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Professional
Development Workshops In Storytelling (See Below)
Story Workshops
Integrating California Standards in Performing Arts (VAPA)
Utilize The Library
Fairy’s Podcast as a Teaching Tool
The Benefits of
Storytelling: Literally!
Live and Online:
Professional
Development Trainings in Oral Storytelling!
Secrets
of a Storyteller:
Use Oral
Storytelling to Promote Literacy, Language and Life-skills
Full-Day, Half-Day or 2 Hour
Workshops Available: Fun, Interactive and Informative!
Workshop
Outline
(More
detailed agenda upon request. Testimonials at bottom of page.)
Learning Outcomes and Takeaways:
1. Seven
dynamic oral storytelling tools to boost language, STEM and
cognitive skills in children.
2. How to use
everyday stories to ignite literacy, school subjects and the love
of reading.
3. Tricks of
the trade: How to use folktales and stories to dynamically engage
and develop cultural identity and language in youth. English
Language Learners and special needs children discussed (tales
with Spanish on request).
General Agenda and Activities- Presentation
and Small Group Formats:
- Secrets of the Storytelling Trade to
Engage and Connect with Children: Entertaining, interactive and performance
portion of the program. 'The Seven Storytelling Secrets'
drawn from a decade of live performances.
2.
What’s in A Story? Using
storytelling as literacy catalyst, and optimal times for story.
3.
Use of Culturally Specific Folktales for English
Language Learners: Innovative ideas and resources to integrate the
diverse cultures and languages of children in storytelling to
skyrocket language and cognitive skills: one of the main keys to
literacy.
4.
Integrating the Special Needs of Children: Capitalizing on the strength modality of children
with special needs in storytelling.
5.
Using Story to Create Teachable Moments: How to use everyday stories to help children
express their feelings and fears; role playing and fun use of
props.
6.
Stories and STEM: How to transform STEM subjects into an adventure in
learning!
7.
Everyone is a Storyteller: Using participants’ innate personality to become an authentic
and/or dynamic storyteller. Hands-on and feedback portion of
program (copies of folktales provided).
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Stories are a nifty tool belt.
Need a colorful example for an
upcoming lesson?
Want to engage the
attention of children before plunging into an important subject?
Need a way to help your
students build contextual understanding in STEM subjects?
TELL A STORY!
Workshop comments from teachers
(anonymous) in post-evaluation forms:
“She had all of our attention.
Super!”
“Best training ever!”
“Very entertaining staff
development day.”
“You are excellent!!”
“Good speaker who provided great
information to be a good storyteller.”
“She was great and very
enjoyable.”
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Book
List and Stories to Tell
The Magical Tree and Musical Wind
By The Library Fairy
Includes a Story Theater
rendition for children to enact and lesson plans!
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Twenty Tellable Tales
Margaret Read MacDonald
Great for the beginning
storyteller!
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The Golden Thread:
Storytelling in Teaching and Learning
By Susan Danoff
Superb resource for the power of storytelling in the
classroom.
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