Owl Stories :: Big Lessons for Little Ears

Thank you for listening to OWL STORIES . If you enjoyed today's episode, please follow the podcast and come back soon for more long-lost tales. Lately, I've been fascinated by L. Frank Baum , the author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and many other delightful stories. In one of his books, he imagines the stories behind the nursery rhymes so many of us grew up with. Today's tale, Little...

Thank you for listening to OWL STORIES. If you enjoyed the podcast today, please hit the follow button and visit again to hear more long lost tales.  Lately I have been really  interested in L Frank Baum, the writer of the Wizard of Oz and his other writings. In a book he wrote, he tells the stories behind the nursery rhymes we all learned when we were little people. The story behind the nursery r...

Thank you for listening to OWL STORIES. If you enjoyed the podcast today, please hit the follow button, tell a friend, and visit again to hear more long lost tales.  The story behind the nursery rhyme, Ba-ba Black Sheep, comes to us from our old friend L. Frank Baum but dates even further back to around 1744. WOW - talk about a following I have taken liberties with the story, here and there, to su...

Thank you for listening to OWL STORIES. If you enjoyed the podcast today, please hit the follow button and visit again to hear more long lost tales.  This story comes from an American Indian trickster tale. FAMILIES & TEACHERS: I have a 5-day lesson plan, with colorful mini posters, retell and sequencing activities, a Reader's Theatre and much more wrapped up in a nice little bundle available...

Thank you for listening to OWL STORIES. If you enjoyed the podcast today, please hit the follow button and visit again to hear more long lost tales.  This fable  The Dog And The Glassy River comes from the Aesop Collection :: The Dog and His Reflection. It teaches children that it is foolish to be greedy. FAMILIES & TEACHERS: I have a free  activity, Reader’s Theatre, and mini poster retell in...

Thank you for listening to OWL STORIES. If you enjoyed the podcast today, please hit the follow button and visit again to hear more long lost tales.  This folktale The Mango That Was Afraid To Fall comes from the country of India. To reshape the story for my own, when I retell a story, I take liberties here and there to suit my voice and a child's ear. It makes it easier for children to follow alo...

Thank you for listening to OWL STORIES. If you enjoyed the podcast today, please hit the follow button and visit again to hear more long lost tales.  The Cat and The Fiddle dates back to the 16th century and though its origin is medieval, we know it because of L. Frank Baum's Mother Goose in Prose . Baum was such a fantastic writer :: he wrote the 14 books of OZ - and we all know about those ruby...

Thank you for joining OWL STORIES today. If you like what you hear, please hit the follow button and visit again to hear more long lost tales :: now there are 18 selections - WOW! When I retell a story, I always pick from stories in the public domain and usually they were written 200 years ago; so, I take liberties to change a few words here and there to suit my voice and a child’s ear. I hope you...

Thank you for joining OWL STORIES. If you like what you hear, please hit the follow button and visit again to hear more long lost tales.  This Story:  Sing a Song o' Sixpence is actually a retell of a retell by our friend L. Frank Baum, and he got it from John Newberry. The Newberry Award sticker you see on books was named after the same John Newberry! So, the next time you are in the library, and...

Owl Stories is a part of Tiny Farm Big Heart on fb, YouTube, and Instagram. Thank you for joining our story time. If you like what you hear, please visit again and consider hitting the follow or subscribe button.  Did you know the title of this poem was A Visit From St Nicholas, or even that it is 202 years old? Amazing how great literature lives through the test of time.  Teachers and Families: I...

Thank you for joining our story this week. If you like what you hear, please visit again and consider hitting the follow or subscribe button. OWLS Stories is a part of Tiny Farm Big Heart on fb, instagram and YouTube. The Story:  " A Kidnapped Santa Claus " is a Christmas-themed short story by American writer L. Frank Baum and I believe it is one of his best. The story was first published in the D...

OWL Stories is part of Tiny Farm Big Heart on fb, Instagram , and YouTube . Thank you for joining our story this week. If you like what you hear, please visit again and consider hitting the follow or subscribe.  This week, I retold a story passed from teacher to teacher for decades about a wrinkled heart, bullies, and strategies to smooth a wrinkled heart - I hope you liked my version of the tale....

Thank you for joining our story this week. If you like the podcast, please visit again and consider hitting the follow or subscribe button if you like what you hear.  I took some liberties here and there to adjust this story to suit my voice and a child's ear. I took time to make the story relevant for today, retain the original message, and bring up the beat a little. This story is based on The L...

Thank you for joining this week’s story. If you like the podcast, please visit again and consider hitting the follow or subscribe button if you like what you hear.  I took some liberties here and there to adjust this story to suit my voice and a child's ear. I took time to make the story relevant for today, retain the original message, and bring up the beat a little. This story is based on The Coy...

Thank you for joining this week’s story. If you like the podcast, please visit again and consider hitting the follow or subscribe button if you like what you hear.  I took some liberties here and there to make this story suit my voice and a child's ear. I took time to make the story relevant for today, retain the original message, and bring up the beat a little. This story is based on The Farmer a...

Thank you for listening to this week’s story. If you like the podcast, please visit again for the next story.  I took some liberties here and there to make this story suit my voice and a child's ear. This week’s story is based on The Emperor's New Clothes originally written by Hans Christian Andersen in 1837. Please consider clicking the button and following this journey of storytelling. Teachers...

Thank you for joining me for this week’s story. If you like the podcast, please consider following and visit again for the next story.  When I retell a story, I take a liberty here and there to make the story suit my voice and a child's ear. This week’s story is The Three Little Pigs .  I have given it a twist and gave the Wolf a chance at redemption - he was so angry and that spilled out into how...

Listeners: When I retell a story, fable, folklore or tale, I take the liberty, here and there, to make the story suit my voice and a child's ear. I hope you like this week's retelling and consider following this journey of story telling - enjoy today and please consider visiting again next week. Today's Story: Long before electric light and roaring engines, before roads carved the land and stories...

Thank you for joining me for this week’s story. If you like the podcast, please consider subscribing and visit again next week. When I retell stories from Indigenous Peoples of America, I take liberty here and there to make the story suit my voice and a child's ear. This week’s story is Little Sister and The Great Turkey . It most likely comes from the Southwest regions of America. In my research,...

Thank you for joining me for this week’s story. When I retell Aesop’s Fables, I take a liberty here and there to make the story suit my voice and a child's ear. This week’s story is The Fox and The Stork . I have placed the critters in a school setting to make it more ‘in the now’ for elementary school students. I hope you like this week's retelling and consider following this journey of storytell...

Millions of Cats belongs to the public domain and was originally written by Wanda Gag in 1928. The book won the Newberry Honor Award in 1929. Her large artistic family, two parents and seven siblings, fled from Germany to Michigan to begin a new life in a free country. Her family, back then, were called gypsies. Being called a gyspy wasn't very nice. A gyspy was a minority group of people living o...

Hello and welcome to another week on Owl Stories. This week's story is Raven & Swan, an Aesop tale. Aesop has written so many fables that I have lost count. This story always stood out to me and I would retell in the classroom when I saw a child imitate the behaviors of other children thought to "be cool." Today's retelling is my own version of The Raven and The Swan to match my voice and meet...

As an elementary school teacher, I must tell this story 6 times a year. All Littles rush, they run to the bathroom, run down the hallway, scarf down their lunches, get the zoomies on the playground - they are little people full of energy. In 2nd grade, there is a turn in the academic tide, math requires 2-steps, comprehension requires a deeper level of thought to answer the why questions. Telling...

Kindness should be tossed like confetti and this Aesop story reaches the Littles just that - give kindness and give it freely. In my classroom, I always aimed to teach this lesson. If you are kind, what is the worst thing someone can say about you? "Wow, that kid is so kind!" Let them saw that. It is easier to be kind than mean - choose kindness. ------------------ Royalty free music from artist.i...

The story of Little Scarface has been told for generations by different Native American tribes using multiple variations. I created this child-friendly variant using a myriad of resources. It is my hope that I have honored its retelling. _______________________________________________________________ Royalty free music from artist.io: Amos Ever Hadani: Sophy with the sad eyes. Copyright: Stories a...