Accomplishments
"I think getting the children involved in the stories made the literature come alive. This nurtures the love for reading - a wonderful benefit."
- Mrs. Diane Stephenson, Harrison School, 3rd grade teacher
· Long-term storytelling programs for more than 18,000 students
· Long-term partnerships with more than fifty schools
· Observational study and data collection to assess the impact of storytelling on children's learning
· Design and implementation of innovative programs for preschool, elementary, and middle school students, for learning disabled students, and for adolescents in detention centers
· Innovative techniques using storytelling to connect to writing, movement, and visual arts literacy
· Intensive summer institutes for teachers
· Follow-up support, including on-site mentoring for teacher storytellers
· Recipient of the Constance Strand Memorial Award for Program Excellance from the New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commision, 2006
The Commission noted:
