Storytelling Articles

Podcast: The Power of Story

An interview by Jurgen Wolff in which I discuss the power of storytelling in school settings. Available in iTunes and here: http://jurgenw.podbean.com/2010/03/26/2-the-power-of-story/

Once Upon a Storytelling Club

An article about running a school storytelling club for 7-9 year olds that was published in the Wandsworth Children's Services Bulletin, available at this link:

http://www.wandsworthclc.org/bulletin/

For Fact and Fiction magazine: 

Discovering the Inner Storyteller. How I discovered a passion and skill for storytelling while training to be a primary school teacher. Autumn 2009.

Inspiring Children to Become Storytellers. An account of how, during my first year of teaching, I learned to inspire young children to become storytellers. Winter 2010.

Teaching as Storytelling. A study of how the role of the professional teacher can greatly benefit from blending it with the role of the professional storyteller. Spring 2010.

For Storylines magazine:

Classroom Storytellers. An account of how I developed techniques to inspire young children to become storytellers. Autumn 2009.

The V&A Museum of Childhood:

The Three Wizards. One of the stories I tell in schools and elsewhere is on the museum website at: http://www.vam.ac.uk/moc/childrens_lives/east_end_lives/sharestory/index.php.