FAIRY TALES

Story-telling as an Art. Introductory 90

1. Story-telling as an ancient art 90

2. The place of the story in the home, library, and
the school 93

3. Principles of story-telling 94

I. The teacher's preparation. Rules 94

1. Select the tale for some purpose 94

a. The teacher's problem of selecting the tale
psychologically or logically 95

2. Know the tale historically as folk-lore, as
literature, and as a short-story 96

a. The various motives contained in the fairy
tales listed 97

3. Master the structure of the tale 99

4. Dwell upon the life of the story 99

5. Secure the message 100

6. Master the form 100

II. The presentation of the tale 102

1. Training of the voice 103

a. Study of phonetics 103

2. Exercises in breathing 104

3. A knowledge of gesture 105

a. Gesture precedes speech 106

b. Gesture begins in the face 106

c. Hands and arms lie close to the body in
controlled emotion 106

4. A power of personality 106

5. Suggestions for telling 107

a. The establishment of the personal relation
between the teacher and the listener 108

b. The placing of the story in a concrete
situation for the child 110

c. The consideration of the child's aim in
listening, by the teacher in her preparation 112

6. The telling of the tale 112

a. The re-creative method of story-telling.
Illustrated by a criticism of the telling of