| Note: | Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/educatingbystory00cath2 |
Play School Series
Edited by Clark W. Hetherington
EDUCATING BY
STORY-TELLING
SHOWING THE
VALUE OF STORY-TELLING AS AN EDUCATIONAL
TOOL FOR THE USE OF ALL WORKERS
WITH CHILDREN
BY
Katherine Dunlap Cather
Author of “Boyhood Stories of Famous Men,”
“Pan and His Pipes and Other Stories,”
“The Singing Clock”

Yonkers-on-Hudson, New York
WORLD BOOK COMPANY
1918
WORLD BOOK COMPANY
THE HOUSE OF APPLIED KNOWLEDGE
Established, 1905, by Caspar W. Hodgson
Yonkers-on-Hudson, New York
2126 Prairie Avenue, Chicago
The Play School Series, of which Educatingby Story-Telling is a member, is basedon the work of the Demonstration PlaySchool of the University of California.Breaking away from the traditional ideaof the subjects of study, this school hassubstituted a curriculum of activities—thenatural activities of child life—out ofwhich subjects of study naturally evolve.Succeeding volumes now in active preparationwill relate to the other activitieswhich form the educational basis for thework of the Play School, including Social,Linguistic, Moral, Big-Muscle, Rhythmicand Musical, Environmental and Nature,and Economic Activities. Each volumewill be written by a recognized authorityin the subject dealt with, as the author ofEducating by Story-Telling is in her specialfield.
PSS: CES-I
Copyright, 1918, by World Book Company
All rights reserved
This book has grown out of years of experiencewith children of all ages and all classes, and withparents, teachers, librarians, and Sunday School, socialcenter, and settlement workers. The material comprisingit was first used in something like its presentform in the University of California Summer Session,1914, and since then has been the basis of coursesgiven in that institution, as well as in private classesand lecture work. The author does not claim that itis the final word upon the subject of story-telling, orthat it will render obsolete any one of the several excellentworks already upon the market. But theresponse of children t