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Children’s meetings

Discover the art of storytelling for children's meetings and how it can be an effective way to convey messages and foster learning. Learn tips for choosing, learning, and telling stories, as well as utilizing focal resources. Enhance your storytelling skills and captivate young audiences.

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Children’s meetings

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  1. Children’s meetings Storytelling

  2. Storytelling A powerful tool for drawing children into meaningful learning

  3. Choosing the story • Is it a tellable story? • Do you love this story? • Does this story support your message?

  4. Learning the story • Outline • Know the story, don’t memorise it • Know who your audience is • Personalise– relate to the children • See and feel what you are talking about • Practise, Practise, practise

  5. Focal resources for the story • Books • Cards • Puppets • Significant items from the story • Flannel graph • Magnetic board • Props for role-play • Computer visuals (digital stories – make your own) Digital story – Cookies and my conscience Bible storysongs https://vimeo.com/channels/778371/page:2

  6. Preparing for the story • Arrange the space so it’s right for you • Know your audience • Be ready – well prepared • Know what words you want to emphasise

  7. Telling the Story • Maintain eye contact • Vary voice – different voice for different people speaking • Speak clearly – not too fast • Enunciate • Draw in children who appear distracted – use their name e.g. What do you think happens next Tim?

  8. Make sure all children can see pictures or focal resources

  9. Listening to the audience • Monitoring the audience • Are children listening and understanding? • It’s all about the story and the audience (lose face/drop your ego)

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