A Festival of Stories at Grazebrook Primary
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A wonderful day of storytelling with Nursery classes right through to Year 4 for Grazebrook Primary School’s Festival of Reading and Stories.
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Storytelling Workshop
Posted onThe Next Step. I’ve recently returned from a brilliant 2 day storytelling workshop, led by Michael Harvey. I’ve had the priviledge of attending one of his intensive performance courses at the Bleddfa Centre in Wales and so I knew this was going to be excellent. Our venue was Little Holland house – now a museum […]
National Storytelling Week
Posted onTelling stories and celebrating the oral tradition National Storytelling Week runs from January 26th-February 2nd and was created by Storyteller and Folklorist Del Reid. He is a founding member of the Society for Storytelling and began National Storytelling Week 19 years ago! It is a fantastic celebration of the Oral Tradition with storytelling events being held […]
Techniques for storytelling with children
Posted onCrowd control I have always loved storytelling and creating stories with children. Their unpredictability and blunt but honest reactions. I enjoy all of that and most of all, the opportunity to encourage them to let their imaginations run riot. Whatever the age or the setting there are going to be times when you have to […]
Storytelling without props
Posted onStorytelling without props can be fun and spontaneous at times. If I’m storytelling in a public venue I’ll always have a few props on show just to set the scene like a dragon puppet for Chinese folk tales or an Ali Baba for Arabian Nights tales. Plus I bring along props for the children to […]
Chinese Dragon
Posted onIt’s the start of the Chinese New Year next Thursday. I’ll be telling a couple of Chinese folk tales during my storytelling session at Art House Crouch End. I think it will be lots of fun to tell children about the meaning of the Chinese Dragon in Chinese folklore. Strength, power and good luck! I plan to take […]
Half term storytelling
Posted onI’m so excited to be doing half term storytelling in my local area. I’ve teamed up with Art House, Crouch End and Pickled Pepper Books to offer some energetic, fun packed storytelling for children aged 4-11 years. This is the first time that I’ll be performing and running sessions in public venues. Usually I am in […]
WOW words
Posted onI spent an afternoon telling folk tales with a Year 3 class at Campsbourne school. Everyone was animated and keen to join in with ideas to add to the plot, create atmosphere with musical props or act out a character. The surprising part of the sessions was how much time we spent thinking of various […]
Storytelling at Coconut Nursery
Posted onCoconut Nursery welcomed me with a hot cup of tea before storytelling to their babies and toddlers. I felt right at home! For their Black History Month celebrations I re-told the story Jamela’s Dress by Niki Daly. The story is set in Cape Town, featuring the words ‘Kwela’ throughout which refers to the popular South […]
Mozilla Festival 2014
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It’s been a brilliant two days of interactive storytelling, creativity and open source coding. My daughter went along to the Mozilla Festival 2014 with her dad Matt Shearer. Matt’s BBC News lab team were running a demo at the Science Fair. Children were getting stuck in for the giant ‘Maker Party’. From coding Minecraft to […]