The Power of Storytelling in Education How to Use Storytelling to Teach Science and History: Storytelling has been a cornerstone of human communication for centuries, transcending cultures and generations. In education, it serves as a powerful tool to engage students emotionally and intellectually, making complex concepts more relatable and memorable. Unlike traditional teaching methods that […]
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The Great Discipline Debate: Storytelling in Discipline
THE FAIRY TALE OF FASCISM New Stories for a New Millennium Living storytelling, whether for teachers or parents, is the creation of new, apt, morally sound yet exciting images for our children. Dead storytelling is practiced by the creatively indolent, who try to breathe life into the corpses of long-dead folk souls by endlessly regurgitating […]
Sixth Grade Planner Ten: Astronomy, Geometry – Six Divisions of the Circle, Storytelling, and Music
This sixth grade planner is part of our new “daily planner” series. In this series every lesson is planned out for you in detail for every part of the day, 5-days a week. Feedback from members is that this makes Waldorf education “very easy” and “effortless” for them. It also makes working with multiple ages a breeze as each grade of these planners has a parallel schedule. Verses as well as handwork and art projects from are included in this planner.
Why Storytelling is Important, in Education and in Life
Waldorf Skill: Storytelling One reason the parent/teacher tells the story is so (s)he can adapt it to his/her class. If you are telling a fairy-tale from Germany and all the kids have names like “Hansel” and “Gretel” but you live in a culture where everyone is named “Serjito” or “Maria” you might consider changing the […]
Storytelling with Children, Revised Edition
Nancy Mellon’s has written a book that is pure joy. Here’s a guide from the heart that will inspire you to create times of wonder for the children in your life. Step into the magical world of storytelling, light a candle, invite the children to draw near as you share old stories, new stories, family stories that will become beloved treasures for all life…
— Waldorf Books
How to Do Beeswax Modeling: Storytelling, Shaping, Complete Tutorial
In this tutorial teacher Gretchen takes you through the steps on how to use beeswax modeling in the classroom. She talks about the importance of the beeswax, how to handle it, how to shape it, what to shape from it, how to integrate it into the early childhood classroom, how to use it with older […]
Waldorf Storytelling Workshop
This item now includes a bonus webinar that covers questions members have had after the workshop. The webinar also provides further instruction in storytelling.
This is some of the feedback from the audience: “I’ve used both already with my children today with great results. I even used my new storytelling skills in Sunday school at church yesterday. I had a roomful of 7-12-year-olds who had been so out of control during songtime that the chorister was in tears by the end. But when I re-told the story of the lost lamb and the shepherd using some of the simple techniques Kristie taught us Saturday, I had them hanging on my every word. It was so amazing.” – Rachel; “I was really impressed at how well Kristie knows her topics! She spoke without notes and initially canvassed the attendees as to what each one wanted to cover. She deftly moved through the material and answered everyone’s questions in an easy-to-follow manner! She made everything sound SO easy! …Kristie didn’t just leave us there, she carried on to explain how a beginner can work with one of the more advanced styles of storytelling if a particular story is really begging to be told!” – Kimberly B. This video is free with the Teacher Support Package (at: http://earthschooling.info/thebearthinstitute/?wpsc-product=teacher-training-complete-package) and the Lifetime/Family Package (at: http://earthschooling.info/thebearthinstitute/?wpsc-product=family-curriculum-package-previously-called-lifetime-membership).
Storytelling in the Upper Grades
Storytelling is an integral part of any Waldorf-inspired curriculum. In the early childhood classroom children experience the magic of stories told with small toys and play silks and enter a world of imagination. As children enter the grades they enter the world of storytelling as an adventure and inspiration through acting out stories with the […]
Friday Freebie: Storytelling Tips
Storytelling Tips for Teachers & Parents
Question: Are there examples of written story summaries anywhere? I am struggling with creating concise, accurate summaries for long stories. Currently I am writing what my daughter and I create together, but it goes on and on sometimes. TIA! Right now I am working on all the September lessons – Rapunzel, The Boy Who Cried […]
Storytelling in the Waldorf Inspired Classroom
Introduction One of my favorite memories from a parent-child class we attended in the Chicago area at a Waldorf School was the first time I saw storytelling come to life with the figures on a table colored with silk scarves. It was magical. The teacher told a fable to the two to five year-old class […]
Storytelling in the Waldorf Classroom
The other night I was watching Dr. Who on TV with a friend who is a Dr. Who enthusiast. However, it was not the program that captured my attention, but the commercials. The first commercial showed a man who was jealous of a colleague’s new computer that the company gave the colleague after accidentally spilling coffee […]
Earthschooling – an Award Winning Curriculum
