Veteran teacher, storyteller and author Marni Gillard offers practical strategies for inviting learners of every age into the power of deep listening through story-sharing, poem-telling, and readers theater.

You’ll learn hands-on ways to help children step into literature, experience memories as dialogue-filled scenes and learn to coach each other skillfully on oral and written performance. Oral language and listening pave the road into literacy. Marni shows the way.

• Life Stories/memoir/Staged Memory Tales
• Tales of Tolerance/Bullying
• Cultural Awareness Through Stories
• Storyteller Storyteacher
• Poemtelling

Fees: Workshop: $150 Daily rate: $600
Options: Assemblies, workshop, or multiple day residencies
Age Group: Grades Pre-K-12, teachers
Availability: Year Round
Capacity: 30 Students per workshop