Master Storyteller
Jonathan Kruk
entertains, enchants, educates
Literacy through Listening
Virtual Program for Third Grades
Tales from Around the World
Virtual storytelling shows third graders what is unique about varied countries and cultures. Stories create a picture of landscapes, animals, foods, and what people values. Third graders listen, interact and learn from tales told from around the world.
- Want tales from China, Japan, Brazil, Peru, Poland, Ireland, Germany, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Kenya, Canada, Russia, Egypt, Denmark, Iran?
What country or culture will your students like? Ask, I’ll have a tale!
How it Works -
Live Online performance of four different tales. 45-50 minutes
Activity video - A how to write a tale from a different land -10 minutes
Online Class Workshops - Students getting guided to write a tale from a different land. 40 minutes.
Follow-Up Activity —
Set a story in a new place.
Students will learn to take a tale they know from one country and set it in a different one. Finding new animals, plants, customs, and people they’ll set the story in a new land and learn to retell it.
Sample Stories –
"The Stone Cutter" from Japan.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=234655764292515
A circle story where a hot tired stonecutter wishes to be the mighty sun. a cloud blocks the sun the stonecutter wishes to be the cloud. The wind blows the cloud and the wish is to be the wind. Then change into a mountain and at last back to the one mighty enough to bring down mountains.
Students retell or draw this story set in a different country or culture they have explored.
"Three Children, One Dragon"- China. A tale showing the value of sharing.
Students share stories of when they shared.
Monkey & Shark - India. Shark wants Monkey's heart! Cleverness counts, but getting along does all the more.
Students create ways to outwit shark!
