Author: Dianne de Las Casas
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1598845071
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
Targeted for elementary teachers, drama teachers, and teaching artists, Tangram Tales contains adapted tales from around the world appropriate for grades 2 through 6. Teachers can tell the stories in the classroom as part of a math unit, or have the students use the scripts provided here to perform the stories using tangrams. In the author's tangram story theater process, students are given roles as storytellers, tangram artists, and chorus members to create grade-level story presentations. Other tangram methods, such as individual student tangram tales and student-created tangram tales, are shared as well. The ways in which tangram tales connect language arts and math is demonstrated. The book includes simple black-and-white spot illustrations for each story, showing the tangram figures that depict the story. A reproducible tangram pattern is provided. Grades 2-6
Tangram Tales
Author: Dianne de Las Casas
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1598845071
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
Targeted for elementary teachers, drama teachers, and teaching artists, Tangram Tales contains adapted tales from around the world appropriate for grades 2 through 6. Teachers can tell the stories in the classroom as part of a math unit, or have the students use the scripts provided here to perform the stories using tangrams. In the author's tangram story theater process, students are given roles as storytellers, tangram artists, and chorus members to create grade-level story presentations. Other tangram methods, such as individual student tangram tales and student-created tangram tales, are shared as well. The ways in which tangram tales connect language arts and math is demonstrated. The book includes simple black-and-white spot illustrations for each story, showing the tangram figures that depict the story. A reproducible tangram pattern is provided. Grades 2-6
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1598845071
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
Targeted for elementary teachers, drama teachers, and teaching artists, Tangram Tales contains adapted tales from around the world appropriate for grades 2 through 6. Teachers can tell the stories in the classroom as part of a math unit, or have the students use the scripts provided here to perform the stories using tangrams. In the author's tangram story theater process, students are given roles as storytellers, tangram artists, and chorus members to create grade-level story presentations. Other tangram methods, such as individual student tangram tales and student-created tangram tales, are shared as well. The ways in which tangram tales connect language arts and math is demonstrated. The book includes simple black-and-white spot illustrations for each story, showing the tangram figures that depict the story. A reproducible tangram pattern is provided. Grades 2-6
Grandfather Tang's Story
Author: Ann Tompert
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 051757487X
Category : Fairies
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Grandfather tells a story about shape-changing fox fairies who try to best each other until a hunter brings danger to both of them.
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 051757487X
Category : Fairies
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Grandfather tells a story about shape-changing fox fairies who try to best each other until a hunter brings danger to both of them.
Story Puzzles
Author: Valerie Marsh
Publisher: Upstart Books
ISBN: 9780917846595
Category : Puzzles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Far Eastern storytellers used the tangram as the basis for many of their tales. The author draws upon that tradition to weave a fresh selection of 20 "puzzle-stories" that can be told using paper, flannelboard, overhead transparencies or other common materials. An ideal resource for those who like interactive storytelling.
Publisher: Upstart Books
ISBN: 9780917846595
Category : Puzzles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Far Eastern storytellers used the tangram as the basis for many of their tales. The author draws upon that tradition to weave a fresh selection of 20 "puzzle-stories" that can be told using paper, flannelboard, overhead transparencies or other common materials. An ideal resource for those who like interactive storytelling.
Handmade Tales 2
Author: Dianne de Las Casas
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1598849743
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
Children love seeing ordinary objects such as paper and string transformed into extraordinary things. This book provides a collection of fun make-and-take tales that enable educators and librarians to take storytelling to a higher level. Can something as simple as a handkerchief, rubber band, paper plate, or piece of rope be used to captivate children during a storytelling? An expansion of the original, best-selling Handmade Tales book, author and storyteller Dianne de Las Casas provides 25 more clever handmade tales appropriate for pre-kindergarten to third grade. By following her clear instructions on incorporating inexpensive props comprised of everyday items into these fun make-and-take stories, educators and librarians can exponentially expand the appeal of their storytime efforts. Including different types of make-and-take stories like string stories, draw and tell, paper tales, and stories that use other simple props, the handmade tales in this book are ideal for preschool and elementary school teachers and librarians of all experience levels. Storytellers, scout leaders, camp counselors, and others who work with groups of young children will also find these make-and-take stories and instructions invaluable.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1598849743
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
Children love seeing ordinary objects such as paper and string transformed into extraordinary things. This book provides a collection of fun make-and-take tales that enable educators and librarians to take storytelling to a higher level. Can something as simple as a handkerchief, rubber band, paper plate, or piece of rope be used to captivate children during a storytelling? An expansion of the original, best-selling Handmade Tales book, author and storyteller Dianne de Las Casas provides 25 more clever handmade tales appropriate for pre-kindergarten to third grade. By following her clear instructions on incorporating inexpensive props comprised of everyday items into these fun make-and-take stories, educators and librarians can exponentially expand the appeal of their storytime efforts. Including different types of make-and-take stories like string stories, draw and tell, paper tales, and stories that use other simple props, the handmade tales in this book are ideal for preschool and elementary school teachers and librarians of all experience levels. Storytellers, scout leaders, camp counselors, and others who work with groups of young children will also find these make-and-take stories and instructions invaluable.
Tangram Cat
Author: Maranke Rinck
Publisher: Lemniscaat
ISBN: 9781788070096
Category : Cats
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A boy plays with tangram. He uses the pieces to lay a cat - a wonderful cat of course; you can leave that up to Martijn van der Linden. But the cat feels lonely... Suddenly I understood the cat. 'You want someone to play with!' I said. The cat still didn 't say anything. But I knew I was right. Now tangram isn't easy. The boy thinks he's laying down a new cat, but it turns out to be a dog, which chases after the cat. A new try turns out to be a crocodile - not what you would call a nice friend! The cat has to put up with a lot before the boy gets a really good idea. He lays down himself! Now they can play together. Artist couple Martijn and Maranke constantly reinvent themselves. In Tangram Cat , they surpass themselves yet again. All pictures in the book can be made with the tangram game that is included at the back.
Publisher: Lemniscaat
ISBN: 9781788070096
Category : Cats
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A boy plays with tangram. He uses the pieces to lay a cat - a wonderful cat of course; you can leave that up to Martijn van der Linden. But the cat feels lonely... Suddenly I understood the cat. 'You want someone to play with!' I said. The cat still didn 't say anything. But I knew I was right. Now tangram isn't easy. The boy thinks he's laying down a new cat, but it turns out to be a dog, which chases after the cat. A new try turns out to be a crocodile - not what you would call a nice friend! The cat has to put up with a lot before the boy gets a really good idea. He lays down himself! Now they can play together. Artist couple Martijn and Maranke constantly reinvent themselves. In Tangram Cat , they surpass themselves yet again. All pictures in the book can be made with the tangram game that is included at the back.
The Story Biz Handbook
Author: Dianne de Las Casas
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313363803
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Beginning with wonderful tips and advice about the art and presentation of storytelling, this is a complete resource about how to build a storytelling career. Storytellers come to their careers centered on the stories they love and soon realize that in order to make a living at what they love, they must build a business. This in-depth book tells them just how and what to do in every detail, from choosing a sound system to building a website to using podcasts and setting up an office. Resource lists and tried and true ideas abound as the author shares her marketing and business success story throughout. Each chapter is a story in itself, beginning and ending with different traditional folktale openings and closings. There is even a chapter on how to plan for retirement.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313363803
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Beginning with wonderful tips and advice about the art and presentation of storytelling, this is a complete resource about how to build a storytelling career. Storytellers come to their careers centered on the stories they love and soon realize that in order to make a living at what they love, they must build a business. This in-depth book tells them just how and what to do in every detail, from choosing a sound system to building a website to using podcasts and setting up an office. Resource lists and tried and true ideas abound as the author shares her marketing and business success story throughout. Each chapter is a story in itself, beginning and ending with different traditional folktale openings and closings. There is even a chapter on how to plan for retirement.
Stories on Board!
Author: Dianne de Las Casas
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1591588642
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
This unique learning tool lets students read and listen to a popular folktale, analyze the structure through story mapping, and create a board game based on their analysis. Ever-popular, board games can be an ideal teaching tool. In Stories on Board!: Creating Board Games from Favorite Tales, award-winning storyteller Dianne de Las Casas shows how it's done, allowing students to create their own board games with a unique method that integrates learning and fun. With Stories on Board!, students read and listen to popular folktales, analyze the structure of the story through story mapping, and then create a board game based on their analysis, engaging their aural, visual, and tactile skills. The lesson culminates in a Game Day in which the students play each other's games. The technique is a great way to introduce a unit on folktales, covering language arts and social studies.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1591588642
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
This unique learning tool lets students read and listen to a popular folktale, analyze the structure through story mapping, and create a board game based on their analysis. Ever-popular, board games can be an ideal teaching tool. In Stories on Board!: Creating Board Games from Favorite Tales, award-winning storyteller Dianne de Las Casas shows how it's done, allowing students to create their own board games with a unique method that integrates learning and fun. With Stories on Board!, students read and listen to popular folktales, analyze the structure of the story through story mapping, and then create a board game based on their analysis, engaging their aural, visual, and tactile skills. The lesson culminates in a Game Day in which the students play each other's games. The technique is a great way to introduce a unit on folktales, covering language arts and social studies.
Tangrams
Author: James Lyon
Publisher: Parkstone International
ISBN: 1639197966
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Use the tans to make pictures and you will improve your lateral thinking and creativity. Now you can stretch the visual side of your brain – whatever your age! * Over 200 puzzles for children and adults. * Have fun developing your visual–spatial skills. * Play at home or on the move.
Publisher: Parkstone International
ISBN: 1639197966
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Use the tans to make pictures and you will improve your lateral thinking and creativity. Now you can stretch the visual side of your brain – whatever your age! * Over 200 puzzles for children and adults. * Have fun developing your visual–spatial skills. * Play at home or on the move.
It was Halloween Night
Author: Grace Maccarone
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439304719
Category : Halloween
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Angry about being giving a tangram puzzle instead of candy, trick-or-treater Greedy Pete smashes it and finds it pursuing him as it rearranges itself into various animals. Includes related math activities.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780439304719
Category : Halloween
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Angry about being giving a tangram puzzle instead of candy, trick-or-treater Greedy Pete smashes it and finds it pursuing him as it rearranges itself into various animals. Includes related math activities.
Tangrams Book
Author: James Lyon
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1626860823
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Stretch your brain with shape puzzles! Use the tans to make pictures and you will improve your lateral thinking and creativity. Based on the best-selling Book-in-a-Box kits, the Tangrams Book will help you stretch the visual side of your brain—whatever your age! First solve the puzzle by creating the shape shown, and then change it into the new shape with only the number of moves indicated.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1626860823
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Stretch your brain with shape puzzles! Use the tans to make pictures and you will improve your lateral thinking and creativity. Based on the best-selling Book-in-a-Box kits, the Tangrams Book will help you stretch the visual side of your brain—whatever your age! First solve the puzzle by creating the shape shown, and then change it into the new shape with only the number of moves indicated.