What Role Does Storytelling Have?

[Guest]

I am a PGCE student specialising in early years and am looking for information and opinions relating to the role of storytelling in the early years setting, as well as literature which supports/refutes the importance of storytelling.

 

Thanx for your help

Annette

[Guest]

Hi Annette,

We seem to be looking for the same kind of information. I have spent hours on the net and there is lots on storytelling, but not that much on how it impacts on the whole curriculum.

 

I work with quite a number of children who have some problems with language in one way or another, so info on signing and storytelling would be useful.

 

Have a look at 'The role of storytelling in early literacy development' a B.Ed paper by Louise Phillips on www.home.aone.net.au/stories/doc/childhd.htm

 

Also look at Maria Montessori and Jerome Bruner and look on the National Literacy Trust and Times Ed sites.

 

Good luck. Fiona

[Guest]

Hi

I had a tutoe. Dr Carol Fox, a fantastic lady who wrote a book on story telling using her young son and a friend's daughter as subject matter..so to speak. Could be of some use. A search engine may show something up under her name.

Good Luck

Kate

[Guest]

Thanx, like you Fiona I have spent ages searching the web for information on this topic and am pretty much still drawing a blank.

 

Good Luck

 

Annette

[Guest]

Hi

Great to hear from others around the world who are interested in the role storytelling plays in the early childhood years. I have written 4 articles/ papers on this topic which may be of use-

1. Storytelling for Young Children in Junior Horizons, vol.7, no.3, 2002, pp.6-7

2. Storytelling: The seeds of children's Creativity in Australian Journal of Early Childhood, vol.25, no.3, 2000, p.1-5.

3. The Role of Storytelling in Early Literacy Development on www.home.aone.net.au/stories

4. Bridging Children's Understanding With Story: Storytelling as a tool for inspiring social action in young children an AECA 2001 Conference Paper

 

I have plans to set up my own website but in the meantime - if you are interested in any of these articles please email me at louptale@ozemail.com.au

 

Cheers

 

Louise Phillips