[Story telling session - Kirthana]

Story Telling:

Fresh in my mind is the entire session from today. The story telling techiniques brought to our awareness by Uma Khanna was absolutely worthy and very helpful. I can now relate how important these tips & tricks are during story telling session.

 

First activity was using an adjective before every name. Eg: Sensitive Sudha, Marvelous Medha, Malai Marke Mallika and many more cute ones.It was exciting and equally provoking and woke you up to the session.

 

Then, a story was narrated and then we categorized each of the elements for the story. This gave us an understanding of the following categories in a story:

1) Characters

2) Time Frame

3) Setting

4) Problem Plot

 

The second activity on writing a story for the given Setting was very interesting. It came to our surprise.....an author was hidden inside us. All the teams had a great story to tell. It was a good experience.

 

We continued with story telling with a book where the script was covered. It was an interactive session with lots of questions and answers. Leading from one subject into another making us aware of so many different things. Few ideas also led to many real life incidents and facts. For example: Fire and its safety guidelines, Festivals and celebrations and many more. During this session we covered voice modulation which also is an important feature during story telling.

 

Guidelines and template to puppet making was very helpful as we will be using them a lot during our practical sessions.

 

Finally, all of us got a chance to put into action all the important parts into story narration. We were imaginative with different ideas, creative with different materials to make puppets and props, used lot of voice modulation, and successfully made story telling and listening a great experience. WHAT FUN!!!

 

What I drove home:

Now, introduced to a whole new world of story telling, with the help of the puppets we made during the session, I narrated the story to my children and they were so excited. We discussed so many different things. It was a very interactive session with lots to explore together.