Storytelling in Everyday Life

STORYTELLINGIn everyday life

Sue GarzaDirector of the Cook Library Center 1100 Grandville Ave SW Grand Rapids, MI 49503616-475-1150Mother of 2 boys, 6th grade and 9th grade, originally from Lansing, MIFirst started telling stories in 1997 and keep broadening my skills for school visits and for the library students

FLIP the SWITCH Transitions in Time

Help children to transform their immediate environment and exert a semblance of control

over what is happening.

Literacy Links

•Storytelling-based projects offer a universal & inclusive teaching.

•They assist in the development of receptive & expressive language skills and encourage comprehension.

•They take from the immediate cultural & social situations of the child

Finding the JOY in waiting….

Paper

Scissors

String

FOLD ‘n

TELLThe Rain Hat

CUT ‘n TELLSIX

STRING STORYWitch’s Broom

(Fishing Spear,

Parachute)

Step 1

Begin by putting the string over your thumb and pinkie on both sides, but in front of your other three fingers.

Step 2

Reach over with right index

finger and pull back.

Step 3

Twist String on Right Finger 1

or 2 Times

Step 4

Reach over with left index finger

and grab the string in

between the loop on your right index

finger

Step 5

Drop your thumb and

pinkie on right hand

Environment Storytelling• Eye Spy- great way to use adjectives• Phone Play-Put a picture on your phone and

have a student make up a story.• Imagine what is like to be something else…

waiting room chair, clock on the wall etc• Rhyming game: Look around and make a

story with what you see around you and make it rhyme.

Storytelling StartersWould You Rather…Once upon a time retellings or fractured fairy

talesRetell a story about the day a child was bornFunny story about when you were youngThat’s good, that’s bad story circleA day in the life of a lunch bag, a magazine

(empathy exercise)What super hero powers would you have?What makes a leader? Exhibit at the Cook Library

Center

Additional Storytelling Resourceshttp://snapguide.com/guides/tell-a-simple-

string-story/ Follow this link to learn to how to tell the string story, “The Mosquito.”

http://www.origamiwithrachelkatz.com/stories/stories.asp Origami and stories meet in this great site!

http://meusenotes.blogspot.com/p/cut-and-tell-stories.html Cut and tell stories that are easy!

Presentation ResourcesSchimmel, Nancy “Just Enough to Make a Story”: Sister’s Choice

Press, © 1982Kallevig, Christine Petrell “Folding Stories: Storytelling &

Origami Together as One”: Storytime Ink International, © 1991Holt, David & Mooney, Bill “Ready-To-Tell Tales”: August House

Publishers, © 1994Holbrook, Belinda “String Stories: A Creative, Hands-On

Approach for Engaging Children in Literature Linworth Publishing, © 2002

Schatz-Blackrose, Morgan & Schatz, Roman W. “Traditional Tales and Contemporary Art to Promote Multiple Literacies”: ©International Association of School Librarianship Annual Conference, © 2010

Mallett, Jerry “Fold and Cut Stories”: Alleyside Press© 1993

Questions?

Sue GarzaLibrary@gaah.org