Tell along tales!: playing with participation stories

"Specifically intended for elementary school and public librarians, teachers, storytellers, and camp counselors, this book contains 25 adapted tales from Czechoslovakia, Germany, Ireland, Korea, Norway, Spain, and West Africa that are appropriate for kindergarten through sixth grade students. These stories are linked to standards and are full of fun audience participation, making them perfect for the library, classroom, camp, or home. The book will illuminate the best methods for telling a tale, describe various types of audience participation and how to encourage it, identify elements in a story that provide opportunity for participation, explain when to include audience participation, and share the author's proven audience management techniques."--Cover [p. 4].

Introduction -- How to tell a story: The definition of storytelling -- Why storytelling is a vital art form -- Where to find stories -- How to shape stories -- Learning stories -- Audience participation: Various types of audience participation -- Vehicles to encourage audience participation -- Elements in a story that provide opportunity for participation -- When to include audience participation -- How to choose and coach kids for directed role playing -- Other audience participation techniques -- Audience management: Spot potential problems before the program begins -- Take care of housekeeping in the beginning -- Use sound reinforcement -- Warmly welcome your audience -- Set audience expectations -- Select age-appropriate stories -- Articulate clear instructions -- Maintain eye contact -- Regain control if a distraction occurs -- Warm-ups, keep-ups, and settle-downs -- Be assertive in taking appropriate action -- Praise your audience -- Stay focused -- Play with participation -- Warm-ups and keep-ups: How funky is your chicken? -- original audience participation song -- Jackie Rabbit -- original adaptation -- My aunt came back -- a traditional audience participation song -- Ono…