Happily Ever Teaching

About Happily Ever Teaching

Join a virtual staffroom of keen teachers to explore the best teaching method known to science: storytelling. In 2014, Epic Tales and EU Lifelong Learning proved that children perform an average of 26% better in tests when taught through stories, a fact that's since been backed up by London's Institute of Education and Bath University, so we're here to help your learners achieve greater success in English, Maths, Science, and more. Hosted by Oxford Owl storyteller Chip Colquhoun, author of the EU’s guidance on using stories in the classroom, each 15min-or-so episode takes the weekly story in our sister podcast, Fables & Fairy Tales, and discusses it with experienced teachers around a specific curriculum subject. You'll come away with off-the-shelf lesson ideas that are effective, memorable, and enjoyable – all at the same time. To get the stories as special edition paperbacks containing detailed lesson plans, along with artwork by incredible illustrators such as Winnie the Witch's Korky Paul, join the Epic Learning Book Club by visiting epictales.co.uk/teachhappily (epictales.co.uk/teachhappily) You can also find us on Facebook (Facebook.com/groups/teachhappily) for weekly storytelling tips from Chip, and join our discussions on Twitter (Twitter.com/teachhappily) using @TeachHappily to let us know what topics you'd like us to cover. We look forward to sharing stories with you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Epic Tales

Category

education · education · kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

19 Oct 2021

Latest episode

20 Jan 2023

Latest episodes

225 episodes in the feed.

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   20 Jan 2023

   Teach Physical Ed with a story for National Storytelling Week

   Discover effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as maps, throwing, obstacle courses, sharing expertise, and more, with an incredible quest dreamt up by a child from a UK primary school! Sharing their ideas with you are EY–KS1 teacher Helen, KS2 teacher trainer Nicola, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Find the full story and ideas for other subjects at https://epictales.co.uk/story/billy Plus join the community at https://facebook.com/groups/teachhappily, or find us on Twitter using @teachhappily – let us know what subjects or stories you need us to cover! Cover art: Mario Coelho Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

2. 

   19 Jan 2023

   Teach Design and Technology with a story for National Storytelling Week

   Discover effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as knots, balance, articulation, and more, with an incredible quest dreamt up by a child from a UK primary school! Sharing their ideas with you are EY–KS1 teacher Helen, KS2 teacher trainer Nicola, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Find the full story and ideas for other subjects at https://epictales.co.uk/story/billy Plus join the community at https://facebook.com/groups/teachhappily, or find us on Twitter using @teachhappily – let us know what subjects or stories you need us to cover! Cover art: Mario Coelho Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

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   18 Jan 2023

   Teach Geography and Religious Ed with a story for National Storytelling Week

   Discover effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as maps, natural phenomena, miracles, and more, with an incredible quest dreamt up by a child from a UK primary school! Sharing their ideas with you are EY–KS1 teacher Helen, KS2 teacher trainer Nicola, and Epic Storyteller Chip. Find the full story and ideas for other subjects at https://epictales.co.uk/story/billy Plus join the community at https://facebook.com/groups/teachhappily, or find us on Twitter using @teachhappily – let us know what subjects or stories you need us to cover! Cover art: Mario Coelho Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

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