank you!
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MMichelle Grulke
It was sometime hard to understand her or follow her. I thought there would be more creative ideas or print-outs. Some of her ideas were good, but I feel that the ideas and examples that she gave were of stories and ideas that were basis ideas that most teachers have done or heard of before. I feel I did not gain any new ideas from this program. She did okay, but not what I expected.
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DDeepti Nanawati
The concept elaborated by Ms. Veena Gupta are effective. They are easy to incorporate and get the attention of children.