Storytelling Technique Brainstorms from workshop participants:
Open ended story
Flannel boards
1st person
3rd person
Reader's Theatre
Back to back telling
Children's book
Silly story
Poem writing
Picture words
Interactive parts
Character visit
Family story Bible
Flannel board
Story by older members
Finish the story
Shadow play
Mary and Martha back to back
Bible story in modern setting
Children write a new parable
Expert come in
Powerpoint presentation
Little people show
Play
Acting out stories in the Bible
Wood figures show
Puppets
Special setting
Video clips
Signs and movements
Narrating stories
Skits
STORYTELLING
Act out
Carols
Character
Charadesw
Children’s books
Circle story
Coffee can theater
Costumes
CSI for Christ – go from scene to scene and solve a mystery
Dress up
Drums
Echo
First person
Flannelgraph
Guest readers
Inanimate object
Interview
Journey – start the story in one place and walk to different areas
Listening
Location
Media
Modern version
Props
Puppets
Puzzle
Sequencing
Sound effects
Suitcase
Take turns
Bag story
Books
Dramatic
Fill in the blanks
Monologue
Pantomine
Round Robin
Sentence completion
Timelines
Write your own ending