Today's idea: Stories by the Campfire OR by Candle Light
Campfire tales are as old as the first humans who crouched around ancient fires under the starry sky. There is something mystical and magical about sharing folk tales, legends, myths, and our personal experiences around the firelight. Our imagination comes alive and our senses are heightened!
To begin, decide where you'd like to have your story-time circle. If you plan to have a fire outside, you will need to gather dry firewood and set up chairs, tree cookies, or cushions around a fire ring. If you plan to use candles, you can find a flat place to set them up inside or outside and make your circle around them. Is your fire roaring? Are your candles lit? Let the storytelling begin!
Here are some tips on telling a story:
1. Pick a story that you will enjoy sharing and will have fun telling - the more fun you have telling a story, the more fun your listeners will have listening to it.
2. Use eye contact and hand motions to bring your story to life.
3. Use different inflections with your voice to bring excitement to the story.
4. Make it up as you go and remember the power of a "pause" within your story. Pausing for a moment or two gives your audience a chance to fully process the story thus far AND gives you a chance to gather your thoughts.
5. Use your imagination - anything is possible in a story!
6. Make the story your own
7. And most importantly, have a silly, fun time!
We would love to see a picture of your special story telling area - the fire you build, the candles your burn, and the smiles your stories bring to family member's faces!
Your Learning Outside Instructors
Campfire tales are as old as the first humans who crouched around ancient fires under the starry sky. There is something mystical and magical about sharing folk tales, legends, myths, and our personal experiences around the firelight. Our imagination comes alive and our senses are heightened!
To begin, decide where you'd like to have your story-time circle. If you plan to have a fire outside, you will need to gather dry firewood and set up chairs, tree cookies, or cushions around a fire ring. If you plan to use candles, you can find a flat place to set them up inside or outside and make your circle around them. Is your fire roaring? Are your candles lit? Let the storytelling begin!
Here are some tips on telling a story:
1. Pick a story that you will enjoy sharing and will have fun telling - the more fun you have telling a story, the more fun your listeners will have listening to it.
2. Use eye contact and hand motions to bring your story to life.
3. Use different inflections with your voice to bring excitement to the story.
4. Make it up as you go and remember the power of a "pause" within your story. Pausing for a moment or two gives your audience a chance to fully process the story thus far AND gives you a chance to gather your thoughts.
5. Use your imagination - anything is possible in a story!
6. Make the story your own
7. And most importantly, have a silly, fun time!
We would love to see a picture of your special story telling area - the fire you build, the candles your burn, and the smiles your stories bring to family member's faces!
Your Learning Outside Instructors
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