My daughter, the storyteller
Joanne
My middle child Shawna (age 10) has been participating in a 3 month
long storytelling club since January. It was run by two members (a
mother and her 18 year old son, both who are part of our homeschool
group) of the Ocala Storytellers Guild. Each child (there were six
of them) picked their own story and each week they would work on it.
By the end, they had to be able to tell it from memory, use facial
and body language and vocally become the different charcaters. The
club ended this past week and they held their storytelling concert
this afternoon.
Shawna told her story (The Boy Who Was a Noodlehead), in front of 30-
35 adults and children....an a stage, with a microphone...by memory.
After she was finished, my husband turned to me and said "She's
shining up there." And she was. :-)
This, coming from a child that *truly* did not start to live her
life until we took her out of school and out of therapy (speech,
occupational, physical and mental health) a year after we adopted
her. Shawna had always been,...facially expressionless is the best
way I can describe it. I was questioned about it several times
actually, by teachers and therapists. After a while though, I
started noticing that when she read outloud to someone, she came
alive and became the character! It was so unlike her. When I saw the
sign for the storytelling club, I thought this would be something
Shawna would enjoy because of that.
She was so awesome! She got up on the stage like she owned it and
was full of confidence. I'm going to blog about it when I get my
pictures developed but I just had to share it here. :-)
~ Joanne ~
Mom to Jacqueline (7), Shawna (10) & Cimion (13)
Adopted into our hearts October 30, 2003
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long storytelling club since January. It was run by two members (a
mother and her 18 year old son, both who are part of our homeschool
group) of the Ocala Storytellers Guild. Each child (there were six
of them) picked their own story and each week they would work on it.
By the end, they had to be able to tell it from memory, use facial
and body language and vocally become the different charcaters. The
club ended this past week and they held their storytelling concert
this afternoon.
Shawna told her story (The Boy Who Was a Noodlehead), in front of 30-
35 adults and children....an a stage, with a microphone...by memory.
After she was finished, my husband turned to me and said "She's
shining up there." And she was. :-)
This, coming from a child that *truly* did not start to live her
life until we took her out of school and out of therapy (speech,
occupational, physical and mental health) a year after we adopted
her. Shawna had always been,...facially expressionless is the best
way I can describe it. I was questioned about it several times
actually, by teachers and therapists. After a while though, I
started noticing that when she read outloud to someone, she came
alive and became the character! It was so unlike her. When I saw the
sign for the storytelling club, I thought this would be something
Shawna would enjoy because of that.
She was so awesome! She got up on the stage like she owned it and
was full of confidence. I'm going to blog about it when I get my
pictures developed but I just had to share it here. :-)
~ Joanne ~
Mom to Jacqueline (7), Shawna (10) & Cimion (13)
Adopted into our hearts October 30, 2003
http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com/
http://foreverparents.com
Joanne
The story was called "The boy who sold the butter" not what I
previously posted. He was called a noodlehead in the story several
times so that's what i thought the title was.
~ Joanne ~
Mom to Jacqueline (7), Shawna (10) & Cimion (13)
Adopted into our hearts October 30, 2003
http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com/
http://foreverparents.com
previously posted. He was called a noodlehead in the story several
times so that's what i thought the title was.
~ Joanne ~
Mom to Jacqueline (7), Shawna (10) & Cimion (13)
Adopted into our hearts October 30, 2003
http://anunschoolinglife.blogspot.com/
http://foreverparents.com
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>> "She's shining up there.>>That's wonderful. Thanks for sharing.
--
~Mary
http://zenmommasgarden.blogspot.com/
"The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on the
green earth, dwelling deeply in the present moment and feeling truly
alive."
~Thich Nhat Hanh
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From: "Joanne" <billyandjoanne@...>
freepsgal
Oh what a super story! I've always been fascinated by storytelling.
I have always thought it would be so fantastic to be a part of such a
group. What a neat opportunity!
Beth M.
I have always thought it would be so fantastic to be a part of such a
group. What a neat opportunity!
Beth M.