The First Flower – The Snowdrop Story
By now most of the country is weary of snow - so here is a story of hope and spring's beginnings...my favorite story of the first brave flower of spring. You can find many other sweet spring stories in our Spring Tales collection of poems and stories for children. You might also enjoy a spring workshop we are giving in Boulder CO - The Incredible Story Egg Contact Suzanne for ordering books or registration for the workshop The Snowdrop By Hans Christian Andersen (Adapted) The snow lay deep, for it was winter time. The ...
continue readeingPosted by Suzanne, on February 11th, 2010
April 23, 2011 Workshop on the Incredible Story Egg!
There is something magical and amazing about an egg. That something living cracks out of a fragile shell as a whole chick, penguin, bird... is a true miracle. And life happens. So the egg has an inner life, a growing of forces becoming Being. The egg serves as protector. In story, as in egg, we can also protect the inner life, this time of the growing forces of a child. Perhaps even bring a metamorphosing element to it. I have been developing 'Protection Stories' for years now. Finding 'story vessels' that spark the imagination and also serve as a protective prop within the story. Mouse finds his pumpkin house, sturdy and safe. Hedgehog curls up in a welcoming tree stump. Squirrel's hole in the hollow tree, the old woman's shoe where all her children live, the shell in the sea where little fish can hide from the big fish, are ...
continue readeingPosted by Suzanne, on February 11th, 2010
Wool Magic by Suzanne Down
One Spring, I was telling stories for four days at a large street festival. I was a roving storyteller, mingling freely with the crowds, drawing children to me like a pied piper. I used my most colorful one-pocket story apron and bravely set out. Whenever there is a large event with many distractions, I find the story apron the best storytelling helper ever! The key is to have short, lovely ‘tales’ in the pocket so children and their families are free to move on with the festivities. This is not a ‘show’ with a definite period of time for stories, it is an ongoing series of mini shows.
continue readeingPosted by Suzanne, on February 4th, 2010
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