http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/folk-tale-medicine/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:01:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/folk-tale-medicine/#comment-83 Charlotte Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:33:06 +0000 http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/?p=271#comment-83 Thanks for this fascinting account, DorothyGayle. There's a reason that these stories are timeless; they speak to such deep human concerns. It's great that you've found such a creative--and healing--way to share them with children. Thanks for this fascinting account, DorothyGayle. There’s a reason that these stories are timeless; they speak to such deep human concerns. It’s great that you’ve found such a creative–and healing–way to share them with children.

]]> http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/folk-tale-medicine/#comment-82 DorothyGayle Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:07:47 +0000 http://www.papertigers.org/wordpress/?p=271#comment-82 As a social worker at a family resource center in Mendocino County, California, I have been using folk takes as a means for helping "at risk" children develop resiliency as they navigate some tough life circumstances. We have used some of the stories that Charlotte has listed in a class that we call "Story Play". We have created an aesthetically inviting, emotionally safe setting where children in groups of about 8, come together to hear stories, dress in costumes and act out the stories. Our acting is more a sense of play rather than performance. The children have also written their own stories. One child, recently returned to his family from foster care, directed his story about a baby bird who is returned to the nest. We also use visual art and crafts as a means of internalizing the stories. As a social worker at a family resource center in Mendocino County, California, I have been using folk takes as a means for helping “at risk” children develop resiliency as they navigate some tough life circumstances. We have used some of the stories that Charlotte has listed in a class that we call “Story Play”. We have created an aesthetically inviting, emotionally safe setting where children in groups of about 8, come together to hear stories, dress in costumes and act out the stories. Our acting is more a sense of play rather than performance. The children have also written their own stories. One child, recently returned to his family from foster care, directed his story about a baby bird who is returned to the nest. We also use visual art and crafts as a means of internalizing the stories.

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