1. Understand your brand and audience; speak in an authentic voice
2. Get your facts straight with 5 Ws.
3. The power of specifics, details, and imagery
4. Show, don’t tell
5. Know the end at the beginning

What is storytelling using props(puppets) ?

- A wonderful technique that can lead chlildren to discover the joy

of literature and learning.

-Puppets help to bring tales to life, interact easily with audience and

and can create enormous amounts of humor with just a small move

or look.

Types of puppets.

-Stick puppets

-Finger puppets

-Hand puppets

-Body puppets

http://www.selah.k12.wa.us/JC/Engvall/LitLinks/Puppets%20in%20Storytelling.htm

How to use puppets in storytelling ?

a. Social Development

~Music exposes children to other times and cultures and provides oppurnity to gain appreciation for them

~ Children create music and engage in a metaphorical experience and combine the different instruments to produce a unique sound.

~Through the process, children learn to produce beautiful music and helps to foster the cooperation among them as it will form the unity.

b. Physical Development

~ By making movement or dancing while listening to music enhances children’s ability to sequence sound, recognize and respond to rhythm patterns, and discriminate melodies.

~ By dancing to music, it increases the children's coordination, flexilibity, and motor skills.

~ Children develop body-awareness and self-confindence.

~ Dance is an art form and a means of communication. Through this, children can communicate feelings, thoughts, cultural values and beliefs.

c. Cognitive Movement

~ Music can assist the children with memorization.

~ When children hear or move to a beat or music, they use one-to-one correspondence skills.

1. Discover the place for finding good stories…your own life!

2. Learn to find great stories

3. Make sure that the story drives home your point

4. Know your story inside and out

5. Connect with your audience

6. Use the emotion of the story

http://www.worldchampionsedgenet.com/resources/articles/becoming-a-great-storyteller/

- Incy Wincy Spider song.

- If You're Happy and You Know It song.

- Head , Shoulders , Knees and Toes kid dance song.

ADVANTAGES

-develop speaking and listening skills

-develop creativity skills

-capturing students attention

http://www.extension.org/pages/67243/using-puppets-in-child-care#.VFRWXcndWPc

DISADVANTAGES

-students may see the puppets react negatively towards them

-too many puppets may cause distractions for the students to listen to the story.

-puppets are low technology method of teaching that was common to the students

www.extension.org/pages/67243/using-puppets-in-child-care#.VFRWXcndWPc

STEP 1

- Play the music.

- When all students have arrived , have them watch or listen to the song or music video.

STEP 2

- Explain to the students about the songs and what they can learn from the song.

- Teacher may demonstrate the movement.

STEP 3

- Asked the students to do the movements based on the song that being played.

Storytelling is the conveying of events in words, and images, often by improvisation or embellishment. Stories or narratives have been shared in every culture as a means of entertainment, education, cultural preservation, and instilling moral values. Crucial elements of stories and storytelling include plot, characters, and narrative point of view.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storytelling

Educators have long known that the arts can contribute to student academic success and emotional well being. The ancient art of storytelling is especially well-suited for student exploration. As a folk art, storytelling is accessible to all ages and abilities. No special equipment beyond the imagination and the power of listening and speaking is needed to create artistic images. As a learning tool, storytelling can encourage students to explore their unique expressiveness and can heighten a student's ability to communicate thoughts and feelings in an articulate, lucid manner. These benefits transcend the art experience to support daily life skills. In our fast-paced, media-driven world, storytelling can be a nurturing way to remind children that their spoken words are powerful, that listening is important, and that clear communication between people is an art.

http://www.storyarts.org/classroom/

~ Children would refocus and engage actively in group lessons or individual work when the music and movement integrated.

~ Increased children's attention to the task and helped concentration in lessons.

~ Children would enjoy more their lessons.

~ Children feel more cheerful during the lesson.