A little story…
Today I visited Ipswich to run a parent/pupil session focussed on “The Gingerbread Man”. First I’d worked with the parents around encouraging storytelling at home and shown them affordable ideas for imaginative play. We’d then had a massive amount of fun telling the story.
Anyway, at the end of the session a little girl in the front row piped up…
“Do you remember that time you came to our school and told us stories…”
I held my breath. I had visited the school before to tell stories. Back in November the school had organised a bed time storytelling day and all the children had turned up in their night wear. I was amazed. I had told this little girl stories and she had remembered. This was it. This was finally going to be proof that storytelling in schools works. Mentally I prepared myself. The next words from this five year old would show that my work is memorable and valuable and all the things I dream it can be. She continued…
“… do you remember the pyjamas I was wearing?”
Then again. May be not.