Soaring Stories

This past week I worked with 17 elementary students at the Hangar Theater Next Generation Camp  in Ithaca, NY.  I decided that I would work only with oral stories rather than the traditional method of teaching children stories through the written word.  I told a story, then we practiced the bones of the tale, and [...]

Once, a little river turtle went for a walk away from the cool water.  “I am on an adventure!”  he said to no one in particular.  He walked and he walked and he walked and he walked. He walked all morning, looking at one thing and another.  Feeling the hot sun upon his back, he [...]