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Learn the art of oral storytelling with Boulder Valley Spellbinders®
- For our youngest listeners storytelling enhances literacy, encourages character development, and builds intergenerational community. Also laughter and generates intergenerational HUGS!
- For our volunteers, it is an opportunity to be part our community – and to have FUN!
A Spellbinders® Storyteller learns:
Many types of stories (fables, folktales, and fairytales).
They voluntarily ITELL stories either on a regular self-chosen schedule or at stand-alone events for Boulder Valley students and seniors in the area.
Training and support includes 9 hours of instruction and practice prior to solo telling:
- Structure/elements of stories
- Kinds of stories, fables, myths, legends and folk tales
- About re-telling a story
- Ways of thinking about stories
- Audience context and how to decide how to approach telling to a specific audience
- Feedback and resources for finding the right story
- Shadowing a seasoned storyteller
- Inflection and gestures– how to use your voice and body in the story
- How to choose a story for a specific audience
- Preparations for telling stories
FEE: $75 for volunteers (with a flexible 1-year commitment) and $150 for non-volunteers. Non-refundable (with exceptions to allow for rescheduling for a future training). Scholarships are available for volunteers who commit to tell stories for a year.
Boulder Valley Spellbinders® is actively seeking trained volunteers to use this creative art to tell – not read – to school children as well as to our seniors. Sign up NOW for the September 9th, 11th, and 15th training, 1 – 4 p.m. each day. New location: NOBO Public Library, 4500 13th Street, Boulder, CO 80304, First Floor conference room. Accessible building. Free parking.
For more information or to register, contact Susan Litt at Slteach1@gmail.com, phone (908) 403-6958 or Paulette Foss at pdfoss@gmail.com phone 303-522-0112.
