Once Upon a Time

Judy Freeman author of the Books Kids Will Sit Still For series gives practical how-to tips on how to tell a story and write and stage a Reader''s Theater script that gets children involved with creative drama. Reader''s theater teaches children how to become better listeners enriches their thinking skills and encourages their response to literature. Included are ideas on using folk and fairy tales songs chants and nonsense rhymes and a reader''s theater script. Also included in this handbook are 400 plus annotated children''s books every storyteller should know 100 great titles for creative drama and reader''s theatre and professional books and Web sites for storytelling creative drama and reader''s theater. Grades PreK-6.||Judy Freeman author of the Books Kids Will Sit Still For series gives personal and practical how-to tips on how to learn and tell a story how to act out a story using creative drama and how to write and stage a Reader''s Theater script. All are guaranteed to get your children listening thinking reading loving and living stories with comprehension fluency expression and joy.|Once Upon a Time pulls together a wealth of ideas activities and strategies for using folk and fairy tales songs chants and nonsense rhymes. Also included in this handbook are the texts of 10 of Judy''s favorite stories you can read today and tell tomorrow; a songbook of songs chants and nonsense rhymes; and a Reader''s Theater script. You''ll also find annotated bibliographies: 400+ children''s books every storyteller should know; 100+ great children''s books to use for creative drama and Reader''s Theater; professional books and Web sites for storytelling creative drama and Reader''s Theater; and a title and author index.