More classroom teachers are discovering what arts specialists have always known: that storytelling can be the springboard for curriculum integration. Activities from storytelling can span and thereby aid in integrating the entire curriculum. Storytelling nurtures both the imaginative and analytical sides of a student's brain.

According to the National Council of Teachers of English, "these naturally-learned oral skills can be used and built on in our classrooms in many ways." The following activities are based on the familiar Grimm folktale, "The Musicians of Bremen," as one example of how much can be learned with the aid of just one story. The ideas can be adapted to many other tales and to grade levels from K-12.


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