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let’s create at home – Jake’s-take on Sedna

A Creativity Challenge to make an origami kayak, draw Arctic Sea Mammals and undertake a fiendish quiz to help you tell the story of “Sedna”.

let’s create at home – Queen of the Birds

A Creativity Challenge to craft a Buzzard with a Wren nestling in its wing to tell a Shropshire version of the Queen of the Birds tale.

let’s create at home – Retablo

A Creativity Challenge to make a Retablo to retell the Rainforest story of the most hated God-demon, Tupan.

lets create at home – Jigsaw & Codex

A Creativity Challenge to make a Jigsaw & Codex (fold-out book with picture images) to retell the Aztec story of Coyolxauhqui.

let’s create at home – Kavad

A Creativity Challenge to make a Kavad (Indian Story Shrine) to retell the very British story of King Arthur & his Knights of the Round Table.

let’s create at home – Kolobok

A Creativity Challenge to make Russian cookies and a set of “nested dolls” to tell the Russian tale of the Kolobok.

let’s create at home – Story-Pats

A Creativity Challenge to make a Story-Pat (singing scroll) of the African story “Queen of the Cats”.

let’s create at home – Story Jars

A Creativity Challenge to make a story jar based on the tale of how Mrs Ellis created the Mere at Ellesmere.

make and use a Kavad

Everything you need to make and use a Kavad in easy to use downloadable pdfs.

make and use Nested Boxes

Everything you need to make and use nested boxes in easy to use downloadable pdfs.

make and use Story Creation Games

Everything you need to make and use story creation games in easy to use downloadable pdfs.

make and use a Kamishibai

Everything you need to make and use a Kamishibai in easy to use downloadable pdfs.

make and use a Story Sash etc.

Everything you need to make and use a Story Sash and other objects to tell circular and there and back tales in easy to use downloadable pdfs.

make and use Story Cubes

Everything you need to make and use story cubes in easy to use downloadable pdfs.

Week Twelve: Taking The Stage

Taking the Stage; using the stage to help your audience visualize the story, and a recap of the basic skills of storytelling.

Week Eleven: Gestures

Gestures; experiment with movement to help convey the story.

Week Ten: Engaging The Audience

Engaging the Audience; how to involve your audience and let it help you shape the tale.

Week Nine: Timing

Timing; the role of timing in storytelling, with group exercises to experiment with its impact.

Week Eight: Composition

Composition; the function of description, narrative and speech in composing a story, introducing ‘firework’ moments and a pictorial way to show the developing patterns.

Week Seven: Structure

Structure; stories have different ‘shapes’ (circular, there-and-back, nested, envelope, linear), group exercises to help identify these and use the shape so you tell the tale your own way.

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