TEACHING THROUGH STORIES
The importance of story-telling in general education and for training in speaking was emphasised by Mrs. A. M. Henderson, of Glasgow, in a library lecture at Manchester. Chaliapine had recently written a book in which he declared that the arts had got into the hands of what he called theorists and illusionists. She had a feeling that if he had been an Englishman he might have added the word "cranks." Storytelling must always- be simple and direct. There was no room at all for any artificialities, particularly when they were telling stories to children, who in some points were much less gullible than grown-ups. They seemed to know by instinct when their teacher "had the goods." To attempt something simple and to do it supremely well was to accomplish much. This should be th 2 principal object in all teaching, for in this way real progress was made step by step. To leach children to speak well the simple story provided the best material.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 142, 12 December 1935, Page 33
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167TEACHING THROUGH STORIES Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 142, 12 December 1935, Page 33
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