On her own, she catches the sky with a web - then climbs up and down using webs to hold the sky to the earth. Sometimes when you see sunbeams, you might be seeing Grandmother Spider's webbing that still holds the sky to the earth. A King gives all he has to his son.
The wife of the son convinces husband to banish the kind to a space under the stairs where he cannot be seen or heard, The grandson of the king brings the grandfather's plight to be known to the new king. Crocodile pretends to befriend monkey to eat its heart. Monkey pretends he left his heart at home. Crocodile returns monkey home and hears he has been fooled by monkey. Monkey tricks crocodile into opening its mouth and shutting its eyes and escapes again.
Bat claims to be an animal. Second weasel catches bat Bat claims to be a bird. Folktale Motif B Bee is told be a giant to taste every creature of earth to see who is the sweetest. Man tasted sweet. Bee is going to tell the giant. Man pulls out bee's tongue to keep the giant from finding out how sweet man is. Bee cannot talk. Bee can only buzz and bumble. Frog lives in a small well where all of its needs are met. It believes it lives in the greatest place possible.
Other animals try to tell Frog that the world is bigger. But Frog does not believe them. Like humans - Frog can only see the world from its own personal experiences. A bird takes Frog out of its small world and widens Frog's viewpoint.
Two rabbits are friends. The agree to help one another in all circumstances. Yet - when rabbits are faces by a bear - one runs away and leaves the other behind. Bear tells rabbit not trust the friend that ran away. Man saves snake by taking a rock off its back.
The snake wants to bite the man. The man wants to ask other creatures about the fairness of getting bitten after saving the snake. Jackal pretend to be stupid and says it has to see how the man saved the snake to determine the issue of fairness. Snake lays down and lets man put the rock back on it. Jackal tells man to leave snake under the rock and thus saves man. Story of Joshua as a follower of Moses. It tells of how he spied in the land of Canaan for God's people and yet had to live 40 years in the wilderness because of the fear of other spies.
He is chosen to replace Moses when Moses dies. He leads his people across the Jordon River and leads God's people to destroy Jericho. Hawk loves chicken and gives her a ring. Jealous rooster makes chicken throw the ring away. Hawk comes back and sees ring is missing and demands the return of the ring. The angry hawk became an enemy of all chickens until the ring is found. Every chicken still scratches the ground searching for the ring. Familiar plot of two brothers. The elder was rich. The younger was poor.
The younger gets money magically with help of a raven who pays for eating fruits from a starfruit tree.
Jealous older brother is greedy and loses life trying to get more money than his brother. Four Brahmin travel together. Three have gone to school to get their education. The other had no money to go to school but had common sense. The well-schooled men ridiculed their uneducated friend and tried to show off by bringing a lion back to life. One puts the bones together. The second puts back on the skin and restores the blood.
The third breathes life into the lion. The common sense of the less educated man told him to climb a tree to safety. The educated men did not have common sense and were eaten by the lion. Sometimes common sense is more important than anything else. Tale ale of Faith, where Jewish man finds a treasure - but follows his faith and refuses to work on a holy day to dig it up.
He loses the treasure and gets only one coin - a ruble. His wife invests the coin with a ship's captain who buys cats with the coin. The cats save the crew from a plague of rats and are sold for a treasure. The man who lost a treasure gets a bigger treasure from being faithful. Gideon is called on by an angel of God to fight an enemy of his people.
He tests the man to see if he really was an angel. The angel passes the test. Gideon is told how to get the people to follow him. Gideon is told how to choose men to fight the enemies. His army is small so God will get the credit for the win. Gideon becomes king after his victory. A good man in Taiwan is so kind that he will even save the lives of flies that fall into drink he is making.
The man is falsely accused of a crime and sentenced to be executed. Flies will not allow the government official to sign the notice of execution. Officials investigate the crime that was charged and finds the charges to be false. The man's kindness had been repaid by the flies with kindness of their own. Adaptation of West Texas Folktale. Grandpa Mike Lockett uses the story to teach facts about the ecosystem and the food chain.
Cricket is caught by frog who is caught by lizard who is caught by snake who is caught by Recorded on DVD by Lockett in Coyote likes Turtle's song but is angered when Turtle will not share the song. Coyote threatens Turtle. Turtle begs to not be thrown into the river, so Coyote throws Turtle in the river. Turtle is happy at end because it fooled Coyote.
Audience participation story - call and response story that takes listeners on a walk though the woods, down a dark road, into a house, down the hall, up the stairs, into the closet Then, BOO - the teller scares the listeners. Original Source is anonymous. Audience Participation Story as adapted by Dr. He remains motionless to see what happens. The monkey's think he is a statue and a drum. They decorate him with jewels. He escapes. He tells his story to a greedy man.
The man lets himself be caught but gets thrown into a river by the monkeys. Beetle wins a race with rat and earns a green and gold coat - the color of the Brazilian flag. Folktale Motif A Buffalo's strength is working together with other buffalos to protect each other.
Lion uses false praise to make buffalo leave the protection of his friends. Then lion eats buffalo. I'm gonna tell that your suck your thumb. I'm gonna tell where you stuck your gum. I'm gonna tell about the cat and the glue. I'm gonna tell on you. The lion later saves the slave's life. Adapted by Grandpa Mike Lockett, The Normal Storyteller - Ant and pigeon are neighbors - but are not friends because they are very different.
Little Ant saves the life of Big Pigeon. The two realize that they can be friends even though they are different. When the wolf arrived, the villagers do not believe the boy.
No one believes a liar even when he is telling the truth. Dove saves the life of Ant and later has the favor returned. Folktale Motif B Stork is caught by farmer and claims innocence. Farmer kills story along with other birds. One is judged by the friends one keeps. Frog falls into a milk pail but refuses to give up and drown.
His struggles churn the cream in the milk and turn the milk into butter. Sun uses warmth to cause traveler to remove coat. Violent blowing wind causes traveler to pull the coat tighter. Fable as Retold by Grandpa Mike Lockett, The Normal Storyteller - Panther is mistreated and takes revenge on those who hurt him by eating their animals.
Panther does not harm those who befriended him. Aesop Fable - as Adapted by Dr. Mike Lockett, The Normal Storyteller - Overconfident hare loses a race with slow but steady tortoise. Folktale Motif - K He becomes greedy and cheats his workers. Boy is clever and outsmarts master and makes things right. Boy ends up with magic bird. Greedy girl works at a bakery. Girl is tested by a fairy pretending to be an old woman. Girl refuses to change her bad ways and is turned into an owl. The story tells how a young child is rewarded for his faith and kindness at Christmas time.
A Christmas Legend about a shepherd girl at the Nativity. The girl wishes to give a gift nut has none. Her tears water the Christmas Rose and help it to bloom. As told by Dr.
Based on historical story of Aaron the Great. Story of St. Francis of Assisi and the story of the Nativity as told by Mike Lockett. Jackal Is caught by alligator while hunting for shellfish.
Jackal tricks alligator to get free. Alligator keeps trying to catch jackal. Jackal tricks alligator time after time until Alligator goes into Jackal's home. Then Jackal tricks alligator a final time and cooks alligator.
The Baby Fold is an agency that helps families with obtaining adoptions and in caring for orphans and children with extreme behavior problems. A true ghost story written by Vivian Carter, with added research and input from Dr.
Vivian researched and told this story as a part of a special grant with the Twin City Tale Spinners. True story about Dr. Lockett being hungry during his first tour or Taiwan and a humorous surprise he found when trying to chase down an ice cream truck. The creator makes the earth and sky. Creator puts food in the sky for people to eat. People can take small pieces. Lockett's adaptation lets him play with audiences to imagine how they made "sky food".
The people take more than they need and waste the food and are warned not to do so. When they continue to waste food, the sky is lifted high above the earth. Trees are asked for help by a little bird. All refuse except for the Evergreen Tree. The evergreen treats the bird with kindness and is rewarded by being able to keep its green leaves all winter. Adapted from fable about crying over spilled milk.
Do not count your money before you get it. The usually clever fox tries to get a free meal by trading a bee for a rooster, the rooster for a pig and so on - until the fox finds a human mother who out-smarts the fox. This is a great story to act out with young listeners. Adaptation of ancient Scottish story a mystical elf-like creature called a Brownie. Story incorporates the legend and tells how working happily together makes the work easier and gets it done faster.
Story is often told to accompany the song of Aiken Drum. Monkey and Rabbit have bad habits. Monkey scratches. Rabbit twitches. They have a contest to see who can sit still and not use their bad habits. They tell each other stories and use their habits as gestures in their stories. Folk Tale Motif K Little Pigs leave mother to built houses of their own. They build houses of Straw, Sticks and Bricks. Big Bad Wolf comes and blows down straw and stick houses. Wolf cannot blow down brick house, and pigs are saved.
Folktale Motif number - K Happy and contented ox helps pull a heavy load to help its master. Storytelling Motif B A retelling of How Lizard Beat Deer in a race and got its beautiful coloring. Lizard bit deer on the tail and let deer do the racing. When deer reached the finish - lizard let go and got there first.
Lockett tried to use Spanish during the telling. Fox tricks bear into using his tail in icy water to catch fish. The bear puts tail in water. Water freezes. Bear stands up fast as advised by fix and loses tail. Two goats live on two mountains connected by a single bridge. They both want to eat grass of the opposite mountain. They choose to fight about crossing the bridge instead of acting peacefully.
They find that conflict causes them both to lose. A couple is given a magic moneybag with instructions to not take more than one coin per day. The bag always has one coin inside of it to replace the one that was taken out. The husband is impatient and takes all the money out at one time - causing all the money to disappear and the bag to remain empty.
They lose all their magical gains and must go back to working hard to live. Poor brother is rewarded for good behavior to bird. Jealous rich brother is punished for bad behavior.
Fallen angel tries to regain her place in heaven and is assigned by God to find the most important thing on earth. She finds a newborn baby, first love and much more. Only when she sees someone about to do something very wrong and changes his way was she on the right track.
She takes God the tear of a repentant sinner. Starts with familiar plot where poor couple loses everything. Man sells milk cow. Instead of magic beans, he gets a magic pot. When cleaned and put on the fire, the pot runs out of the house to get what the family needs and makes things right for the couple. Story about giant ocean crab that tries to eat the moon. Island princess stops the crab.
A retelling of the birth of Samuel and how he grows up in the church to become a servant of God. Factual and documented story of how Normal, Illinois became a town and later became a city. Story includes how Illinois State University came into existence as the first teachers' college in the state. The Pueblo people needed a good leader. Fox wanted to be that leader. Everyone thought the nearby lake played magical music. Fox discovered reeds with holes chewed by little creatures that the wind and water came through to make musical notes.
Fox made flutes and used the music like it was magic to convince the people to follow him. Three bears step out of their house to let their porridge cool. Little girl named goldilocks enters house without permission and eats porridge, tests furniture and sleeps in beds all without permission Bears come home, find house in disarray, find girl and chase girl away.
Folktale Motif N A Grimm Tale Retold by Dr. After a kind deed a poor girl is given a magic pot. The right words cause it to start making porridge and to quit making porridge. Mother knows how to start the pot, but not how to stop it. It creates river of porridge that floods the village. Storytelling Motif - C Adapted from the Brothers' Grimm by Dr. Tale of how a straw, a coal and bean work together to escape being cooked. The straw and the coal have a mishap that makes the beans laugh until it splits its sides.
A Bible story about a lesser known girl in the New Testament in the Bible. The girl is praying for Peter an the time God helped him escape from prison. Bible story of how a woman named Ruth becomes a good friend with a woman named Naomi. Ruth was married to Naomi's son. Both sons of Naomi and her husband died. Ruth's love of Naomi causes her to travel to Israel with her. Naomi's advice to Ruth to find and marry a man named Boaz. The two have a child. The child is in the lineage of Kind David and in the lineage of Christ.
Lockett tells about the youth of Timothy and how Timothy became a friend of Paul to help share their faith in Christ. He finds helpers who want to come with him. Jack and the helpers find a house owned by Goblins. He and his helpers chase away the Goblins, so Jack can keep the Goblins' gold and marry to live happily ever after. A woman has car problems and has to stay in a strange hotel in a strange room in a strange town. She is told the room is haunted but stays there regardless.
At midnight a creature appears. She runs out screaming. This repeats few times. The last time - the woman is tired and angry and asks, "WHAT?
Mike Lockett altered the entire second half of the poem. In the original version, the cow dies and buzzards pick at the bones. Lockett prefers a less violent version with today's children. Audience Participation Activity written by Dr.
Loved by children. Wonderful classroom activity for Thanksgiving. Balkan Tale - As Retold by Dr. Mike Lockett, The Normal Storyteller - Man and all animals were supposed to have an equal number of years to live. The animals give man part of their years to live - giving him 80 years in all to live. Anansi Story as adapted by Dr. Anansi stops snake's evil ways and is rewarded by the sky god for his efforts.
In this version - he is rewarded with wisdom. When Dr. Lockett tells the story, Anansi is rewarded with all the world's stories. Bird is brought to the palace to sing. Bird is caged and refuses to sing. Emperor is saddened and becomes ill. Bird sings and makes emperor well. Bird is given freedom. Little Red Hen wants help making bread.
Her friends do not want to help plant, water, weed, harvest, make the bread The hen eats the breat alone without sharing. Folk Tale Motif - W The event and the organizations that stemmed from it, The National Storytelling Network and the International Storytelling Center, are helping storytelling grow and live on in history. I have told this story to teachers and parents, and now I tell it to everyone who wishes to learn to tell stories by reading this book.
Many Centuries ago, a banquet was held in the palace of the Caliph of Bagdad to celebrate the birth of a new son. As was the custom, leaders and men of high station came from all across the land to present gifts and enjoy the feast provided by the Caliph. Each brought a costly gift, except for one very wise sage named Mehelled Abi. Abi came to the feast empty-handed. Each guest paraded in elegance before the Caliph to present his gift. Fine clothes, jewels and gold were given in abundance.
As each gift was received with a smile from the Caliph, the givers turned and gave a frown as they watched the sage standing at the end of the line with no gift to give.
He has no gift to give, they began to whisper among each other. He has no gift to give the new prince. At last the sage came before the Caliph, and the room grew silent as all wished to hear what words he shared with their ruler. But, I bring the most precious gift of all. I bring the gift of "Stories. The tales I tell him, both true and fanciful, will make him wise and righteous as he grows in wisdom through my words.
When the day comes, my Caliph, when you can rule no longer, your son will sit above your people as their chief. He will be just and merciful, and all of Arabia will rejoice in his leadership. From the time the young prince could speak and understand words, the child, who was named Haroun-al-Rashid, was tutored daily by the wise old man and told stories from all around the world - tales both true and fanciful.
He learned of wise men and fools; of science and nature. He learned about all religions of the world and more. When the time came for him to rule as Caliph, he extended the borders of his. He ruled with wisdom like few other men possessed. Bagdad grew in power.
Art and music flourished, as did the art of storytelling. Some say that the Book Arabian Nights was stimulated by the rule of this Caliph - all because of the gift of stories. One of the best gifts history has given to us is to teach us that storytelling is important.
Children are blessed when we take time to tell them stories, starting as soon as they are born, and certainly no later than when they are old enough to understand the spoken word. Stories can indeed make our world a better place in which to live. May the world become a better place because of the gift of the stories that you tell to young and old alike!
Although this era. You can t read a sentence or a paragraph without knowing at least the most common. Matthew Has anything grabbed your attention lately? What was it? And could it be God could God be using. How did Noah show his faith in God? How specific were the instructions God gave? Describe the size of the ark. Read to the Group: Since the. Bible Time for. Genre Definitions I. Fiction A.
Realistic Fiction Imaginative writing that accurately reflects life as it could be lived today. Everything is a realistic fiction story could conceivably happen to real. Educational Objectives At the end of the class today, the children will. Advent is the season leading to Christmas Day.
It is a time of excitement and expectation. It is a time of looking back to the birth. In fact, he was SO stubborn that, after he hardened his heart so many times, God finally hardened it for him. God had. Government The Maurya rulers united. Opening review This is a. Set 1 The people Write it down By the water Who will make it? You and I What will they do? He called me. We had their dog. What did they say? When would you go? No way A number of people One or two How. Bible and Spade Cited with permission.
Science and Technology Egyptians made advances in calendars, geometry,. Ordinary Moments of Grace To everything there is a time and a season for every purpose under heaven.
A time to be born and a time to die. A time to sow and a time to reap. A time to laugh and a time to. But are you really a dreamer just because God chooses to speak to you in a dream? Joseph s brothers hated. Twins What can you say? These two boys were born on the same day to the same parents, but they. Acts 11 : Sermon Imagine a church being riven apart by different personalities leading different groups each trying to pull it in different directions.
Imagine a church whose future is threatened. During Lent and Easter, we remember and. They brought gold,. How would you act? Would you run into the throne room, laughing and talking? Would you ignore the. And since I like a challenge, I am either looking at stories we don t usually hear about or a different view of a familiar story. Underlying Ideas for the Teacher A.
The Lord's corning. If you are reading this, then more than likely you are embarking on a week-long adventure serving our Lord and Savior along the U.
Jesus Invites Me! Affirmation I am welcome in the flock! Matthew b. Jesus and the Counsellor in John s Gospel In Jesus farewell speech, recorded in John s Gospel chapters Jesus introduces the disciples to one he calls the Counsellor. This Counsellor the name itself. Abraham is one of them. At the age of 75, God told Abram to leave his country, his. He kept that promise.
Opening Activity and Introduction Even the youngest child can relate to being upset with a brother or sister. Cain and Abel are the first example of this enmity. Bible Background In all four Gospels we find. It begins its long journey in Africa, as two.
We have created the following. Later bigger. Ancient China 1. Analects the collected sayings and teachings of Confucius 2. Bronze Age B. And one of. Bible Time. But to us adults, 12 seems really young to be doing some of the things Jesus was doing.
He put God first in his life. When Joshua died at the age of , he was called the servant of the Lord Joshua.
This includes: 1. Leader Preparation 2. Outcome: Students will learn about Aesop and Aesop s fables. Serving in the Love of Christ Opening Prayer Service September To prepare for this prayer service: Prepare a prayer focus table with the banner, a green cloth, a Christ candle, the plaque.
Assign jobs to group members. Everyone must have a job. Some we keep, some we don t. Some we expect others to keep, even if we don t. After all isn t a person s ability to keep the rules we create what we base our relationships on? A long, long time ago, there lived a very rich prince. He lived in a huge palace with gold and silver ornaments everywhere. He had riches beyond the wildest dreams of ordinary boys and girls. The rooms. God promised Abraham that He would make him into a great nation; that He would.
Daily Life in Aksum Aksum was a powerful and wealthy ancient kingdom. Located in East Africa, it was very influential between A.
During this time, goods from all over the ancient world were. You are going to teach. It explores a full spectrum of man-made visual forms encountered by contemporary. Log in Registration. Search for. What is Storytelling? Size: px. Start display at page:. Download "What is Storytelling? Raymond Davidson 4 years ago Views:.
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