Storytelling: A Power Tool in K-6 Grade Classrooms

Description:

A low-stress, high-octane introduction to the most useful, flexible, cost-effective arts integration skills in your toolbox! Master Storyteller, Bobby Norfolk, will kick off the session with a performance of trickster stories from Ghana, West Africa about Anansi the Spider. We will then discuss the skills that he used to bring them to life. In this online workshop, we'll explore the tools of a storyteller (voices, sound effects, movement, body language and imagination) and then take a quick dive into arts integration lesson plans for lower and upper elementary grades! Join us for a jam-packed, fast-paced 90 minutes!

Presenter Bios:

Bobby Norfolk is an internationally known story performer and teaching artist. Using dynamic movement and vocal effects, Bobby creates vibrant characters who come to life through imaginative, creative story.

Sherry Norfolk is an award-winning storyteller, author and teaching artist, performing and leading residencies and professional development workshops nationally and internationally. Sherry is a recognized leader in integrating learning through storytelling.

Workshops are open to classroom teachers, arts educators, school administrators, university students, and community members.

*USBE relicensure hours available for licensed educators. Register points through Midas under course section 5.

Arts Are Core provides professional learning opportunities in arts education through a generous endowment from the Sorenson Legacy Foundation and a partnership with BTS Arts.

Host or Publisher Arts Are Core, a Beverley Taylor Sorenson Endowed Program for Elementary Arts Education