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This
on-campus learning experience will live on in memories
for a lifetime. 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 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, usually
about positive character traits, that will fit with
your interests and needs. We often add Native American
flute music and songs to add to the magic.
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
The
average on-site stay is between 8 and 10 hours.
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Celebrate Earth Day
any day! Tipi Tellers tell Earth stories to teach
listeners of all ages how to appreciate the earth,
and how to help preserve its natural resources. Stories
come not only from the Native Americans, but from
all cultures and develop a curiosity about nature.
Storytelling brings to light a better understanding
of how nature works and teaches the lessons of nature.
Tipi Tellers respect and value the interdependence
found in nature and their stories reflect these ideas.
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Tipi Tellers enhances
Texas history, its human relationships and physical
features, with a focus on the settlement of Texas
in a variety of regions. Tipi Tellers:
Tipi
Tellers relate stories that support TEKS curriculum
guidelines and address lesser-known facts that are difficult
to teach. Depending on how many fourth grade students
you have, we can break the students into groups of forty
(two classes) and tell the stories in hour sessions.
Given an hour and one half with each group, we have
time to add a Native American game and few other tidbits
of information. Our stories create a better understanding
about Native Americans in Texas and of other Texians,
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Tipi Tellers story
bag contains wisdom and humor from folktales and legends
from many cultures, as well as personal tales. We
include songs and may include Native American flute,
banjo, and drums. Stories are age appropriate and
many are interactive. This program can be tailored
to meet selected TEKS. We’ve celebrated Red
Ribbon Week, Multi-Cultural Days and just getting
over the TAKS test. 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.
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The proof
is in the research and there’s plenty of it! Storytelling
can improve TAKS scores. Let Tipi Tellers put
the joy back in teaching for teachers, and the fun back
in learning for students. Contact us for further information.
Storytelling can:
- improve listening comprehension,
vocabulary, story-structure and story elements.
- motivate further reading and whet
our appetite for further literary experiences.
- develop mental imaging, a skill necessary
for reading comprehension.
- increase understanding
and awareness of our world’s diverse cultures.
- and best of all, storytelling is
FUN!
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| Tipi
Tellers Storytelling-in-Residence program offers a unique
approach to excite students about learning as you sneak
in those TEKS through the “back door”. A residency
teaches students and trains teachers at the same time.
Storytelling strategies allow students to draft, pre-write
and revise orally; sharing, learning and evaluating together.
The storytelling process creates a stimulating environment
in which each student strives for his or her own “Personal
Best”. Through the language arts curriculum, we
can incorporate any subject area, including facts, fables
or tale tales-whatever best fits YOUR objectives. |
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| Tipi
Tellers and their eye-catching tipi make an impression
everywhere they go. Imagine 28-foot long poles rising
into the air, topped with waving red or green ribbons,
and a white canvas “cocoon” snugly wrapped,
creating an inviting structure. The storytellers within
eagerly await the curious, the tired and the lost: entertaining
and filling all with story and tipi history. Many cannot
resist the pull of the tipi, returning again and again
to hear just one more story or to digest just one more
tidbit of information. Everyone takes home a head filled
with memories. |
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