Shaping Our Story: It is more than Just Numbers Telling The Story Presenter: Carrie Topliffe, Santa Barbara County Department of Child Support Services,
Why Tell Stories To Children? Improve listening skills Better attention span Improve oral skills Improve problem solving skills Develop inventive thinking Learn to sequence events Learn to express themselves
Storytelling in Teaching Sparking student interest Aiding the flow of lectures Making material memorable Overcoming student resistance/anxiety Building rapport between instructor and student
Make Stories Engaging Voice modulation Vivid descriptions Rhymes, riddles and repetition Simple props Music
Stories & Mental Health
Storytelling in Great Wisdom Traditions The Bible The Parables of the Old Testament The Christ’s Parables The Qur’ran and the Hadith The Prophet Mohammed’s Traditional Sayings Buddhism’s Jataka Fables – The Buddha’s Incarnations The Hindu Stories: the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, the Ramayana
Sources of Stories Current events History Television programs Classic literature or drama Personal experience Our own case studies
Stories & Child Support