The Power of Story!
"The one thing that you have that nobody else has is YOU. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only YOU can."
-Neil Gaiman
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This week's library classes focused on the magical and transcendent power of storytelling, and how it has evolved and progressed through the ages with the help of technology during many historical eras.
Beginning with the "Oral Tradition" of storytelling by cave people, on through symbols soon added to their walls, and the "Written Tradition" of clay tablets, hieroglyphics, and ink and woodblocks (to name a few) that followed, the art of story and storytelling has been evolving and growing ever since. Dan Yaccarino's I Am A Story beautifully reinforced this concept and acted as a perfect mentor text to depict my favorite method of storytelling; art and text woven together in picture book form.
Next, I read Kate Messner (text) and Mark Siegal's (art) How To Read A Story, which outlines ten steps for optimal storybook reading enjoyment. It also was the perfect text to enjoy before we made our selections for the week.
Most learners seemed to really enjoy the lesson's focus and new understandings; a few of my own stories told with guitar; and the chance to select their own books to borrow for the week despite the sweltering heat we've been experiencing as of late. Stay cool, everybody!
Most learners seemed to really enjoy the lesson's focus and new understandings; a few of my own stories told with guitar; and the chance to select their own books to borrow for the week despite the sweltering heat we've been experiencing as of late. Stay cool, everybody!
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