The gift of sharing stories and making up stories with other people is yours for the asking.
Benefits of Storytelling and Storymaking
- Activates memory
- Develops trust and respect among people
- Facilitates feelings of group identity, group synergy and cohesiveness
- Improves communication and listening skills
- Builds confidence in public speaking
- Facilitates development of all multiple intelligences
- Release stress and tension
- Nurtures self awareness, self confidence, self knowledge, self esteem, and self respect
- Enhances clarity and focus
- Enhances creative thinking
- Provides skills/tools to express and communicate feelings, thoughts, ideas
- Promotes feelings of joy and well being
About the Story Sessions
Storytelling, storymaking and dramatization. Participants learn the basic elements and techniques involved in telling and making stories: who-what-when-why-how, voice, gesture.
A variety of themes and topics are available for the adult storytelling playshops, such as courage, wisdom, and family history.
The stories can evolve from telling, to writing, or dramatizating with props and costumes.
Things you might want to know:
• Theatre games and storytelling exercises for skills and techniques
• Variety of stimuli to get the juices flowing
• Skits
• Props and costumes
• Individual, pairs, small groups, large group
• May also include rhythm, dance and art
• Suitable for all ages, abilities and walks of life
• Using storytelling – in the classroom, workplace or for performance
For more on the Storytelling sessions Barbara offers, refer to the following courses:
EDUCATION
- (ECE) TELL ME A STORY/MAKE ME A STORY
- (ECE) TELL ME A PERSONAL STORY
- (Parents) TELL ME A STORY/MAKE ME A STORY
- (Parents) TELLING FAMILY STORIES
- (Primary – High School) STORIES ALIVE
COMMUNITY SUPPORT
- STORIES STORIES STORIES
PERSONAL GROWTH AND WELLNESS
- THE STORY POT
- THE WISDOM OF FAMILY STORIES
- STORIES OF STRENGTH AND POWER
- ONCE UPON A TIME
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