Tan Yan Kee Foundation, Inc., Adarna House, Inc., and the Department of Education held a story-telling event for 60 public school teachers, three education supervisors, and three district supervisors and principals at the Bambang Central School in Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya.
The workshop on the art of oral narration, the session focuses on the tools a storyteller can use, and how these tools can be maximized to the storyteller’s advantage. It gives tips on choosing stories, preparing for storytelling sessions, and developing different ways to tell a story. It aims to develop genuine love for reading among children through storytelling.
Grade 2 teacher Vanessa Patricio sees the project as “not just a plain story-action or variation of voice but a springboard for enjoyment, reading and learning techniques.” Grade 5 and 6 teacher Josie Laboreda adds, “being TYKF’s recipients of storybooks, we sustain the usage of these books to encourage pupils to read more and learn how to tell stories.”
Sta. Fe Central teacher Marjorie Frani says that storytelling is another way of teaching beyond the traditional form, and Grade 2 teacher Eliza Baldino finds that it helps them in storytelling classes with techniques to be used for effective teaching.
Grade 4 teacher Blessing Balasuit is thankful for the session saying that teachers are not usually equipped to encourage pupils to read, “thus learning strategies of storytelling help teachers to appreciate and share to pupils, co-teachers, and even to district level officials.”
Grade 3 & 4 Teacher Ma. Magdalena Attaban appreciates the storytelling lessons for the ability to have “strategies in teaching and for kids to love reading.”