Education Professional Development
Telling Stories Your Way
Storytelling and reading aloud in the classroom
- Publisher
- Pembroke Publishers Limited
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2000
- Category
- Professional Development
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781551381190
- Publish Date
- Jan 2000
- List Price
- $28.95
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Description
Storyteller extraordinaire Bob Barton shows classroom teachers how to discover their own unique way of telling stories. Teachers will learn easy and effective ways to:
- develop their own method and style
- handle fears about remembering a story or being self-conscious
- find stories they want to tell
- use storytelling and reading aloud to foster a love of reading.
This comprehensive guide offers practical approaches to all forms of story — folktales, picture books, poems, novels, and more. New and experienced teachers alike will find the tools they need to explore the art of storytelling, from unusual places to find stories through tips for effective evaluation.
About the author
Bob Barton was born in Ontario. After years of teaching elementary school, he eventually began teaching in secondary. He later became an Education Officer and an Arts Coordinator with the Ontario Ministry of Education. He has been a teaching master at teachers’ college, a visiting author in the schools, a performer and a storyteller. Over the years he has published many children’s books, including The Bear Says North (2003) and Poetry Goes to School (2004). Barton has worked professionally as a storyteller for over thirty years, sharing his stories across Canada, the United States, and England. He is the recipient of many literacy and arts awards. Today he still sits on several boards which help promote literacy, but he doesn’t neglect his hobbies of cooking, reading, and gardening. Barton has two grown children and lives with his wife in Toronto.
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