CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| Author’s Preface | [iii] | |
| Editor’s Introduction | [ix] | |
| [PART ONE] Story-Telling and the Arts of Expression—Establishing Standards | ||
| CHAPTER | ||
| [I.] | The Purpose and Aim of Story-Telling | [1] |
| [II.] | The Story Interests of Childhood—A. Rhythmic Period | [12] |
| Sources of Story Material for the Rhythmic Period | [19] | |
| [III.] | The Story Interests of Childhood—B. Imaginative Period | [20] |
| Bibliography of Fairy Tales | [31] | |
| [IV.] | The Story Interests of Childhood—C. Heroic Period | [32] |
| Sources of Story Material for the Heroic Period | [41] | |
| [V.] | The Story Interests of Childhood—D. Romantic Period | [42] |
| Sources of Story Material for the Romantic Period | [51] | |
| [VI.] | Building the Story | [52] |
| [VII.] | Telling the Story | [58] |
| Books on Story-Telling | [68] | |
| [VIII.] | Story-Telling to Lead to an Appreciation of Literature | [69] |
| Some Authors and Selections That Can Be Presented through the Story-Telling Method | [81] | |
| Sources of Material to Lead to an Appreciation of Literature | [82] | |
| [IX.] | Story-Telling to Awaken an Appreciation of Music | [83] |
| Illustrative Story, “A Boy of Old Vienna” | [89] | |
| Sources of Material to Awaken an Appreciation of Music | [94] | |
| Pictures to Use in Telling Musical Stories | [94] | |
| [X.] | Story-Telling to Awaken an Appreciation of Art | [95] |
| Artists and Paintings That Can Be Presented to Young Children through the Story-Telling Method | [102] | |
| Artists and Paintings for Children of the Intermediate Period | [103] | |
| Artists and Paintings That Lead to Appreciation of the Beautiful and to Respect for Labor | [104] | |
| Artists and Paintings for the Heroic and Epic Periods | [105] | |
| Bibliography of Art Story Material | [105] | |
| Sources for Moderate-Priced Reproductions of Masterpieces | [106] | |
| [XI.] | Dramatization | [107] |
| Pictures Containing Subjects for Dramatization | [116] | |
| Books and Stories for Use in Dramatic Work with Little Children | [116] | |
| Bibliography of Material for Dramatization | [117] | |
| [XII.] | Bible Stories | [118] |
| Sources of Material for Bible Stories | [131] | |
| [XIII.] | Story-Telling and the Teaching of Ethics | [132] |
| Stories to Develop or Stamp out Certain Traits and Instincts | [137] | |
| Sources of Material to Use in the Teaching of Ethics | [140] | |
| [PART TWO] The Use of Story-Telling to Illuminate Some Schoolroom Subjects—Stories for Telling | ||
| [XIV.] | Story-Telling to Intensify Interest in History | [143] |
| Illustrative Story, “The Search for the Seven Cities” | [149] | |
| [XV.] | Story-Telling to Intensify Interest in Geography | [168] |
| Illustrative Story, “The God of the Thundering Water” | [174] | |
| Sources of Material to Use in History and Geography | [177] | |
| [XVI.] | Story-Telling to Intensify Interest in Nature Study | [178] |
| Illustrative Story, “The Wonderful Builders” | [188] | |
| Sources of Material for Science Stories | [191] | |
| [XVII.] | Story-Telling in Domestic Science and Manual Training | [192] |
| Illustrative Story, “The Dervish of Mocha” | [195] | |
| Sources of Material to Use in Domestic Science and Manual Training | [197] | |
| [XVIII.] | Does the Work of the Story-Teller Pay? | [198] |
| [Stories for Telling] | ||
| The Story of the Man in the Moon (Alsatian Folk Tale—Christmas Story—Ethics, teaching honesty) | [203] | |
| The Discontented Pig (Thuringian Folk Tale—Ethics, teaching contentment) | [204] | |
| The Bat and His Partners (Old Bavarian Folk Tale—Helpful in Nature Study) | [208] | |
| Brier Rose (Wonder Tale) | [209] | |
| The Coat of All Colors (Thuringian Wonder Tale) | [212] | |
| The Poor Man and the Rich Man (Folk Tale—Ethics, teaching kindness) | [218] | |
| The Silver Cones (Ethics—Geography) | [222] | |
| The Forget-Me-Not (Thuringian Folk Tale—Helpful in Nature Study) | [226] | |
| The Little Stepmother (Thuringian Folk Tale—Nature Study) | [227] | |
| The Rabbit and the Easter Eggs (Bavarian Folk Tale) | [228] | |
| The Easter Eggs (Ethics) | [229] | |
| Prince Unexpected (Slavic Wonder Tale) | [239] | |
| The Greedy Cobbler (Welsh Folk Tale—Ethics, teaching contentment) | [251] | |
| The Story of a Salmon (Science) | [255] | |
| The Pigeons of Venice (History) | [263] | |
| The Coming of the Wonder Tree (Geography—Nature Study) | [269] | |
| The Gift of the Gnomes (Geography—Ethics) | [274] | |
| The Duty That Wasn’t Paid (Biography—Music—Ethics) | [278] | |
| Wilhelmina’s Wooden Shoes (Biography—Art Teaching) | [283] | |
| The Lady of Stavoren (Geography—Ethics) | [289] | |
| The Luck Boat of Lake Geneva (Geography) | [295] | |
| Why the Japanese Love the Stork (Geography) | [296] | |
| Why Grizzly Bear Goes on All Fours (Indian Folk Tale—Geography—Ethics) | [299] | |
| The Luck Boy of Toy Valley (Geography—Ethics—Manual Training) | [302] | |
| The Emperor’s Vision (Medieval Legend—Ethics) | [306] | |
| The Shepherd Who Turned Back (Ethics) | [311] | |
| The Pet Raven (Geography—Ethics) | [317] | |
| Jussieu and the Heliotrope (Science—Nature Study) | [325] | |
| The Fall of London Bridge (History) | [326] | |
| How They Came to Have Kite Day in China (Physical Education) | [330] | |
| The Story of a Stone (Science) | [331] | |
| [LIST OF STORIES BY MONTHS] | ||
| First Grade: September to June | [341] | |
| Second Grade: September to June | [345] | |
| Third Grade: September to June | [348] | |
| Fourth Grade: September to June | [352] | |
| Fifth Grade: September to June | [356] | |
| Sixth Grade: September to June | [360] | |
| Seventh Grade: September to June | [363] | |
| Eighth Grade: September to June | [367] | |
| COMPLETE BIBLIOGRAPHY | [371] | |
| INDEX | [389] | |