Vivian Dubrovin's Blog

 

If you’ve been exchanging stories with your friends about similar personal experiences, you’ve been telling ‘sharing stories.’ You can turn these everyday conversations into a timeless storytelling event, by collecting sharing stories around a common theme, such as peace.

You know many personal stories about peace, in your daily life among your friends and in your activities. But you’ll find that peace means different things to different people. The whole picture of peace can only be seen when ...

Do you want people to listen to you? Learn to tell your story!

The first stories you might tell may be ‘Sharing Stories.’ They are one of the easiest kinds of stories to tell, and your audience will be people you know, in casual situations. If you are wondering, “But what exactly is a Sharing Story? What do you mean?” the answer to that is a Sharing Story! Whenever a person says, “Oh, let me explain…” they are about to tell a story. You can, too!

You will simply be sharing a common experience, and...

Help Storycraft Publishing celebrate as The Kids Storytelling Club website (www.storycraft.com) begins its 25thyear! Weve put some of our most popular stories and storytelling crafts online for you to download for free. Check it out and see how weve modernized the whole website to make it more fun for you.


Throughout the year we may be posting new projects. Our current featured project is Storytelling At Home. Storytelling is easier than you think! When you start explaining to someone (maybe a...

            What is the most important award that you have received? What one do you value most?            People often ask that question.            Although I value all of the awards, honors, selections, and complimentary reviews that I have received on my books and periodical publications, the ones that mean the most, bring the greatest joy, are the simple ones that show me that I have accomplished what I set out to do.            Before I start working on a book, I ask myself, "Why am I ...

We've been busy at Storycraft Publishing resolving some issues and working on our new downloadable KidTellers booklets, so I haven't posted in awhile. But it was brought to my attention that one of my books, Storytelling Adventures: Stories Kids can Tell, was recommended in the spring issue of Scholastic Instructor magazine in an article discussing using props to help young storytellers. Some people have wondered how I got started using props with young tellers, and some of my experiences...

Kids are natural-born storytellers. They love to make things up. But, they get intimidated or don't know how to start, or get confused and lose their place, or hurry or ramble or forget story structure and stop in the middle. There's a great story inside struggling to get out; how do you help them?
Come here to the "What's Their Story?" blog for expert tips and advice. You'll find here topics such as how a storytelling story differs from written ones, how to use simple crafts to help remember ...