The Phoenix Storytelling Tipi Presents:

Bring A Field Trip To Your Class

This on-campus learning experience will live on in memories for a lifetime. The Phoenix Storytelling Tipi Tellers provide storytelling sessions for schools, libraries, summer camps, church groups and more. This program is available throughout the year for grades kindergarten through 12 and for adults. Our programs support specific Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for any grade level: reading, language arts, history, environmental education, math, social studies, and science. Our tipi is wheelchair accessible. We will gladly design a program to meet your needs.

When you invite The Phoenix Storytelling Tipi Tellers to your school, we arrive before the students and raise the tipi before the school day starts. Your school may choose up to 12 “Kids with Character”, fourth grade and up, to help us set up the tipi early in the morning. This sixty to ninety minute activity brings students together as a team with a common and challenging goal under the supervision of the Tipi Tellers. Our experience has taught us that this event brings a tremendous sense of pride and accomplishment to the students, and they take away the knowledge that they are “experts” in tipi construction. They have learned the ancient secrets of its construction. Just looking around the inside of our tipi and asking questions allows us to teach tipi history and culture.

After the tipi raising, we tell age-appropriate stories all day in 45-minute sessions. We choose stories employing positive character traits that encourage connecting with the environment and preserving the history of cultures around the world. We often add music and songs to add to the magic, and many of the stories are interactive.  All of the stories are chosen to meet your interests, needs, and curriculum.

Our story bag contains wisdom and humor from folktales and legends from many cultures, as well as personal tales. Stories are age appropriate and many are interactive. We’ve celebrated Red Ribbon Week and Multi-Cultural Days. Tipi Tellers is not just a one shot program, but can be used to extend any skills currently being taught. Ask about our study guide that includes pre and post activities.

The average on-site stay is between 8 and 10 hours. We can accommodate up to 500 students in one day. Larger schools may choose:

• Limited participation to certain grades


• Request an additional tipi at an additional cost


• Add a second day of on-campus tipi telling

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