| Natural
storytellers booklets |
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Short
publications from Imaginary Journeys currently focus on
some great ways of using and focusing imagination in and
through story telling and making. |
| The
Natural Storytellers Series |
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96
fun ways of telling and making stories in 4 handy booklets
‘We
are all storytellers. It happens naturally and we can’t
avoid it. By working with what we have naturally, we
can learn a lot. Because it comes more or less naturally,
we can enjoy it a lot too...’
This
series of booklets emphasises the fun of simply playing
with imagination and natural oral narrative abilities
through story games and picturings that make use of
natural skills, from fibbing to dreaming. The four titles
in the series each include 24 tried and tested techniques
that feel like pure fun and yet teach all kinds of things
about stories.
Each
booklet has a different starting point and focus. Each
contains ideas that can be adapted creatively for any
age. Excellent for school speaking and listening work,
as therapeutic techniques, for emotional education or
simply for family fun around the camp fire and in the
car, together they make a complete course in oral story
telling and making skills. |
No1
IJ201
£4.95 plus p&p
24
fun games for making
and telling incredible stories
by Rob Parkinson
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Starting from ‘bad
habits’ such as lying, excuse-making and fantasizing,
these games really get players of all ages talking.
Enjoy the fun of Fantastic Fibs and Wicked Whoppers,
the One that Got Away, Magic Islands & Strange Planets
and many more. Notes with each game description suggest
ways of developing stories coming out of them in both
oral and written form and give hints on alternative
uses in such areas as therapy, counselling and emotional
intelligence/moral teaching.
‘So
good to get outside the usual strictures and do something
the children really like and enjoy – and still
learn a lot from!’ Aisha
May (Teacher)
‘We
played the Tall Tales games over and again in the car,
at home, on holiday. It was just huge fun - and we were
actually talking to each other.’ John
George (Parent)
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No.2
IJ202
£5.25 plus p&p
24
fun ways to picture
and tell marvellous stories
by Rob Parkinson
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Daydreaming is fun because
anything is possible. In good story making and telling
you imagine on in the same way, allowing the dreaming
part of the mind licence to wander, with some guidance
from motifs and plots. In these fun guided multi-sensory
picturings and games, you can explore the marvels and
mysteries of The Golden Staircase, Castles in the Air,
Miracle Markets, The Gallery of Living pictures and
many more. Daydreaming talents are used in positive
and stimulating ways and the picturings can even be
linked to make an extended fantasy quest tale.
‘It
was like going to another country and coming back with
all sorts of stuff to talk about.’ Sian
Simpson (11)
‘It
all works so well. So pleasing to see our students really
fired up about using their imaginations.’ Mike
Dawson (teacher)
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No.3
IJ203
£5.25 plus p&p
24
fun games for
stretching tales in the telling
by Rob Parkinson
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‘What a tangled web we weave....’
Yarn
Spinning is packed with more entertaining games, this
time all about weaving the fiction web convincingly
and flexibly - making the ‘yarn’ twist and
turn and go at interesting tangents whilst keeping the
central thread. It draws extensively on techniques developed
by oral storytellers in cultures around the world for
making old stories real, immediate and alive, modelling
these ways of enhanced communication in ways that really
engage players of all ages in stretching plots.
‘These
ideas really work with all abilities – that’s
the great thing about them.’ -
Dave Wilson, Advisory Teacher
‘I
really liked making the stories grow bigger and get
interesting. It was fun and it didn’t feel like
work.’ Leo
Smithson (9)
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No.4
IJ204
£5.25 plus p&p
24
fun ways to make
new tales from old ones
by Rob Parkinson
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Learn
the art and craft of making new tales from old plots
and motifs – the key to always being able to come
up with a new fictional ‘lamp’ whilst keeping
the ‘light’ of the old one. Learn to use
the Imaginer to see, touch, feel, hear and even smell
your new story. This essential collection of fun games
includes Pink Rinse & the 3 Tigers, Fooling with
Frames, The Midas Challenge, Sliding down Moonbeams
and many more and will appeal to both adults and children.
There are story summaries plus many hints on using the
games in story workshops or for therapy - or simply
for tremendous family fun.
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