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!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 13 minutes
- Episodes
- 225
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2023
Teach Music, Design & Technology with a Story for Foster Care Fortnight
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons such as building houses, traditional music, and rhythm, using the story of a princess led to believe she's given birth…
Teach Art with a Story for Foster Care Fortnight
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons such as collage, famous artists, and art as a process, using the story of a princess led to believe she's given birth …
Teach Geography with a Story for Foster Care Fortnight
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons such as the Amazon, maps, and variation, using the story of a princess led to believe she's given birth to three very …
Teach Science with a Story for Foster Care Fortnight
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons such as floating, what animals need, and how our bodies change, using the story of a princess led to believe she's giv…
Tiny Voice Talks with Toria Bono
One of Learning Ladders' Best Podcasts for Headteachers and Educators 2021, Tiny Voice Talks gives a platform to the quieter voices in education. Toria is a primary teacher passionate about education…
100 Episodes of Happily Ever Teaching!
For 100 episodes, we've helped educators create the most effective, memorable and enjoyable learning environment – according to science. But what is the experience of teachers on the ground using the…
Teach Maths with a Story for Foster Care Fortnight
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons such as aging, investigating, and ordinal numbers, using the story of a princess led to believe she's given birth to t…
Teach English with a Story for Foster Care Fortnight
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons such as debating, comparing genres, and investigative writing, using the story of a princess led to believe she's give…
Teach PSHE with a story for Foster Care Fortnight
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons such as what makes us happy, Foster Care Fortnight, and people who influence us, using the story of a princess led to …
Teach Phys.Ed with a folk tale on Climate Change
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons such as features of a plant, heavenly bodies, and seed dispersal, using the story of a woodcutter who's given more pow…
Teach Music & Foreign Languages with a folk tale on Climate Change
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons such as features of a plant, heavenly bodies, and seed dispersal, using the story of a woodcutter who's given more pow…
Teach Geography, Design & Technology with a folk tale on climate change
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons such as trees around the world, drawing maps, and book making, using the story of a woodcutter who's given more power …
Teach Science with a folk tale on climate change
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons such as features of a plant, heavenly bodies, and seed dispersal, using the story of a woodcutter who's given more pow…
Teach Art with a folk tale on climate change
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons such as using natural materials, representing nature, and clay modelling, using the story of a woodcutter who's given …
Teach Maths with a folk tale on climate change
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons such as two-step word problems, data handling, and measuring skills, using the story of a woodcutter who's given more …
Teach English with a folk tale on climate change
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons such as storyboarding, persuasive writing, and biographical writing, using the story of a woodcutter who's given more …
Teach PSHE with a folk tale on climate change
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons such as our environmental impact, "What would you wish for?", and dealing with difficult choices, using the story of a…
Teach Music, Design & Technology with the Easter story
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons on traps, the music of words, body sounds, and rhythm, using the Easter story from the perspective of Barabbas.
Sharing…
Teach History & Geography with the Easter story
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons on Roman markets, maps, and houses, using the Easter story from the perspective of Barabbas.
Sharing their ideas with y…
Teach Philosophy & Religious Ed with the Easter story
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons on substitution, respecting different faiths, and what it means to be alive (philosophically), using the Easter story …