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Once Upon a Time: Using Storytelling, Creative Drama, and Reader's Theater with Children in Grades PreK-6
Once Upon a Time Using Storytelling Creative Drama and Reader's Theater with Children in Grades PreK6 Author:Judy Freeman Judy Freeman, author of the Books Kids Will Sit Still For series, gives personal and practical how-to tips on how to learn and tell a story, how to act out a story using creative drama, and how to write and stage a Reader's Theater script. All are guaranteed to get your children listening, thinking, reading, loving, and living stories with compr... more »ehension, fluency, expression, and joy. Once Upon a Time pulls together a wealth of ideas, activities, and strategies for using folk and fairy tales, songs, chants, and nonsense rhymes. Also included in this handbook are the texts of 10 of Judy's favorite stories you can read today and tell tomorrow; a songbook of songs, chants, and nonsense rhymes; and a Reader's Theater script. You'll also find annotated bibliographies: 400+ children's books every storyteller should know; 100+ great children's books to use for creative drama and Reader's Theater; professional books and Web sites for storytelling, creative drama, and Reader's Theater; and a title and author index. Chapters include: * Getting Started with Storytelling * Judy Freeman's Songbook: Including Songs, Chants, Riddles, and Plenty of Nonsense * Judy Freeman's Storybook: Tales You can Hear Today and Tell Tomorrow * 400+ Children's Books Every Storyteller Should Know * Getting Started with Creative Drama and Reader's Theater * 100+ Children's Books Just Right for Creative Drama and/or Reader's Theater« less