Oral storytelling has always been an art
form that fuses together the domestic, the educational, the
cultural, the aesthetic and the social. Further, there is
not a person alive who does not understand what it is, and
no one anywhere who does not have some kind of basic skill
in it. It is therefore an obvious jumping-off point, and an
appropriate context, for every kind of group and individual
learning.
Lenny creates structured learning activities, based on oral
storytelling and drama techniques, that aid the development
of verbal and oral literacy, the cultivation of empathy, the
building of confidence and an increase in the skills associated
with communication, co-operation and collaborative problem
solving.
Storyastory
Active Workshops - please click for evaluation These tried and tested practical storytelling based
workshops are designed to promote an accelerated overall
improvement in the general areas of language and literature
attainment as well as an inspirational boost to social
skills and learning. Intended for students at all stages
of the curriculum they are tailored to the requirements
of the client in question and it is not untypical to
find teachers and lecturers basing subsequent learning
activity upon students' experience in these sessions.
These workshops are especially
valued by teachers wishing to support students of all
ages in the various stages of transition
Exploring rapport
Curiosity
Workshop
style
• Learning activities are selected and presented according
to the experience and capabilities of the participants.
• Whilst calculated to stretch the participants’
abilities, they are fundamentally playful and collaborative
in character.
• They are also selected on the basis that they have
specific bearing on the desired outcomes.
• Roughly speaking, they are then combined into a loose
framework in a way that facilitates a progression whilst allowing
room for spontaneity, flexibility and the interweaving of
further techniques.
Please watch the video below to see a short clip, taken from a workshop with nine/ten-year olds, which gives an indication of the atmosphere and mood being built up in the first twenty minutes of a workshop, prior to each child arriving at an anecdote of his/her own. The footage does not record all the chronological procedure but shows "fragments" edited together to give an impression, only, of continuity.
Please select the EDUCATION
EXTRA link and refer to the Workshop Watchwords
section for a summary of the ethos underpinning my procedure.
