National Tell A Story Day
Join a library or group for a reading, crack open a book to read to friends or family, or make up a story of your own to entertain and spend quality time together.
If you are someone who has a lot of exciting tales to tell, you are going to love Tell a Story Day! Read on to discover everything you need to know about it.
Learn about Tell a Story Day
We are, as a species, addicted to stories. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling itself stories.
Jonathan Gottschall
Tell a Story Day is celebrated in the United States, Scotland and the United Kingdom. The aim of the day to get participants telling, sharing, and listening to each others stories. It is a celebration of the art of oral storytelling in all of its many forms, whether it be fiction or non-fiction, a tall tale, or folklore. The stories may be told from memory or from a book. Events can be held in community centres, churches, homes and gardens, hospitals, libraries, schools, or more unusual venues!
The aim of the day is to encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to share stories. This could be reading one of your favorite books or creating your own story from your imagination; it doesn’t matter, so long as you share a story. You can gather friends or family together and all read stories. A lot of schools will embrace this day as well by getting students to contribute a story or they will read a book together as a class.
Storytelling is an ancient practice that is used so knowledge can be handed down from one practice to another. It is a beautiful way for families and friends to pass on long told tales, histories, and family traditions with one and other. Not only can storytelling be educational, but entertaining as well. Most people would agree that a lot of the world’s best stories have come from real-life experiences. When you consider just how special storytelling can be, it is only right that we have a day to pay honor to this.
Just think about the image of you sitting on your grandparent’s lap and listening to them tell you a story! This is a cherished memory that a lot of people have. Stories bring people closer together. It is an opportunity for them to learn from one another, forming a closer bond and connection. It also gives you the chance to reminisce too. Creativity is fostered when we try to connect our past with the present. This encourages using your imagination, and the possibilities are endless when you do that!
History of Tell a Story Day
No story lives unless someone wants to listen. The stories we love best do live in us forever. So whether you come back by page or by the big screen, Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.
J.K. Rowling
Tell A Story Day was created by an entrepreneur called George Rafeedle. The first observance of this day occurred back in 2009, and it has been going strong ever since then! George knew that storytelling was an effective and powerful way to involve, motivate, and connect with other people. Everyone in the world has a great story to tell, no matter who you are or where you come from. Uncovering these tales and telling such stories enables us to connect with people on a different level. We can also change behavior and motivate people as well. We should not underestimate just how powerful storytelling is!
How to celebrate Tell a Story Day
For the day itself, you can organize your own event with friends, family, or colleagues and create a magical world of enchanting fairy tales, scary ghost stories, or age-old family legends.
There are many different ways that you can celebrate Tell a Story Day. Libraries around the country will have storytelling times for children on this day, so you may want to look into this and see what is going on at your local library. You should be able to easily find this information online.
The main aim of this day is to share stories with people. You don’t have to go to the library or join a group to do this, although it is one of the options available to you. You could host a night with family and friends where everyone shares a story that is interesting to them. You could also share a story on social media. Social media has made it possible for everyone to have a voice, so you can share a story on the likes of Instagram or Facebook with your friends, family, and followers. You will find that a lot of people will be sharing stories on social media on this day, so you can read stories from others too, whether for inspiration or entertainment – or both!
If you’re worried that you’re not going to be very good at telling a story, don’t panic; we have a few tips to help you out! When telling a story, the most important thing to do is engage with your audience. You can encourage them to participate as well. Don’t worry about making a mistake. Take a second to regain your composure and start the sentence again.
A powerful tool that you can use is facial expressions for the purpose of punctuating your words. This helps to drive the emotion of a character home. You can also surprise your audience by using misdirection. This is another approach that works well. Aside from this, we would recommend giving every character their own voice and using movements too. Moving your body while telling a story is going to give it extra impact. This helps to bring your audience to life while also capturing their attention.
As you can see, there are lots of little tips and tricks that can help you to tell a story more effectively. You can also spend some time exploring different online resources and looking at books on the art of storytelling. There are plenty of options out there, so you will never be short of resources. You can also watch videos of some of the best storytellers. You can see how the best of the best do it, gaining an insight into what makes a great storyteller. Steal some of their techniques to ensure that you ace your performance.
There are also storytelling courses online. If you are interested in learning more about the art of storytelling, you may want to take one of these courses. You can either go to a course in your local area or you could take an online course. There are also a lot of forums that have been created for those interested in stories, enabling you to connect with likeminded people. Not only does this give you a platform to share your tales, but you can ask questions and pick up tips and advice as well!
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