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Power of Storytelling
Trafford this week gave a real welcome for storytelling. The ECAT launch was buzzing. Rachael and Emma are doing a great job of organising. I hope lots of schools sign up. My previous experience with ECAT schemes is that they're very supportive, enabling participants to focus on things that really matter - like oral storytelling! It opens up ways of talking with children, gets away from their fear of giving 'incorrect' responses, reaches out to parents too and, for everyone who take up the challenge, makes stories the fun they really should be.
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Trafford this week gave a real welcome for storytelling. The ECAT launch was buzzing. Rachael and Emma are doing a great job of organising. I hope lots of schools sign up. My previous experience with ECAT schemes is that they're very supportive, enabling participants to focus on things that really matter - like oral storytelling! It opens up ways of talking with children, gets away from their fear of giving 'incorrect' responses, reaches out to parents too and, for everyone who take up the challenge, makes stories the fun they really should be.
Click here to go to more of my Storyworks Blog
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And now let me introduce myself
What do I tell? All kind of stories! Ancient myths and local legends. Tales from history or things that have happened to me. Stories I’ve heard on my travels or found in dusty old books. Stories I’ve created myself and some which I have published, as in Shemi's Tall Tales. All are prepared for the particular audience and then spontaneously adapted to the particular occasion as and when I speak.
I perform in English and Welsh and for all kinds of audiences - adults, children and family audiences. I also work as a storytelling consultant and trainer, running all kinds of courses to help teachers, students, parents and others to be able to tell stories too. These are based on my Storyworks philosophy which is, in essence, a belief in the importance of sharing our stories and our experiences of them. (Click here to find out more.)
My storytelling takes me to schools and libraries, festivals and arts centres, conferences, concerts, colleges, children’s centres and community venues.
I perform in English and Welsh and for all kinds of audiences - adults, children and family audiences. I also work as a storytelling consultant and trainer, running all kinds of courses to help teachers, students, parents and others to be able to tell stories too. These are based on my Storyworks philosophy which is, in essence, a belief in the importance of sharing our stories and our experiences of them. (Click here to find out more.)
My storytelling takes me to schools and libraries, festivals and arts centres, conferences, concerts, colleges, children’s centres and community venues.
With me I bring my story bag which contains all kinds of surprises - objects, cloths and sound-making instruments to beguile my audiences, young or old.
I travel round England and Wales and abroad to perform my stories, speak at conferences and run my courses but my time is mostly divided between the London area and South-West Wales. My education work in Wales is particularly suited to the Cwriciwlwm Cymreig.
I travel round England and Wales and abroad to perform my stories, speak at conferences and run my courses but my time is mostly divided between the London area and South-West Wales. My education work in Wales is particularly suited to the Cwriciwlwm Cymreig.
I am a member of Equity and of Academi and am on the Academi database of writers in Wales. I was a founder member of the Society for Storytelling and I edit their Artisan, Oracle and Papyrus publications. I review children's books for School Librarian and write articles on storytelling and related subjects for the general press.