A Bible storyteller’s prayer .................................................................... 8
Foreword ............................................................................................... 9
Introduction ........................................................................................ 10
How to use this book .......................................................................... 13
SECTION 1: WAY IN: INTRODUCING THE STORY
Getting into the theme: Cross the circle ............................................ 19
Getting into the content: Fruit salad .................................................. 20
Getting into the context: Group machines ........................................ 22
Getting into the scene: Group statues ............................................... 24
Getting into character: Clues to the people involved ....................... 25
Getting into the feelings: An in-and-out game .................................. 26
Getting into sounds: What would you have heard? .......................... 27
Getting into ideas: Out-of-the-box mimes ......................................... 29
Getting into props: Using objects ....................................................... 30
Getting into mystery: A box Bible ....................................................... 31
Getting into acting: Sculpting ............................................................ 33
Getting into the facts: A puzzle square .............................................. 35
Getting talking: Building bridges into the story ................................ 36
Getting crafty: Making objects for the story ...................................... 38
Getting moving: Moving with the story .............................................. 39
Getting thinking: Unravelling riddles ................................................. 40
Getting going: Using games ................................................................ 42
SECTION 2: WAY THROUGH: TELLING THE STORY
Response stories with sounds ............................................................ 49
Response stories with actions ............................................................ 52
Response stories moving on key words ............................................. 55
Walk the story ...................................................................................... 57
Feel the story ....................................................................................... 61
Using story circles ............................................................................... 64
Using rhyme and rhythm .................................................................... 66
Working from freeze-frames ............................................................... 68
Using colours and beads .................................................................... 70
Drawing the story ................................................................................ 72
Sculpting the story .............................................................................. 73
Sounding the story .............................................................................. 75
Bringing a picture to life ..................................................................... 79
Reflective storytelling ......................................................................... 81
Acting out the story together ............................................................. 88
Storytelling with simple visuals ......................................................... 91
Creating your own version of the story .............................................. 93
Reading stories aloud ......................................................................... 99
SECTION 3: WAY OUT: EXPLORING
AND REFLECTING ON THE STORY
Talking about the story ..................................................................... 105
Puzzling out the story ....................................................................... 107
Stepping into the story ..................................................................... 108
Experiencing a dilemma from the story .......................................... 110
What happened next? ....................................................................... 111
Imagining the story from another point of view ............................. 113
Putting the story in your own words ................................................ 114
Crafting the story .............................................................................. 115
Personalising the story ..................................................................... 117
Comparing interpretations of the story ........................................... 119
Asking questions about the story .................................................... 120
Updating the story ............................................................................ 121
Debating the story ............................................................................ 122
Analysing the story ........................................................................... 124
Interpreting the story ........................................................................ 126
Praying the story ............................................................................... 135
Using silence...................................................................................... 138
APPENDICES
Making connections .......................................................................... 140
A year of Bible stories........................................................................ 155
Bible index ......................................................................................... 165
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