Bring the fun and energy of storytelling to your classroom or home with this comprehensive guide. Gain insights that will help you become an accomplished storyteller, an essential skill for Montessori practitioners.
Encourage what Maria Montessori referred to as the child's "great power of imagination" and the child as a "force for the discovery of truth." Children will be delighted with your stories and will come to lessons with new-found enthusiasm.
Written by master Montessori storyteller Michael Dorer, this comprehensive book journeys from the basics of storytelling to how to create your own stories.
Includes over 40 complete stories matched to the Montessori curriculum and materials. Numerous illustrations, diagrams, and charts add to the appeal of this invaluable addition to any Montessorian's library. Paperback, 356 pages.
The Deep Well of Time The Transformative Power of Storytelling in the Classroom from Parent Child Press
Storytelling, rightly so, is not about directly telling children what, and what not, to do. Rather, it is part of the human environment and, along with the physical environment, allows the Montessorian to affect the child indirectly. The book is a vital tool in the toolbox of indirect Montessori guidance.
The Deep Well of Time The Transformative Power of Storytelling in the Classroom from Parent Child Press
These well described creative stories can be told in Montessori classrooms as a starting point along the Montessori Spectrum and Cosmic education to create the sense of wonder in the children for the whole Universe. There are stories applicable for all age levels. I would highly recommend the book.
The Deep Well of Time The Transformative Power of Storytelling in the Classroom from Parent Child Press
This book was written from experience and wisdom, with great enthusiasm. I appreciate that this is not simply an opinion piece, but a well-researched description of storytelling's power in the classroom, and that there are both general and specific techniques explained in a usable way. It is wonderful to have a set of the Great Stories that has been respectfully revised to support more recent findings about the Universe, the Solar System, Life, Human life, etc. I also appreciate having a handy volume of *all* our stories, so that I can refresh myself on the details of a given math lesson story or language lesson story without having to pull out the album.
