STORY WITH A MISSION

Presenter: Christina Farrell, BFA 
 
This hands-on workshop will demonstrate techniques for facilitating interactive storytelling to promote emergent literacy skills and foster development in other learning domains.  Participants will learn to find the “drama” in a picture book and discover strategies for adapting children’s literature to facilitate child-directed storytelling experiences.
 
CBK Code: Knowledge Area 2, Competency Levels 1 and 2; Topic Codes 16,19

A STORY IN A BOX, A BAG OR A CAN

Presenter: Barbara Russell, BS
This workshop will demonstrate how Coffee Can Theater – a drama strategy using a container and simple props – can actively engage children in storytelling and child-directed dramatization to reinforce language development. This simple, engaging tool fosters interest, accommodates a variety of learning styles and reinforces Approaches to Learning areas such as curiosity, imagination and problem-solving. Participants will identify child-directed versus teacher-directed storytelling techniques.

CBK Code: Knowledge Area 2, Competency Levels 1 and 2; Topic Codes 16,19

S-T-R-E-T-C-H YOUR STORYTIME!

Presenter: Rebecca Covert, MS

During this interactive workshop, participants will learn to use any picture book as a springboard to facilitate dramatic play experiences that reinforce cross-disciplinary curricular goals. Participants will learn how to use the text, illustrations and overall world of the book to develop simple, arts-based experiences designed to enhance literacy instruction and enliven the story time routine.

CBK Code: Knowledge Area 2; Competency Levels 1 and 2; Topic Codes 16, 19