These performances include rhythm and rhyme programs for preschool and kindergarten that includes finger rhymes, participation and action stories and a primary division with more developed stories and songs. Performances can be booked in a public school setting, libraries, Montessori, in a classroom or for family reading nights. Online options are available upon request.
“Thanks a ton for coming to our school, you were great as USUAL!! Everyone was a Buzz over the concerts and my class made some wonderful drawings of your story and songs…I can’t believe how many they could remember!!”
Ellen Yeo, primary teacher Monk PS, Bracebridge, ON, and performer of children’s troupe, Jam Sandwich
Oral presentations for elementary ages help develop language skills and an appreciation for differences and similarities in cultures and the world, and inclusiveness. Heather’s desire to connect children’s participatory programming with teachers, parents, and caregivers is a strong element of her work.
Children love to hear good tales and they are enriched by being given the opportunity to use their imagination and visualize the images in their head.
Lively rhythm and rhyme sessions for little ones include action songs, chants, finger rhymes, traditional and original stories and songs, focusing on family, multicultural tales of virtue, nature, environment, trickster and humour, through creative themed programs.
Children clap, sing, stomp, chant and join in animated tales to get their hearts pumping! Heather brings a room full of children to life with uplifting, fun stories. Performances include lots of repetition, participation songs and a puppet friend or two, along with the use of homemade instruments and props, and playing the guitar.
“You really know how to engage the kids! Thanks very much again for coming out to our programs. In terms of their literacy, a visit from a storyteller was a benefit for the children who do not speak English as their first language and English is not spoken at home. The more they can hear the language and make connections to things, the better. Ideally this will lead them into reading more books and stories on their own, thus building their literacy skills. It looked like everyone was enjoying your songs and stories. It was a great treat for the kids and adults.”
Ken Martin, Frontier College Literacy, Learning for Life
Heather brings focus to the importance of communicating love, togetherness, unity and acceptance, and how telling stories helps us to understand our similarities and differences. There are nourishing environmental stories and songs from our sky, land, and sea! As well as multicultural tales and tunes, sing-alongs, humorous folktales, and monster stories told around a campfire. “Let’s Give Thanks for the Trees” is a favourite original story song inspired by travel and immigration.
Rhythm and Rhyme Time
Ottawa Children’s Storytelling Festival
A World of Wonder. Aiken Drum
Family and community performance.