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What the World Needs Now: Stories
What the World Needs Now: Stories Lynn Schweikart Barry Lopez, who passed away from prostate cancer on Christmas Day, 2020, wrote in his book, Crow and Weasel, “If stories come to you, care for them. And learn to give them away where they are needed. Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to […]
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Using Stories at Home for Character Education
Using Stories at Home for Character Education ©Heather Forest 2020 Stories are a powerful form of metaphor. Images and action in a story, along with the wise or foolish choices characters make can be like seeds of thought that take root in the heart and mind of a young listener and can blossom over time […]
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Amanda Gorman and the Magic of Youth Spoken Word Art
Amanda Gorman and the Magic of Youth Spoken Word Art © Paula Weiss 2021, Director, Children at the Well On January 20, 2021 our nation welcomed Amanda Gorman to the Inaugural stage and let her poetry seep into our art-parched and rattled consciousness. Since then many of us cannot stop thinking about the sight […]
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The Delightful Marriage of Old World Storytelling and New Technology
The Delightful Marriage of Old World Storytelling and New Technology © Misty Mator Normally I would start a blog for January with “Happy New Year!” But instead, I will say what everyone is thinking: “Thank God 2020 is OVER!” 2021 is beginning with extra reason for hope and rejoicing for a better year. Hope for […]
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Inviting Storytelling into Your Homeschool or Classroom
Inviting Storytelling into Your Homeschool or Classroom By Karen Chace © 2020 www.storybug.net “Storytelling has demonstrable, measurable, positive, and irreplaceable value in teaching.” Roger C. Schank, “Every Curriculum Tells a Story” Every storyteller knows how effective stories are in the classroom, complementing every aspect of the core curriculum and learning style. As a teaching […]
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Worldwide Virtual Storytelling Guild
Worldwide Virtual Storytelling Guild Contributed by Jim Brulé The Worldwide Virtual Storytelling Guild (WVSG) was launched by Hope Lewis and Cris Riedel two years ago – long before the time of Covid, and in the earliest days of Zoom and storytelling. It was originally conceived as an opportunity to give storytellers in the more […]
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Those We Cannot See
Those We Cannot See ©Madelyn Folino 2020 My cousin, Archie, died in late March. I don’t suppose we’ll ever know for sure whether his death at home in Manhattan was due to Covid-19 or not. Having been born on the day of the 1929 stock market crash, he had a sense of history and a […]
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What the World Needs: A Circle of “Active Disenchanters”
What the World Needs: A Circle of “Active Disenchanters” ©Andy Davis 2020 Saturday, November 14 at 3pm Andy is moderating a NEST Fest on-line panel on “Using Storytelling for Social Justice (https://www.nestorytelling.org/using-storytelling-for-social-justice/). What follows are his ruminations on framing that discussion. In times like these it seems inevitable for creatively engaged humans to look […]
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Oars in the Water- Healing Storytelling Alliance (HSA) Deepens Relationships Virtually in the time of Covid
Oars in the Water- Healing Storytelling Alliance (HSA) Deepens Relationships Virtually in the time of Covid ©Joe Doolittle In early April 2020, one month into the reality of the Covid Pandemic, leaders of the Healing Storytelling Alliance (HSA) held a conference call. HSA is a Special Interest Group (SIG) of the National Storytelling Alliance (NSN) […]
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From Paranormal Encounter to Spooky Tale
From Paranormal Encounter to Spooky Tale ©Cynthia Rintye Why tell the same scary stories as everyone else? You can (and should) create original ghost stories. When I led ghost tours, guests would share with me their encounters with the paranormal. These were great anecdotes, but they were not stories. However, YOU can take a […]
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