STORYTELLING

What do you think?

The second principle of magic ... things which have once been in contact with each other continue to act on each other at a distance even after the physical contact has been severed.

Sir James Frazer

Why tell stories?• For enjoyment

• Draw references to real life

• Foster positive attitudes/values.

• Find solutions to problems (critical thinking)

• Pass down traditions

What does Swami say about telling stories?

• “Stories should impress on the children, silently and spontaneously, the value of restraint in dealing with nature and life.”

• “..select stories which will imprint in the mind genuine disgust for evil sights, evil entertainments, evil deed and evil habits.”

How to select your story…

• Determine value to be taught

• Determine objectives - what is it you wish the children to achieve at the end of the lesson

• Select a story that would facilitate your objectives

TYPES OF QUESTIONS

• Vocabulary• Literal• Inferential• Analysis

LITERAL QUESTIONS

• What was the name of the tiny boy?

• Which conkers were the best?

• What was the name of the game that the children played with the conkers?

INFERENTIAL QUESTIONS

• Why didn’t the conkers fall off the tree?

• Why did Timmy give Barry his conker?

• What name can you give this story?

• What lesson did Barry learn?

ANALYTICAL QUESTIONS

• How do you think the conker tree felt when Barry threw stones at it?

• Does this story remind you of anything in your own life?

• What did you feel when you heard the story?• Which Human Value do you think Timmy

displayed towards the conker tree?

Sai Ram