“Celebrating Common Ground: Storytelling in Children’s Gardens,”
Synopsis:
Description of my design of cross-cultural storytelling programs for urban children in San Francisco's Botanical Garden in Golden Gate Park. Pioneeering efforts supported by the Garden's Education Department helped create events for children and their families whiich connected diverse cultures and deepened children's understanding of nature. Celebrations of the seasons linked different cultures' holidays. Through the telling by different storytellers of myths with shared themes, deep likeness between traditons emerged. Planting and craft projects brought out awareness of nature's ways and cycles and offered much delight around the garden year.
Topics/Categories:
Using storytelling to connect children to nature's unity and diversity
Type of Work:
Publishers:
Children's Environments CUNY Ed. Chapman & Hall Roger Hart
Original Published Source:
Children's Environments, Vol 12.
Original Publish Date:
1995-02-08
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