“When working with children, I look for ways to explore a story through creative dramatics, writing, art, movement and sound.  In this way, each child in a classroom can find success and an avenue to world literature and cultures.”

Far Fetched: Stories from Around the World (this program is tailored to suit the programming needs of its sponsors)

What a Web We Weave: A collection of stories about weaving and character traits. 

PRESCHOOL

 

Story Time with Ms Ellen (weekly or biweekly): stories and creative playmaking 

 

GRADE AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS

Will the Real Cinderella Please Stand Up! (five sessions): Explores five variants of the classic tale.

Six Stories in Six Days (six sessions): A story from each of the peopled continents and an examination of their differences and similarities.

Storytelling (eight sessions): A series of storytelling workshops in which each student will select and learn to tell and perform a single folktale.

Clue! (ten sessions): Each session will feature stories that are linked by a single motif and will lead to the writing of original folk-like tales.

Story Theater (fifteen sessions): Combines storytelling, improvisation and problem solving to bring to life stories to be performed. 

 

Do Tell! Learning to tell a story

Learning and Using Storytelling in the Preschool Classroom

Second that Emotion: A series of exercises to extend the story experience by exploring the emotional content of a story.

Bear Country: A series of exercises to extend the story experience by exploring a story from different points of view.

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