Unleash the Creativity In Your Child: A Story Telling/Reading Workshop for Parents

Workshop : Unleash the Creativity In Your Child!
A Story Telling/Reading Workshop for Parents - 3 Hours

Story telling and reading are tried and tested techniques of how knowledge and skills are passed on from generation to generation. In the age of computer games such as Nintendo, Playstation, Xbox and Maplestory, parents are fighting a battle to keep their children focused on reading and studying.

This hands-on workshop will allow parents to learn and practice the fundamental story telling and reading skills to help develop the love for reading in their children so that they can become independent learners and seek knowledge through reading! Notes and handouts will be given and participants stand a chance to win a storybook to be given away during the class.

Date: 7 April 2007 (Saturday)
Time: 1.30 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.
Place: Marina Country Club
600 Ponggol Seventeenth Avenue S(829734)
(Transport is provided from Ponggol MRT Station. Notes and handouts will be given to participants)


Workshop Synopsis

· Why story telling and reading for children?
o Developing listening and comprehension skills
o Developing speaking and reading skills
o Learning concepts such as sequence of events in the narrative
o Learning moral lessons and values through folktales

· Learning through books and stories
o Choosing the right books and stories
o What is your child’s reading age
o Story reading to your child and with your child
o Benefits of story reading and telling

· Story reading techniques
o The story reader: The three Vs – Vocal, Visual and Verbal
o The setting: Where do we have our story reading
o The delivery: How to conduct a story reading
o Practice session
o Feedback by trainer

· Story telling techniques
o Similar to story reading but no book!
o Vocal and body gestures are critical
o Use of props
o The setting and delivery
o Practice session
o Feedback by trainer

· Conclusion
o Start now
o Practice, practice and practice
o Invest for your child’s future!


Speaker’s Profile :
Ee Chuan is an avid toastmaster who loves to share his love for reading and stories with children. He has been involved in working with children through volunteering with Chinese Development Assistance Council's (CDAC)'s Supervised Homework Group program (pastoral care and homework support for primary 5 and 6 children) since 2000. He is actively involved as one of the pioneer volunteers in the national reading program called "kidsREAD" at the CDAC's Jurong Student Service Centre started in 2005 where he teaches children aged from 6 to 8 (K2 to primary 2) from low income families to inculcate in them a lifelong love for reading English books and developing foundational English language reading and literacy skills.


To Register:

Contact Person:
Ms Chan Boon Hwee
Well Link ProBusiness Service
HP : (65) 91973368 / (65) 97635972
Email : bhchan01@gmail.com