Workshops - Bill

Children's Workshops:
           (In schools, churches, and other organizations.  These and other workshops and residencies can be designed according to your needs.)

   Children Tell Stories (Kindergarten and older)
     Through modeling and participation, children learn the art of Storytelling, by looking atthe kinds of stories, experiencing how to craft a story, how to           learn a story, and share it with others.   

​Adult and Youth Workshops:
      (For schools, churches, community groups, community education programs, etc., these and others can be designed according to your needs.
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• Storytelling 101
  This workshop includes:  the examination of different sources for your storytelling; how to craft a story; how to learn, not memorize a story; and, tools for telling a story.
  
  
• Tell Your Story
  Participants learn how to develop their own story through creative exercises and share it with others. 


• Discerning, Developing and Sharing Your Faith Story   
  Participants learn ways of discerning their faith story, developing their faith story, and sharing their faith story.

  
PUPPETRY WORKSHOPS                                                                                                                  
​​   Puppets: An Introduction to Puppetry (Adults and Youth)
                   In this workshop, participants:

1. Learn some of the creative uses of puppetry 
2. Practice techniques of puppetry performance
3. Sample and perform puppet skits/plays
4. Look at staging and scenery 
5. Learn how to go from story to skit/play

   Puppets: Children Do Puppets (Grade 3 and older)
                  In this workshop, participants:

1. Learn some of the creative uses of  puppetry
2. Practice techniques of puppetry performance
3. Sample and perform puppet skits/plays
4. Look at staging and scenery
5. Learn how to go from story to skit/play.