How to Tell Stories to Children
From the authors of How to Tell Stories to Children comes a podcast that supports parents, teachers, and grandparents who want to engage in the intimacy and excitement of storytelling at home. Our work has been endorsed by Dr. Jane Goodall, New York Times bestselling authors and parenting guides Steve Biddulph, Kim John Payne, Bill McKibben, Richard Rohr, Charles Eisenstein, and many more. Warning! This is not a collection of children's stories. It's about empowerment. It is about finding your voice. We combine the science of storytelling with a step-by-step method, practice exercises, and sample stories to help you awaken to the storyteller within.
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Explore the science and art of joyful learning with Joseph Sarosy, co-author of How to Tell Stories to Children and the creator the Juniper School.
Listening to family stories helps children develop:self-esteemempathya sense of purpose and belongingless depression and anxiety In this 12 minute episode, we share some of the research on the impact of sharing family stories on children, followed by a simple game to help take the pressure off and make sharing stories
A child hears a secret message every time you tell a story - you care. You're willing. You took the time to share yourself, and the intimate corners of your imagination. This is an important message, one we all need to hear from time to time, especially as we grow. We need to hear our fathers getting playful and creati
After three years of focused work on How to Tell Stories to Children, Joseph Sarosy is moving on. Silke and Joe tell a shared story to commemorate this shift, followed by some of the directions they'll both be taking in the next few weeks and months. Rest assured, their common interests are growing closer, not apart. I
Willie Wichtel, the Christmas gnome, is tired and ill. He worries that no one will be able to make all the Christmas magic happen. When Randolph Roots shows up to give Willie some rest and attention, Eddie Elf takes charge. He helps all the helpful little wichtels get organized, for they have much work to do. Wichtels
Randolph and Naughty Foot wake to find a rum-tumbling witch capering through the forest. She loves Halloween and Thanksgiving, and she's a bit of a mischief maker. After turning the forest pond into a giant pumpkin pie, all the animals are invited to the feast.