Storytelling, Crafts and Kids!

Connecting stories and crafts and, of course, kids!

Saturday, October 24, 2009

The Shoemaker and the Elves

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Once upon a time there was an honest shoemaker, who was very poor. He worked as hard as he could, and still he could not earn enough to keep...
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Monday, September 28, 2009

The Mitten.....a Ukrainian Folktale

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There was once an old man who lost his mitten. A mouse came running up, and she climbed into the mitten and sat there. By and by a Frog came...
Tuesday, September 15, 2009

I Had An Old Coat....a recyling song and more fabulous recycling projects!

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Yes! It's another recycling blog! Instead of a story for this blog, I have a song. This song, I HAD AN OLD COAT , is based on a a Yiddis...
Tuesday, September 1, 2009

The Elephant and the Dog ....a Jataka tale of Friendship

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ONCE upon a time a Dog used to go into the stable where the king's Elephant lived. At first the Dog went there to get the food that was ...
Saturday, August 15, 2009

I LOVE this Song!!.....The Sun is a Mass Of Incandescent Gas...

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This extremely educational and catchy tune was written by Lou Singer and Hy Zaret in 1959. Hy Zaret(who cowrote Unchained Melody)became inte...
Friday, August 7, 2009

The Princess and the Pea.......with lots of craft ideas

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THERE was once a Prince who wished to marry a Princess; but then she must be a real Princess. He travelled all over the world in hopes of fi...
Friday, July 31, 2009

Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky....an African folktale

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"Why the Sun and the Moon live in the Sky" is an African folktale from Nigeria. ******************************************** Long,...
Saturday, July 11, 2009

The Legend of the Dandelion

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Long, long ago, the flowers had a huge argument about which of them was the most beautiful, the most special, the most loved by the humans a...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

New Pots from Old...a recycling tale from Papa Joe

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This is a marvelous recycling story and can be found in a wonderful book called Spinning Tales Weaving Hope BTW, Papa Joe has generously g...
Monday, June 15, 2009

Children's Picturebooks on Recycling

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I suppose it was inevitable. After I started my "recycle" blogs, I seemed be pushed by an unseen force (curiosity or maybe just no...
Tuesday, May 12, 2009

I Had A Little Overcoat...a Yiddish folksong and some recycled papermaking

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This Yiddish folksong is the original source for the Thrifty Tailor story in the previous blog. I HAD A LITTLE OVERCOAT (traditional Yiddis...
Wednesday, April 8, 2009

The Thrifty Tailor...a recycling tale & a few fabulous recycling crafts

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You're saying to yourself..."I thought this was a storytelling blog. She said she was a storyteller..storysinger...whatever! So wha...
Friday, December 5, 2008

The Legend of the Silver Pinecone

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There once lived a poor family without enough food to eat or enough wood for their fire. The mother decided to go into the forest to search ...
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