New Horizons, an international, nonprofit educational network founded in 1980 shares information of interest to educators. The New Horizons Online Journal, Vol. Studies the role of storytelling in the development of early language skills in preschoolers from three cultural contexts Providers receive training to increase their awareness of child-initiated language, interactions, and stories, and to encourage them to recognize and respond to the first stories of infants and toddlers. Researchers are studying how young children communicate their stories in daily interactions. At this site, there are articles, lesson plans and activities, a curriculum ideas exchange, a newsletter, and more-all related to telling stories in classroom settings.
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Curriculum Ideas Exchange allows teachers to share their own storytelling activities and lesson plans. The items shared are designed to encourage speaking and listening skills and support one or more curriculum areas. This bibliography from the ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication includes citations for ERIC documents and links to Internet sites. In this ERIC Digest, Nola Kortner Aiex presents the rationale for including storytelling in the classroom, aids for effective storytelling, and tips for teachers who want to tell stories. The article includes traditional and nontraditional approaches using puppets, props, crafts, creative dramatics, and more.