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
You can also find us on Facebook for weekly storytelling tips from Chip, and join our discussions on Twitter using @TeachHappily to let us know what topics you'd like us to cover.
We look forward to sharing stories with you!
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- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 13 minutes
- Episodes
- 225
- Years Active
- 2021 - 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 pr…
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 th…
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!
Shari…
Teach Art and Music with a story for National Storytelling Week
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
Pl…
Teach Science with a story for National Storytelling Week
Discover effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as classification, friction, air resistance, and more, with an incredible quest dreamt up by a child from a UK primary schoo…
Teach Maths with a story for National Storytelling Week
Discover effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as distance, tallying, statistics, and more, with an incredible quest dreamt up by a child from a UK primary school!
Sharing …
Teach English with a story for National Storytelling Week
Discover effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as quests, alliteration, punctuation, and more, with an incredible quest dreamt up by a child from a UK primary school!
Shari…
Teach PSHE with a story for National Storytelling Week
Discover effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as aspirations, uniqueness, mantras, and more, with an incredible quest dreamt up by a child from a UK primary school!
Sharin…
Teach Foreign Languages with a Mexican Christmas tale
Discover effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as ways of saying "Happy Xmas", multicultural Xmas cards, Xmas around the world, and more, with a tale about a young girl ch…
Teach Music with a Mexican Christmas story
Discover effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as soundscapes, lyrics, multilingual carols, and more, with a tale about a young girl challenging the restrictive traditions…
Teach Art, Design & Technology with a Mexican Christmas story
Discover effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as lanterns, decorations, bridges, and more, with a tale about a young girl challenging the restrictive traditions of her Me…
Teach Geography with a Mexican Christmas story
Discover effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as Mexico, human & physical features, comparing locations, and more, with a tale about a young girl challenging the restrict…
Teach Science with a Mexican Christmas story
Discover effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as growing food, forces, how sound travels, and more, with a tale about a young girl challenging the restrictive traditions …
Teach Maths with a Mexican Christmas story
Discover effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as co-ordinates, 3D shapes, weight, and more, with a tale about a young girl challenging the restrictive traditions of her M…
Teach English with a Mexican Christmas story
Discover effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as persuasive writing, editing, poetic techniques, and more, with a tale about a young girl challenging the restrictive trad…
Teach PSHE & Religious Ed with a Mexican Christmas story
Discover effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as arguments, rules, Christian values, and more, with a tale about a young girl challenging the restrictive traditions of he…
Teach History & Phys.Ed with a story for Grief Awareness Week
Discover effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as timelines, the history of time, animal movement, and more, with a heartwarming and sensitive Hindu myth on the nature of …
Teach Art with a story for Grief Awareness Week
Discover effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as body art, Hindu art, artists portraying grief, and more, with a heartwarming and sensitive Hindu myth on the nature of gr…
Teach Languages, Design & Technology with a story for National Grief Awareness Week
Discover effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as cultural pride, sweet foods, baking, and more, with a heartwarming and sensitive Hindu myth on the nature of grief...
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Teach Religious Ed with a story for National Grief Awareness Week
Discover effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as creation myths, flood myths, diversity, and more, with a heartwarming and sensitive Hindu myth on the nature of grief...
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