Month: November 2019

The Florida House of Representatives passed the bill declaring November 16 – 23, 2019, as “Florida Storytelling Week.” On the weekend before Thanksgiving, the celebration of telling stories has become known as Tellabration. This is a worldwide event! Search for a Tell-a-bration event happening THIS WEEKEND in your area.Check out the Florida Storytelling Association online …

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Telling and Reading to Elementary School Students    Contributed by Pete Abdalla When I retired almost 20 years ago, I started volunteering in the elementaryschools by telling stories to various classes to encourage reading. To emphasizehow important I thought it was to enjoying reading, in my first meeting with eachclass I would point to my watch …

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