Many people have been asking us
where we get our stories from. Well, some of our stories are originals from
books, but we don't literally read the story from the book. We retell the story
in our own words; we add extra bits of information or twists and turns to
enable children participation in the story. We also remix and retell
stories, this would mean that we combine two short
stories together and retell it as one new story. And then there are
some stories that we create on our own.
Through each of our story, we
teach some concepts to children. Hence, the story is never told as is. We split
the story into many parts, then we add bits of learning concepts into it and
finally we weave it all together. What you get at the end is a new, interactive
and engaging version of an old story!
Stories are often set in real or
imaginary worlds. They have characters, a theme, a plot, action, adventure
and drama. So in one way, the stage, the script and the acts are already
defined for us. All we do is figure out what "learning concept" can
be built into the story. For example, through our story (this one's our creation) "Adventures of Johnny
Dragon", we take children on an Asian tour. Along with Johnny Dragon, we
visit Japan, China, Sri Lanka and a few other countries.
Through Johnny Dragon's adventure
we learnt facts about volcanoes in Japan; we also found out the length of
the Great Wall of China and learnt about some Chinese inventions. The children
participate in the story too. They read the clues and guess which country
Johnny visits next. They also share their knowledge about each country and
decide how Johnny should travel from one destination to another. Children
by nature are very creative; they provide their ideas and thoughts and make
Johnny's adventure even more interesting.
At the end, each storytelling
session becomes an amazing learning experience - for us and for the
children. So, if you'd like your children to be part of a creative storytelling
session, then check out our schedule and do come visit us. Because, we'd love
to build a new story along with you!
