Feedback please
At the Quality in Trafford conference in Manchester on Saturday, there was a great buzz about the keynote speech from Dr Chris Pascal and the buzz spilled into my Storytelling Workshops. I only had to ask if participants had ever lost a key or locked themselves out of their house or if they remembered getting their first key for there to be masses of chat. Chat …chat…chat…chat…
In all the talk, I am quite sure, there were lots of little stories that could be told to children. Afterwards, I told everyone the story of Mrs Wiggle and Mrs Waggle (they’ve both got houses, they’ve both got doors) and, later, A House for Me which ends with another key. I’d love to know if anyone has tried out either of the stories today. Any feedback?
November 18th, 2009 at 8:29 pm
My colleague and I attended the QIT conference in Manchester on Saturday and thoroughly enjoyed your workshop. We have been so inspired that we have each told the Mrs Wiggle story to our respective Reception classes. You are so right – the children were engaged and involved in the telling from the moment Mrs. Wiggle opened her door! And the voices through the letterbox were so full of expression!
I am in the midst of attempting a simple spanish version now!!
I’ve just been on your website – an absolute treasure chest of inspiration. Thank you so much for introducing us to your storytelling world!
January 3rd, 2010 at 11:42 am
I too attended the QIT Conference and took back with me the story of Mrs Wiggle and Waggle.
Retelling it to my group of 3-4 year olds demonstrated you do not need a lot of props to keep them engaged.
Some children need to be physical even when sitting so the movements involved helped to keep wrigglers focussed for longer.
Thank you for making me feel like a child at storytime again, it inspired me to deliver that feeling to ‘my’ children.
February 22nd, 2014 at 10:29 pm
Hi Mary! Long time, no speak. Hope you’re doing well. I came across your blog purely by chance after typing London Welsh Chorale into Google to try and find an old photo of mam and dad which was on there a while back. A photo of Bryn Terfel caught my eye and, alas, I find myself here! I have had so many ideas recently for a potential story but I haven’t written anything down or genuinely thought about it all coming together, perhaps feeling there isn’t much point, but your blog has relit the passion for me, so thank you for the inspiration to rekindle a hobby I was once so fond of! I hope to see you soon, and the blog is fantastic. All the best, Rhiannon
February 28th, 2014 at 10:07 pm
Rhiannon, delighted you’re thinking of writing more children’s stories. I say ‘Give it a go.’