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Storytelling: Reciting a story or reading aloud from a book

Picture books: Books having single words or simple sentences and simple plots.

Story books: Books that contain pictures but have more complex plots than picture.

Family life stories: Books containing the theme of social understanding

Animal stories: Books giving animals some human qualities. Usually, the animal has some unusual success or abilities

Fairy Tales: Books having a theme of achievement. The characters or heroes of these stories must perform difficult tasks in order to succeed

Reviews: List and descriptions of books, which can be found in public libraries.

Props: items that relate to the story and would attract children's attention

Draw and Tell: storytelling method using drawings made on chalkboard, tagboard, or newsprint. Also called chalk talk

Flipcharts: Stories drawn on large tagboard cards used for story telling.

Flannel Boards: A board covered with felt or flannel that is used as a background for placing felt characters and props to tell a story.

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Regular storytelling promotes children's cognitive, social, and emotional development

Storytelling helps young children

Understand the world in which they live

Develop a positive attitude towards books

Develop listening skills

Build correct concepts of objects and for new ideas

Increase their vocabulary

Associate written and spoken words

Understand that print carries meaning

Develop an appreciation of printed words

Learn the difference between everyday conversation and written language

Understand that letters can be capital or small

Develop a desire to read

Learn that people read left to right across the page

Carefully chosen stories are a key part of the storytelling experience

Children learn the words that describe the feelings and experience they may have

Stories provide models for acceptable behavior and positive relationships

The children learn how people express their feelings

Storytelling helps children learn reading skills. As a teacher reads a book aloud the children learn to follow the pages

Books help children learn alphabet letters and, numbers, and language

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Children books are an important source of stories

Most books can be put into two categories; picture books and story books

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Story telling is an art that requires study and practice

The key to a good story is selection. Choose books that have dramatic elements

A story is only good if the children enjoy it

Selecting story books is often hard for new childcare workers

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The stories should reflect the child's developmental level

Stories about children with background and activities similar to their own are special favorites

Most preschool children can not separate fact from fiction

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A child's book should have illustrations and text that are integrated.

The pictures in a book for young children should almost tell the story by themselves

Pictures should be easy to recognize and help the child make sense of the story

Illustrations should

Be large, colorful, and plentiful

Represent the written word

Reflect actions

Avoid unneeded detail

Be realistically and attractively colored

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Writing a children's book is difficult.

A good book creates a sense of wonder

Only a few new words should be introduced in a story

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Children should be allowed to hold and carry books as well as turn pages.

Covers should be made of strong washable material

The books binding should lay flat when the book is open

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Appropriate book length varies with childrens age.

Infants and toddlers may stay with a book for just a few minutes

Two year olds would remain interested in a book for 5-8 minutes

Three year olds from 6-10 minutes

Four year olds form 8-12 minutes

Five year olds from 10-15 minutes

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Age plays an important part in choosing books for children.

Infants and toddlers need durable picture books

Two year olds prefer books about things they know, do, and enjoy

Three year old children may request stories by title

Four year old children are less self centered than the younger group

Five year old children like stories that give them added knowledge

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Reading the story several times so you know it well

Oral reading skills are important when storytelling

After you are familiar with the book, decide whether the want to read or tell a story

A comfortable setting is required for a successful reading time

Story groups should be small

Most children need a sitting down time

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Begin stories by setting the mood

A personal comment is one way to introduce a story

Props are good for introducing stories

Explain any words the children do not know before you begin the story

Before you start, create a feeling that something special is about to be shared

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Read stories with pleasure and feeling to show children you value and value and enjoy reading

Read the story in a normal speaking voice

Occasionally point out the illustration

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Interruptions happen often when telling stories to young children

Wiggling children can distract other children

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Ending a story is as important as introducing

At times, a simple “thank you for listening” is enough

Be prepared to read the same story over and over again

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After reading a story, you will need to evaluate your methods

Note your strengths as well as your weaknesses

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Books enthrall young children

Children watch how you handle a book

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In addition to reading stories aloud, their are other creative methods that help storytelling come alive

Younger children in particular will stay interested longer when several methods are used during storytime

New research shows that infants and young children seem to be able to process only one stimulus

Adults are capable of processing both sounds and visual together

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If you do not have good drawing skills, you may want to use and opaque projector to prepare the storys

Draw and tell stories may be prepared so they can be used more than once

After you tell the story, place the puppet in the library area

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Audio story CDs, have appeal for young children

Videos can hold the interests of most children

To save money, some child care teachers prefer to make their own recordings

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Puppets have always appealed to young children.

After you tell the story, place the puppet in the library area

Individual or group storys

Given the chance, children can be clever story tellers.

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Flipcharts/ Slide Shows/ and Flannel Baords 

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Flipcharts

After telling the story, you may wish to place the flipchart

Slide stories

Slide storys usually center around pictures taken on fielld trips durring classroom events like holiday parties

Flannel boards

Pieces of paper, cardboard, or felt are used to show major characters or objects

A quick way to make figures is to use a nonwoven interfacing fabric

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An important area of a classroom is the library area

The library area should be location

The books of the library area should be carefully chosen.