The first day is similar to the preceding program. On the following days I work with individual classes or two classes at the most. Students are first involved in retelling one of my stories. Then, they work in pairs to create their own stories. I provide lots of support, suggestions and enthusiasm during this creating time, and coach them in body movement, use of voice, role-playing and overcoming shyness, and prepare them to tell their stories.
Handouts are available for teachers.
Children are invited to bring their parents back to school in the evening. I tell stories that everyone enjoys and then involve the children and their parents in telling their own stories. Children are usually grouped by grade levels. In the final 15 minutes I tell sign language stories and involve the audience by asking them to use the signs with me. I'm available for questions on storytelling and for autographing my books following the program.