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Colleciety’s success with Storyworld opened up an opportunity for us to share our experiences with storytelling. On a Saturday morning after breakfast, we gathered for a session online with teachers from Carpe Diem Starlets Sparkle. During the session, we shared about the difference between storytelling vs story reading, benefits of reading to children, common challenges faced by teachers during storytelling and how we could overcome those challenges. It was heartening to see the participation of all the members of the school as they read stories, playing with the intonation of their voices, and reflected on their practices with their children. To find out more about other projects we have been involved in, click here. If you would like to have a conversation with us about storytelling, do drop us an email at [email protected]! Brainstorming Session  Reflection 
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Storyworld was a project where our passion for stories and the craving to engage merged during the circuit breaker period in the challenging year of 2020. Each week, families would gather on zoom to delve into the world of stories with Uni the Unicorn and The Queen of Hearts! It started out with a simple storytelling session where the two storytellers used a book to share a story with the families. As the weeks progressed, we were keen to have activities children could do during the week with their parents that would be used during the storytelling session. In preparation for each session, we brainstormed ways the children could be involved. This required us to develop ourselves into the “Zen Zoom Masters”, familiarizing and adapting ourselves to the few ways of social interaction during this period. We started with 12 participants of friends and families to close to 50 families at the end of the 7 weeks circuit breaker. It was heartwarming to see the children’s reactions and responses each week as we sought to get to know each child better as their families would share feedback with use about each session. As we learn to live with the pandemic, it is also a necessity to learn how to reconnect with each other. Storyworld is being kept dormant for the moment as we move on with our daily activities and daily lives but we hope that we will be able to share our passion and joy for stories with many more families in the near future. To find out more about other projects we have been involved in, click here. Past Storytelling Sessions 'Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!' by Mo Willems |
