What a way to end the week!
It’s raining in Melbourne – at last. It’s
been dry, dry, dry for months.
Today I headed out of the city to a small
town called Bacchus Marsh, about an hour away on the M8. Its school holidays
and I was expecting to tell stories to a group of primary age children. My
storyteller’s instincts kicked in and I packed my story box, the full kit and
caboodle. When booked by a library, expect the unexpected. My listeners were
aged between 6months and 5 years of age. I dumped the shark jaws in the car
(great story to go with by the way), threw away my plans and rejigged the
brain.
I had a wonderful time with the children,
their families and carers. I can recommend Montomery Kelly’s book Out of the Storyteller’s Hat. This book is a treasure trove of ideas for stories and songs
for the very young,
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