Teacher Education
Storytelling
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The art and craft of storytelling can improve your communication, teaching and team-building skills.
Develop storytelling skills through the investigation of historic and ethnic storytelling traditions, the analysis of oral story presentation and supervised practice of:
- Varied storytelling techniques
- Multicultural tales
- Personal stories
- Fairytales and folktales
- Wisdom and peace tales
- Scary stories
- Thematic stories
A wide variety of story types and storytelling practices will be demonstrated and used by participants. The connection between K-12 curriculum and the oral tradition will be included.
For more than 25 years, Sara Slayton has worked in the field of Early Childhood Education. As a UW-La Crosse instructor, she has taught courses in storytelling, diversity education and art, music and drama for children. Sara is a co-founder of the Bluff Country Talespinners Storytelling Guild in La Crosse.
Who should attend:
- Educators
- Clergy, youth and education directors and lay leaders
- Park and recreaction staff
- Children’s librarians
- Early childhood teachers
- Recreational and play therapists
- Prevention and health educators
- Anyone interested in the art and application of storytelling
Wis. Teacher's Standards: 2, 3, 4 and 6
Jan. 19-April 6, 2010 (Tuesdays, 5-7:30 p.m., plus additional hours for outside work)
Onalaska Middle School, Onalaska, Wis.
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For CREDIT OPTION
Karen Hansen: call 608.785.6513 (toll-free 866.895.9233, Ext 3) or hansen.kare@uwlax.edu
For NON-CREDIT OPTION
Karen Langaard: call 608.785.6508 (toll-free 866.895.9233, Ext 2) or langaard.kare@uwlax.edu