Interactive storytelling: It’s not just a workshop—it’s an adventure! Arts
(Performing & Visual Arts)
1 1/2-hour session — limit 4 presenters
Preschoolers
11/18/2017 8:00 AM – 9:15 AM Room B210 Georgia World Congress Center
Don Dougherty, Author, Storyteller, Rocketeer, Classroom Adventure Stories, LLC; Katie Bartschi, Director, Play & Learn Child Care Centers
This is NOT your typical workshop! The presenters will lead the participants on an exciting, highly interactive adventure. They will demonstrate how important Life Lessons can be taught via story time, and how these lessons can be made to “stick” by being taught in a FUN and stimulating manner. The presenters will then lead the participants in a small group activity, demonstrating how these techniques can be adapted to their own classrooms. Each small group will present their ideas to the rest of the participants. But remember: It’s NOT just a workshop — It’s An ADVENTURE!
The storyteller, Don, was great! He had lots of energy and began by telling us a bit about how he started being a storyteller. I didn’t write it down, but I it was something like he was in some job and then 2008 happened and he was laid off. Then he started this corporation. Good for him! If you live on the East coast, call him!
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Adventure Stories Tips:
use names of kids as characters throughout stories
at end of story take them through a life lesson
rules and use imagination
“not so typical campfire story”
remote control – pause
campfire, sway – logs- fire
movement
go up to people
comments
rain – spray bottle – 2-3 min
flash “rumble rumble rumble boom”
padding – hawaii five O – over the falls
superman appears – music then leaves (wrong story)
miracle they survived – everyone says *whew*
find our way back to camp
try to find – look toward the sun
Bald eagle named Lightning
the wind blew the egg out of sight
cave, go find the egg
funny crackling
those are bugs – throw ants (party favor plastic bugs)
working flashlights (most got ruined in the rain)
stay calm
area full of bugs
the eagle returns the egg and tells them that everyone had to walk through bugs
crackle cracked squish squish
can began to shake – protect from falling rocks
*shake*
squeaks from above
wave to lightning
campfire rebuilt
interactivity – what did you like then?
1- lesson, cooperation (working together)
who do we cooperate with? (teacher) How can you help them?
2- perseverance – never give up
then have them raise hand and promise to never give up
Why do we have story time?
provides early language sonf literacy skills
builds memory and repetition
provides phonological awareness and listening skills
develops love of reading
storytelling vs story time
storytelling:
performance
memorized
oral tradition
storytime
books
asking questions – no props
types of interactive books
ask reader to do something
rhyming books
classics
wordless picture books
Book, Good dog carl
what are some ways we can get kids involved during story times
-feelings in ASL
bean bags as story progresses
making props for use
slide
story strip
kids can retell
drawings the kids made – laminated and tape on block
A lady in Taiwan shares:
A book is sent home to each child in bag with little notebook
In it is the history of all the ideas from the book of what the kids are thinking
Use a blue sheet – sea – animals in water
[tactile book – add elements in book – nature]
story basket (bag) suspense