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 English with an Indonesian folk tale
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons on comparing stories, descriptive writing, and inference, using the tale of a farm girl who ends up on the wrong side …
Teach Religious Ed with a Japanese folk tale
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons on comparing cultural celebrations such as weddings, using the tale of a kind fisherman who spends centuries in an und…
Teach Music with a Japanese folk tale
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons on compositions, scoring films, and Japanese music, using the tale of a kind fisherman who spends centuries in an unde…
Teach Art with a Japanese folk tale
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons on hot and cold colours, illustrating texts, and dioramas, using the tale of a kind fisherman who spends centuries in …
Teach History & Geography with a Japanese folk tale
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons on the seven continents, changes to landscapes over time, and comparing locations, using the tale of a kind fisherman …
Teach Science with a Japanese folk tale
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons on floating, classifying, and survival underwater, using the tale of a kind fisherman who spends centuries in an under…
Teach Maths with a Japanese folk tale
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons on collecting data, ratios, and time, using the tale of a kind fisherman who spends centuries in an underwater kingdom…
Teach English with a Japanese folk tale
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons on fast poems, sequel writing, and article writing, using the tale of a kind fisherman who spends centuries in an unde…
Teach PSHE with a Japanese folk tale
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons on repaying kindness, concentration, and responsibility, using the tale of a kind fisherman who spends centuries in an…
Teach Phys.Ed & Music with an Ancient Greek legend
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around dance, responding to music, and singing in rounds, using the Greek legend for explaining the changes of the sea…
Teach Design & Technology with an Ancient Greek legend
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around designing, packaging, and promoting a product, using the Greek legend for explaining the changes of the seasons…
Teach Geography with an Ancient Greek legend
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around seasons, where food comes from, and physical v human features, using the Greek legend for explaining the change…
Teach History, Art & Religion with an Ancient Greek legend
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around representing gods, wildflower art, and responding to artists, using the Greek legend for explaining the changes…
Teach Science with an Ancient Greek legend
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around naming plants, inside the Earth, and the water cycle, using the Greek legend for explaining the changes of the …
Teach Maths with an Ancient Greek legend
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around sequencing, months of the year, and times tables, using the Greek legend for explaining the changes of the seas…
Teach English with an Ancient Greek legend
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around physical descriptions, modal verbs, and letter writing, using the Greek legend for explaining the changes of th…
Teach PSHE with an Ancient Greek legend
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around sharing people, being alone, and transition, using the Greek legend for explaining the changes of the seasons.
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Teach Geography with a Taiwanese folk tale
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around flood defences, emergency responses, and wildlife around the world, using the tale of a carpenter's extreme len…
Teach Design & Technology with a Taiwanese folk tale
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around health & safety, carpentry, and working to a brief, using the tale of a carpenter's extreme lengths to keep a t…
Teach Art with a Taiwanese folk tale
Discover fun and effective ways to easily engage children aged 4–11 with lessons around surrealism, designing role play areas, and colour mixing, using the tale of a carpenter's extreme lengths to ke…