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]