Storytelling Games: Creative Activities for Language, Communication, and Composition Across the Curriculum
“An invaluable and practical resource for engaging young imaginations and encouraging communication skills....clear instructions are provided along with helpful hints....An excellent, very workable resource that is fabulously well-organized.”–Advisory List“Over 46 games are explained here with plenty of how-to's to help the teacher, librarian, or group leader.”–School Library Journal“This is one of the few books that provides educators with everything they need to lead story games with elementary and secondary children....the author brings a wide background of personal experience to the writing of this teachers' guide....The book is well organized with an easy-to-follow format....A Game-finder index and Subject index make the games easily accessible....Teacher-librarians and classroom teachers with active storytelling programs will find the book helpful in adding to their repertiore of stories and activities, while novice storytellers will find many examples of simple story games that will get them started.”–Emergency Librarian“The author, Doug Lipman, is a folk musician and storyteller and has collected many of these story games over the years....Story games is an unusual concept, but one that seems to work well. The sub-title of this book is 'Creative Activities for Language, Communication and Composition Across the Curriculum.' The book certainly provides all of that.”–Teaching K-8“Doug Lipman has created a first-of-its-kind resource for educators that offers creative and fun-filled strategies for sparking oral expression in young students through the use of storytelling games....This spirited book shows how to incorporate storytelling into curriculum plans and daily classroom activities, enabling teachers to review history or math lessons in a playful way while exercising oral language skills.”–Whole Language“Each game is well laid out for the teller or teacher with notes on grade levels, space needed, complexity, game type, summary, directions, hints, and variations.”–Teller's Choice“The book contains a host of acitivities for grades from kindergaretn to all levels of high school....It is possible to use some of the games to learn about places, historical, and people, including multiculturlism. Each game outlines clearly just what the skill and curricular focus is; this is useful for beginning teachers, or teachers looking for curriculum approaches not usually found in their particular tools of trade....The game finder index shows at a glance the grade level, complexity, type, group size, space, and props required for each game....whatever the user's purpose, whether to entertain, to build group skills, or to teach values, communication, or a particular subject, one will find games easily adaptable to these varied needs.”–Australia Library Review“For each game, clear instructions are provided along with helpful hints, any variations, and a list of the communication skills the game reinforces. Easy-to-read, detailed indexes provide information to help teachers choose games to meet the specific needs of students from preschool through adult. An excellent, very workable resource that is fabulously well-organized."”–English Language Arts