Free storytelling training set
The Basadours, a dynamic group of volunteer ambassadors for reading and storytelling, are taking a step towards bringing together all reading and storytelling advocates in “Storytelling 101: A Storytelling Training.”
The Basadours, a dynamic group of volunteer ambassadors for reading and storytelling, are taking a step towards bringing together all reading and storytelling advocates in “Storytelling 101: A Storytelling Training.”
Reading advocate group, Basadours, will start the celebration of the National Book Week with “Storython: A storytelling marathon event,” which will gather more than 100 selected schoolchildren in Cebu City on Nov. 23 at the Cebu City Public Library (CCPL).
When the clock strikes 5 p.m. on weekdays, Raymond, Christian and John Lloyd drop their schoolbags at home in Cebu City’s Barangay Inayawan and head for the nearby dump to join their pals—John Paul, Martin and Eman—in looking for tin cans, plastic and other items that can be sold to scrap buyers.
Storytelling sparks imagination and creativity in every child. A batch of grade school pupils from Saint Theresa’s College (STC) and Mayor A.S. Fortuna Memorial Elementary School shared the fun in sharing stories in an afternoon of “Story Hours” at Banilad Town Centre (BTC). In line with National Heroes month, stories of Filipino heroes were shared [...]
More than 90 children listened in rapt attention as two actors and an educator read stories about a young child growing up in war-torn southern Philippines and a tadpole learning about tolerance and acceptance during Saturday afternoon’s Inquirer Read-Along.
The Philippine Daily Inquirer will hold storytelling competitions during the second Inquirer Read-Along Festival on Nov. 26-27 at the Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center Amphitheater in Quezon City. With the theme, “The Filipino Child and the Stories of the Earth,” the contests will have three categories: For students aged 7-12; yayas, and adult storytellers, who will all tell stories about biodiversity and the riches of the planet.
Lalaine Nieves, 46, a Grade II teacher at Dacap Sur Elementary School in the coastal town of Bani in Pangasinan, is often moved to tears whenever she recounts how she trekked through mountains each day just to attend classes as a child.
Those who grew up in the ’80s and early ’90s will surely remember “Kuya Bodjie,” the affable character on the children’s TV show, “Batibot.” Luisito Pascua in real life, he is a stage, film, and TV actor by profession, with a unique talent for storytelling. His animated narration in “Mga Kwento ni Kuya Bodjie,” a [...]
It was the Pacman’s turn to enthrall young audiences, not with his fists but with his storytelling chops.
Former Tourism secretary Joseph Ace Durano sat on a multicolored rubber mat floor in Ayala Center Cebu and read the tale of “Magnificent Benito and His Two Front Teeth” to 30 children. He read in English, then translated lines in Cebuano. “I miss doing this. It brought back a lot of nice memories,” said the [...]
AT least 45 children at a Philippine Navy base in Cebu yesterday listened to children’s stories being read aloud by Philippine Daily Inquirer guests in Manila. The session was a simultaneous Read-Along, facilitated by the Navy’s video teleconferencing system (VTS), so that some 300 children from eight other naval bases around the country could join [...]
