Teacher-Artist, Performer, and Writer.
Workshops and Residencies
Storytelling reveals our literary, compassionate, and playful skills!
Are you ready to energize your classroom, library, or festival with unforgettable experiences? Whether you’re taming Lions, enchanting Snakes, or captivating curious minds, my workshops and residencies offer dynamic, hands-on opportunities to engage every learner and audience member.
The following workshops and residencies are designed for educators, librarians, program coordinators, homeschool parents, and festival organizers. These sessions blend creativity and fun and use actionable tools to make storytelling a powerful and engaging experience.
📌 Ready to inspire your community? Let’s create something magical together! ✨
Tame the Lion, Enchant the Snake: Engage the Children to Participate!
Workshop
Every classroom or audience is a lively mix of personalities—bold Lions, playful Monkeys, and thoughtful Snakes—all learning and responding in their own unique ways.
This workshop empowers educators, librarians, and entertainers to identify these traits and engage every learner with storytelling and creative strategies.
Learn how to captivate the shy, channel the energy of the extroverted, and create meaningful connections using Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligences framework. Walk away with fun, actionable tools to turn any group into an engaged, harmonious audience!
Perfect For: Teachers, librarians, performers, and youth program leaders looking to inspire and connect with their students or audiences.
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StoryLand Adventures!
School Residency
Elevate your students' love for reading and writing with Storyland Adventures! This interactive program sparks the imagination as students listen, retell, and adapt tales, building confidence, expanding vocabulary, enhancing memory, and sharpening summarization skills.
In Storyland Adventures!, students become directors, actors, and scriptwriters, breathing new life into classic stories. Using voices, body movement, drawing, puppetry, poetry, and more, they explore storytelling through various creative mediums. Each session is a hands-on journey where students dissect, play with, and adapt stories to match their unique skills and visions.
Perfect For: Educators, literacy coordinators, librarians, arts integration specialists, and after-school program leaders looking to foster creativity and a more profound love for storytelling.
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Puppets for Imaginative Storytelling and Beyond!
Workshop
Have you ever wanted to bring stories to life with vibrant, handmade puppets? Join this fun and easy workshop where you’ll learn to craft your own durable, adorable puppets that captivate children and adults alike! Whether you're an educator, librarian, parent, or performer, no experience is needed—just a desire to create and enjoy the process.
Inspired by a Texas workshop where librarians outdid the instructor, this session promises to unlock your creative power to make memorable characters that enhance your storytimes, performances, or classroom activities. These puppets are easy to handle, simple to clean, and built to last, making them perfect for endless storytelling fun!
Perfect For: Librarians, educators, parents, performers, and anyone looking to add an imaginative twist to their storytelling or teaching toolkit.
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Other ideas or needs?
Do you have a unique idea for a storytelling workshop or residency? Or may your organization have specific needs you'd like to address?
Let’s collaborate! I’m passionate about crafting custom experiences that align with your goals and vision. Whether it’s tailoring a program to your audience, exploring new themes, or addressing specific challenges, I’d love to work with you to bring your ideas to life.
Reach out, and let’s create something extraordinary together! ✨🎭📚