Teaching . . .
“Karen’s positive energy spilled over into my classroom . . . she slowly reeled in the kids' attention until you could hear a pin drop.”
Ignite student’s skills while increasing their abilities to be good listeners.
Students as Storytellers
From one session to many, Karen will customize her program to meet your learning objectives and your school’s standards for each grade level.
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Karen can lead a story circle for your students (or train you to lead a story circle) where students will learn to tell a variety of stories including, personal, original, family, folk and fairy tales. The story circle process focuses on creating a safe and supportive place for students to share and be heard.
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For ESL students, storytelling will help students become more comfortable speaking English.
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For students with special needs, especially for students with autism and non-verbal communicative disorders who utilize facilitated communication. Karen uses story games and unique classroom activities to make the storytelling process accessible to all students.
Teacher Trainings
Karen teaches workshops for teachers in schools and for credit points at universities and educational institutions.
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In Karen’s highly interactive workshop, teachers learn how to use storytelling to enhance language arts, history, social science, and science. Teachers will learn where to find stories and how to “infuse” them with educational content and tell them engagingly and memorably.
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Participants will learn the strategies for creating immersive storytelling experiences for primary students that are engaging and motivating, helping students to internalize knowledge and skills effortlessly.
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Personal stories: Turn your life experiences into well-crafted stories and share them in a fun and safe space. Learn what makes a good story, how to calm your nerves, and how to leave a lasting impression.
Private Coaching
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Bring your public speaking and storytelling skills to the next level with individual coaching.
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Karen has worked with a wide range of individuals including clergy, business-persons, authors, doctors, lawyers, teachers, actors, other storytellers and university professors.
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She has also coached performers developing one person shows from concept to final product.
Karen’s performance style is both playful and serious. She animates different characters by adding sound effects and mixing in music she plays on the saxophone, recorder, hulusi, accordion, ocarina, and even the nose flute; plus a variety of folkloric instruments she has collected from around the world.
Karen can keep the attention of 2- to 102-year-olds . . .
kids, teenagers, moms and dads, and senior citizens.
Audience members always leave feeling entertained and inspired to make the world a better place.