Workshop Handouts

Workshop Handouts

I freely give permission to use any part of the following handouts. I do ask that you give attribution to me, Marilyn Kinsella, and to my website www.marilynkinsella.org. Storytellers can use these in their workshops, if they wish. Please put my name and website on any handouts that are distributed.

The Perfect Story from Nursery School to Nursing Home - an overview of the workshop itself including a synopsis and samples of versions written from the workshop. The parts of the workshop include:

Part One: Telling from birth to 2 year old

Part Two: Telling to 3-5 year olds

Part Three: Telling to 6-9 year olds

Part Four: Telling from Young Teens to Adults

Part Five: Telling to Residents in Nursing Homes

Accolades for "The Perfect Story" workshop

	Using Your Common Senses to Tell a Story - Ways to spice up a story with "power language"
	The Value of Language in Storytelling - explores writing for telling and writing for reading
	Multiculturalism Through Storytelling - a look at Native American and African Stories
	Why Storytelling - Beginner's Workshop with 10 easy steps into storytelling with bibliography
	Storytelling 101 - Beginner's Workshop with exercises to follow to learn a simple folk tale.
	Telling the 398.2's - Telling Folktales - outline of activities
	Oh, Dem Bones - Beginner's Workshop specifically to teach how to bring a folktale down to its bare bones.
	Literacy Alive - An outline for an all day workshop for day-care providers on putting together a storytime for toddlers to Kindergarten - with a link to the hand-out "CHASI handout."
	Memory Boxes...Treasures of Once Upon a Time - a writers' workshop developed by using "touchstones" to open untold stories
	Folktales From Simple to Complex - What is the difference between the many types of folktales?
	Fractured Fairy Tales - How to tell fractured fairy tales with bibliography
	Fractured Thoughts - A fractured fairy tale workshop with history, ways to fracture, examples, references.
	Parents as Readers and Tellers - A two-part paper/workshop for Parents, Home-school Teachers and Classroom Teachers.
	Saints Alive - A workshop on telling and updating saint stories.
	Angelology - A paper on types of Angel stories with references to other sites.
	Show-me at at Showcase - For tellers who want to increase exposure through showcases.
	Study Guides for Elementary Schools - Useful ideas for tellers who wish to tell at the Elementary level. See actual study guides listed below.
	Patchwork of Memories - An all-day retreat for hospice workers. Agenda and stories and memories.
	The Storytelling Classroom Workshop - a proposal to bring Taleypo to your school for a presentation or workshop on the premier book "The Storytelling Classroom". Marilyn has an article in this book.
	Handout for CHASI - all day workshop for daycare givers.
	Puppet Central: Puppets, Books, and Make-it/Take-it: a three-hour workshop on how to use simple puppet techniques.
	Early Childhood Literacy with Storytelling and Puppetry - an hour workshop for parents on easy ways they can encourage the first steps into literacy with storytelling and puppetry. See Parent Handout with more references and easy to implement ideas.
	From My Pen to Your Ears - One day workshop for Middle School teachers
	How to Write a Pourquoi or How and Why Stories - Information on the pourquoi and ideas on how to write an original story. References.

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