登陆注册
5184900000137

第137章 SUGGESTIONS(1)

The importance of a definite time and place for the story hour,for a prompt beginning and for an ending before it becomes tedious,cannot be too strongly urged.The storyteller should "size up"the conditions and suit the story hour to them.If she is simple,natural and unaffected,and sufficiently resourceful to vary her program to suit the interests of the children,the story hour will be successful.

Various practical forms of co-operation have been suggested,notably in the visits of library storytellers to playgrounds wherever the public library is actively interested in storytelling,and such visits are desired by the playground.

The story hour season in most libraries ends in April,making it possible in some libraries to release assistants once or twice a week to visit playgrounds.The benefit derived from such visits is mutually endorsed by playground and library assistants.

Conferences of groups of workers interested in storytelling,under the leadership of a professional storyteller,who also understands the practical conditions and limitations under which the playground and library assistants do their work have proved stimulating and suggestive in a number of places.Volunteer workers who have the ability to tell stories and who can so adapt themselves to their surroundings as to make their story hours effective,can do much for storytelling.This is especially true of men who have had actual experience of the life from which their stories are taken and can make these experiences of absorbing interest to their listeners.

In conclusion,the committee recommends that wherever practicable,storytelling in playgrounds be placed under a leadership corresponding to that now given to games and to folk dancing.That a clear distinction be preserved between storytelling and dramatics,as differentiated,though closely related,activities of the playground and the settlement.That the story hour be valued as a rest period;for its natural training in the power of concentration,and in that deeper power of contemplation of ideal forms in literature and in life.That storytelling in settlements be more widely developed as a feature of social work worthy of a careful plan and of sustained effort.

That storytelling in libraries be made more largely contributory to storytelling in other institutions by a thoughtful and discriminating study of story literature,and by effective means of placing such literature in the hands of those who desire to use it.

The committee also suggests that the subject of storytelling is worthy of the consideration of the universities,the colleges,and the high schools,of the country,to the end that students may appreciate and value the opportunities for service in a field of such possibilities as are presented to those who possess,and who have the power to communicate,their own love of literature to the boys and girls of their time.

READING CLUBS FOR OLDER BOYS AND GIRLS

Another method used successfully by a number of libraries to interest older boys and girls as they grow away from the story hour is that of the reading circle or reading club.Miss Caroline Hewins'contribution to the Child Conference at Clark University in 1909was an account of this work in the Hartford Public Library,of "book-talks at entirely informal meetings."A sketch of Miss Hewins appears on page 23.

The boys and girls who are growing up in libraries where story-telling is a part of the weekly routine,at thirteen or fourteen are beginning to feel a little too old to listen to fairy tales or King Arthur legends,and look towards the unexplored delights of the grown-up shelves.Many librarians are taking advantage of this desire for new and interesting books to form boys'and girls'clubs with definite objects.One whom Iknow after a training with large numbers of children in a city branch library,became librarian in a manufacturing town where there were no boys'clubs,and soon formed a Polar Club,for reading about Arctic exploration.She was fortunate in having an audience hall in the library building,and before the end of the winter the boys had engaged Fiala,the Antarctic explorer,to give a lecture,sold tickets and more than cleared expenses.

This,be it remembered,is in a town with no regular theatre or amusement hall,and the librarian is young,enthusiastic,and of attractive personality.The branch libraries in Cleveland have been successful in their clubs,and in back numbers of the Library Journal and Public Libraries,you will find records of organizations of young folk who meet out of library hours,under parliamentary rules,for more or less definite courses of reading.For the reason that the experiments are in print and easily accessible,I shall merely give you a record of my own book-talks at entirely informal meetings.

同类推荐
  • 众经目录序

    众经目录序

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 农说

    农说

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 慧上菩萨问大善权经

    慧上菩萨问大善权经

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 明熹宗七年都察院实录

    明熹宗七年都察院实录

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 颅囟经

    颅囟经

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
热门推荐
  • 能断金刚般若波罗蜜多经论颂

    能断金刚般若波罗蜜多经论颂

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 李子红了

    李子红了

    小说以上班族业余从事农耕生活为背景,通过李园天灾人祸的生动再现,对现代城市人浮躁生活方式,以及时代大潮中新城扩张、城镇化、农民工、网恋等一系列热点问题进行了深刻思考和反思。小说语言清丽、接地气,运用审美式写作手法,舒缓的诗意表达,描绘了多彩的农耕生活细节情趣,具有浓郁的田园乡土气息。
  • 蝴蝶飞舞

    蝴蝶飞舞

    本篇小说由《老鬼的春天》,《晚秋》等构成。小说走进我们的生活,为心中的人物,寻找一片适宜生长的土壤。人物有着强劲的生长力。
  • 民国演义(现代白话版)(全集)

    民国演义(现代白话版)(全集)

    《民国演义》是《历朝通俗演义》的民国部分,由蔡东藩、许廑父编著。该书前一百二十章由蔡东藩原著,后四十章由许廑父续写,共一百六十章。《民国演义》内容翔实,深入浅出地讲述了中华民国的历史,问世后受到人们的广泛推崇!
  • 20几岁女人要懂得的心理学

    20几岁女人要懂得的心理学

    女人的年龄如果数到20,不管你是否承认,你都已经步入了成熟的季节,你所面对的世界不再是童话故事,也不会是偶像剧,而是一个充满利害关系的世俗世界。在这个世界里,你的人生开始了翻天覆地的改变,你或许会遭受职场性别歧视,被人欺骗感情,不能承受压力,婚姻矛盾重重,人际关系一团糟……这种让人痛苦的难以忍受的日子你应该早就过够了吧?你也想成为众人心目中的主角,也想识破周围人的真面目,也想过上快乐幸福的生活,但是却苦于找不到应对的办法。每个人的行为都会受到心理的支配。不同的心理会促使人们采取不同的行动,即使在相同的情况下,心理不同,采取的行为也会有差异。
  • 我所梦想着的

    我所梦想着的

    我梦到了好多奇奇怪怪的梦,分享,以及一些小故事,然后因为不知道的原因章节错乱了。梦,以及一些小故事由于章节错乱,这是正确章节顺序,从左到右看1-6,55,58为本人奇怪的梦39-48,52校园幻想类故事56-57,59-68,7-38一个快穿的69-75总裁渣男小故事76-78男玄的极速烂尾故事53,79-82每章一个校园故事还有一些零散的其他的分享
  • Actions and Reactions

    Actions and Reactions

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 鲍氏陵园

    鲍氏陵园

    鲍家岗村村委主任鲍德坤走出会议室的时候,心情抑郁得说不清是什么滋味。产生这种心情,是因为刚才指挥部头头脑脑穷追不舍施加的压力,还是族兄鲍德广为鲍家岗坟地施展的种种计谋,使迁坟的事儿毫无进展,弄得他猪八戒照镜子,里外不是人。或许,二者兼而有之。东区建设指挥部的会议室在四楼。与其说开会,倒不如说众人一个腔儿逼鲍德坤表态,十日内迁完近千座坟。头儿们对鲍德坤迟迟不能推进迁坟工作几乎到了冷嘲热讽的程度。会议差不多开了两个钟头,说来说去就是鲍德坤思想不解放,不能与组织保持一致性,在迁坟的问题上,观念落后成了群众尾巴。
  • 春痕处处,落红飘飘:徐志摩漫话世情(再读徐志摩)

    春痕处处,落红飘飘:徐志摩漫话世情(再读徐志摩)

    《春痕处处,落红飘飘:徐志摩漫话世情(再读徐志摩)》主要收录了徐志摩生前所创作的小说。徐志摩的诗歌、散文在中国现代文学史上享有盛誉,他创作的小说却长期被人遗忘,事实上。徐志摩生前极重视小说创作,他创作、翻译的小说受到沈从文等名家的赞赏。
  • 绝色妖狐魅红尘

    绝色妖狐魅红尘

    她,银行的小职员因为一次抢劫事件穿越到了一个未知的世界里与他相遇,为了帮助他,她成为了四品中书侍郎之女,进宫为妃。在皇宫之中她与皇帝善妒的后妃们展开了一场恶斗,让皇帝与至亲的兄弟反目成仇,最终她由一个小小的才人一步一艰辛的登上了皇后的宝座,就在她集万千宠爱于一身之时她才发现自己心里爱着的人却是那亲手将她送入宫中的人。