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Nigel Little

Disciplines

Storytelling/ Storytelling & Literacy Workshops

Workshops for Ages

Reception- yr 6 inclusive

Workshops Offered

Storytelling & Literacy Workshops
Unlike television and cinema, live unscripted storytelling doesn't spoon feed imagery to children. Rather, it encourages children to listen, think and react to what they have experienced.

My workshops aim to encourage children to nurture and develop these reactions so that they are able to communicate more creatively and effectively. This creates fertile ground for the development of both language skills and creative writing.
Each workshop is individually tailored to your schools needs and can focus upon:

• Defining & developing story building skills.
• Literacy & language skills
• Artistic work with general literacy development.
• Drama/ hotseating

I have many stories that cover topics on the National Curriculum (Greek and Roman myths etc ) and each workshop satisfies the first four learning objective 'strands' of the Primary Framework for Literacy, so a workshop can neatly tie in with your childrens needs.

Typically, a session will last 1-1.25hrs, giving four sessions in one day. Most schools choose to place different year groups together ie)
Reception & yr1, yr2 & yr3, yr4 & yr5, yr6
This usually allows the whole school to experience a workshop in one day.
Alternately, you can book a 2 or 3 day workshop 'block'. This obviously gives a greater opportunity to expand ideas and 'ground' the work.

Storytelling
I am also available for day or half day storytelling sessions, delivering curriculum based stories from around the world that warm the heart and fire the imagination!

Storytelling in Museums and Libraries
I am available to 'bring alive' your exhibition with specifically tailored tales to enhance the experience of your visitors. I am also available for library visits, again tailored to your needs.

Artist Statement

I am a 39 yr old storyteller, originally from the West Midlands. Having trained for 4 years at Bournville and Bournemouth as a Fine Art Photographer I then moved into the field of Reed Bed Sewage Treatment before deciding in 2005 to pursue Storytelling as a career.

I am driven by a need to inspire children to discover the power and creative potential of their imagination through storytelling.
I believe that stories are the fundamental 'nutritional' requirement for developing imaginative and creative individuals. Unfortunately, the nature of the modern world is such that children are being starved of this nutrition.

The inspirational way in which I work aims to redress this. I have a very interactive approach to storytelling, which makes a performance/ workshop both engaging and inclusive to all. Children are not 'told' a story, they are brought 'into' a story.This makes the post- story activities that I provide so much richer, as the children are working with material that they feel that they own.

With all of the pressures and constraints placed upon them these days, teaching staff need all of the help they can get. I bring storytelling into the classroom as an inspirational teaching aid, supplementing and bringing colour to your schools curriculum .I am an independent educator who can give both teachers and children an inspirational and informative day!