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 Music & Phys.Ed with a jungle story
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as relay races, movement in music, and percussion, with a tale of a greedy leopard who considers himself the king of…
Teach Art with a jungle story
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as natural materials, composites, and printing, with a tale of a greedy leopard who considers himself the king of th…
Teach Design & Technology with a jungle story
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as meal planning, evaluating, and puppets, with a tale of a greedy leopard who considers himself the king of the jun…
Teach Humanities with a jungle story
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as parallel events, comparing locations, and sacrifice, with a tale of a greedy leopard who considers himself the ki…
Teach Science with a jungle story
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as jungle habitats, food chains, and reflection, with a tale of a greedy leopard who considers himself the king of t…
Teach Maths with a jungle story
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as ratios, multiplying by ten, and measurement, with a tale of a greedy leopard who considers himself the king of th…
Teach English with a jungle story
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as scriptwriting, animal poetry, and handwriting, with a tale of a greedy leopard who considers himself the king of …
Teach PSHE with a jungle story
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as size doesn't matter, sharing, and how to deal with bullies, with a tale of a greedy leopard who considers himself…
Teach Phys.Ed with a pirate and a mermaid
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as team games, obstacle courses, and attacking and evading, with the help of real-life pirate Grace O'Malley. Oh, an…
Teach Geography with a pirate and a mermaid
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as planning journeys, locating parts of the world, and compass points, with the help of real-life pirate Grace O'Mal…
Teach Art, Design & Technology with a pirate and a mermaid
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as collages, self-portraits, and sustainable materials, with the help of real-life pirate Grace O'Malley. Oh, and a …
Teach History & Religious Ed with a pirate and a mermaid
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as famous real-life pirates, autocracies, and free will, with the help of real-life pirate Grace O'Malley. Oh, and a…
Teach Science with a pirate and a mermaid
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as floating, balanced diets, and food chains, with the help of real-life pirate Grace O'Malley. Oh, and a mermaid qu…
Teach Maths with a pirate and a mermaid
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as doubling, reading large numbers, and fractions, with the help of real-life pirate Grace O'Malley. Oh, and a merma…
Teach English with a pirate and a mermaid
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as bossy language, conjunctions, and speech writing, with the help of real-life pirate Grace O'Malley. Oh, and a mer…
Teach PSHE with a pirate and a mermaid
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as good leadership, hygiene, and medicines v drugs, with the help of real-life pirate Grace O'Malley. Oh, and a merm…
Teach Art with a devious dragon!
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as shiny materials, constructing drawings, and primary and secondary colours, with the tale of a nutty knight who fa…
Teach Phys.Ed & Computing with a devious dragon!
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as algorithms, obstacle courses, and attacking and defending, with the tale of a nutty knight who faces off against …
Teach History & Geography with a devious dragon!
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as coats of arms, castles, and your local area, with the tale of a nutty knight who faces off against a devious drag…
Teach Design, Technology & Music with a devious dragon!
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 in topics such as board games, hobby horses, and sound effects, with the tale of a nutty knight who faces off against a devious dra…