Author Tells Kids How to Become Storytellers
Author/Storyteller
Vivian Dubrovin spoke to boys and girls at a summer program at a local
elementary school recently, with materials from her book, Storytelling
Discoveries: Favorite Activities for Young Tellers.
“With a few props on hand, Dubrovin gave the
students in
"You don't memorize and recite. You learn and
tell," said Dubrovin.
Dubrovin made a ghost, sock-doll and teddy bear walk, wiggle and exercise as
she told different stories to the students.
"I'm trying to convince kids they can be
storytellers," Dubrovin said. "I like to see the confidence and empowerment it
gives children."
Julie Peters, [English Language Acquisition teacher for the program], invited
Dubrovin … whom she had invited in 2002 to a before- and after-school program.
"The storytelling she does is old-fashioned storytelling," Peters said. "It's
like a true storyteller. It's not cut and dried and following a script." ”
-excerpted from Loveland Reporter-Herald, July 13, 2011
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Book #1 Easy Beginner Tales The first e-booklet, Easy Beginner Tales, presents a very simple way for 9-12 year-olds to start learning storytelling skills. It includes TellerPaks on Tabletoop Telling, Mistakes and Discoveries, and Audience Paricipation with a Marionette. “From basic acting tips to insights on how to remember key components of the story, Easy Beginner Tales is quite simply a 'must' for any who would become a storyteller." Diane Donovan, eBook Reviewer, Midwest Book Review
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What Are TellerPaks?
TellerPaks are similar to kits. They help young people
learn to become storytellers. Each TellerPak includes:
an original sample story
instructions for a craft that you can make to help tell it
tips for telling it
an extra surprise (this could be an idea for making the story easier for you to
tell or an iodea for creating a new story of your own.)
Where Did TellerPaks Come From?
For a little more than 17 years the Junior Storyteller
quarterly publication printed one TellerPak (a story, a craft to help tell it,
and tips for telling) in each issue. Beginning in 1996, the Kids' Storytelling
Club website began to publish bimonthly TellerPaks on its website. Some of these
TellerPaks were collected in books, some of them just got filed away as back
issues of the Junior Storyteller, and some of them never got published
at all.
When the Junior Storyteller published its last
issue in July, 2010, young storytellers across the United States, their parents,
teachers, and youth group leaders began asking where they could continue to get
storytelling ideas for classes, workshops, and club meetings. And how could they
get them quickly?
Storycraft Publishing began to go
through its files of back issues of the Junior Storyteller and all
those great ideas that never got a chance to get published to find the most
popular, fun, and interesting projects. They put one, two, or three TellerPaks
into Downloadable Booklets to make some of the best youth storytelling ideas
from Storycraft's long history available to more people as quickly as possible.
Visit our new Blog Page,
What's Their Story, for expert tips and advice for working with
young storytellers. You'll find more "Notes" for parents, teachers, youth group
leaders, babysitters, and other adults interested in helping young storytellers.
The blog is maintained by Vivian Dubroviin, editor of the Kids' Storytelling
Club, and will discuss such topics as how a storytelling story differs from a
written one, how to use simple crafts to help kids remember parts of a story,
and how to create storytelling opportunities for kids. If you have questions or
would like to suggest a discussion topic, please contact Vivian. She would
especially like to hear from former students of her online class on "Helping
Children Become Storytellers" and other teacher workshops.
Resources Page.
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