101 Healing Stories for Kids and Teens

emotions, to inspire, or to create mind-body feats are given in Burns (2001). The question to occupy the next chapter is, how do ...

I enjoy the story of the new prisoner spending his first night in jail. The evening meal was a somber affair until one prisoner ...

storytelling, like driving and many other skills in life, is learned or acquired. If some can do it, it is possible for others. ...

class laughs and the young boy shrinks in embarrassment. He later relives the late arrival, the teacher’s words, and the laughte ...

polish as you continue to build your storytelling abilities. Right now it might be helpful to select a story that you enjoy—whet ...

Make the Story Fit As I mentioned at the beginning of this chapter, there are three basic elements to storytelling: the storyt ...

Make the Story Real The popular children’s fiction writer of such loved tales as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The BFG (B ...

sensations of taste, for all of these senses add to the story’s reality, facilitating your own visualization of the story, and, ...

Rehearse the Story When you have a story outline, tell it to yourself, speak it out loud, and listen to how it sounds to you b ...

Although it may be helpful to get some feedback from your listener, or even to provide some self-feedback, remember that what yo ...

the character fit or need to be changed? Is the story too close for comfort, or too removed to be rel- evant? Be Flexible Beca ...

unbridled creative imagination that makes collaborative storytelling both easy and effective. Give them the opportunity to be an ...

same way as you were in telling the tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. I offer them merely as pointers that may enhance tha ...

broken your favorite piece of crystal-ware? The content of communication, and the emotion that accompanies that content, natural ...

Adjust the Volume of Your Voice Voice has a volume control just like your television, home stereo system, or car radio. We tur ...

emotion is an affective experience—and affective learning is often more powerful. For a child, en- countering a big, barking dog ...

I n the last chapter we examined guidelines for effective storytelling along with how to make opti- mal use of the storyteller’s ...

stories and specific self-help books) to illustrate the types of books available and the ways they might be used. Classic Value ...

Specific Self-Help Books A number of self-help books deal with specific problems and the development of problem-solving skills i ...

It may take some prompting or guidance along the way to help move the child from the prob- lem toward the outcome, but ways to a ...