Stories On Board!: Creating Board Games From Favorite Tales [Paperback]

This unique learning tool lets students read and listen to a popular folktale, analyze the structure through story mapping, and create a board game based on their analysis.

Ever-popular, board games can be an ideal teaching tool. InStories on Board!: Creating Board Games from Favorite Tales, award-winning storyteller Dianne de Las Casas shows how it's done, allowing students to create their own board games with a unique method that integrates learning and fun.

WithStories on Board!, students read and listen to popular folktales, analyze the structure of the story through story mapping, and then create a board game based on their analysis, engaging their aural, visual, and tactile skills. The lesson culminates in a Game Day in which the students play each other's games. The technique is a great way to introduce a unit on folktales, covering language arts and social studies.

Dianne de Las Casaswas an author and award-winning storyteller who toured internationally, presenting programs, educator/librarian training, workshops, and artist residencies. She is the author of many books, including the Libraries Unlimited titlesScared Silly: 25 Tales to Tickle and Thrill;Tangram Tales: Story Theater Using the Ancient Chinese Puzzle;Handmade Tales: Stories to Make and Take; andThe Story Biz Handbook: How To Manage Your Storytelling Career from the Desk to the Stage.&what makes this book unique is that it spells out the elements of a good story and relates them to the parts of an interesting game&Recommended for school libraries. Catholic Library World

Introduction
TheStories on Board!Process
A Brief History of Board Games
Introduction toStories on Board!
Meeting Benchmarks Using theStories on Board!Method
Warm-up
Game Playing with Grades K-2
Mapping Out the Story
Vocabulary
Individual and Group Work
Individual Work
Group Work