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Leffingwell House Press ReleasesStorytellers WantedJuly 19, 2009 Must like children and have own transportation. The Society of the Founders of Norwich would like to begin a program to bring storytellers to local pre-schools and grade schools in the Norwich area. The goal of the program is to introduce children and adults to history through the reading aloud from story books from the 17 and 1800's. Storytellers would arrange their own schedules and be responsible for keeping a detailed record of what classes they have read to. Student reactions to the stories would also be helpful. Unfortunately taking pictures of the children is against the rules in most schools. Representatives of the school and students may however take pictures of the visiting storyteller with your permission. All advertising for the program will be done by the Society of the Founders of Norwich. Storytellers are responsible for fingerprint and background checks as required by law for all adults working with children. A Society of the Founders Identification card will be provided upon successful background check notification for participants. Some stories from the 17 and 1800's are currently considered to be violent and care must be taken to choose only stories and pictures that meet today's general standards for children. Absolutely and under no circumstances will material rated above "G" be read or introduced into any classroom by a volunteer storyteller. It is also asked that religious stories or stories from books of faith (e.g. The Bible, Koran, etc.) not be used. Volunteers are asked to choose appropriate stories from any available sources including their own collections, libraries and the Leffingwell House Museum collection. It is the choice of the volunteer to wear an appropriate colonial period costume or not. Commercial costumes and facemasks are not allowed. It is recommended that classroom visits should be limited to 30 minutes or less. To protect our volunteers it is requested that all correspondence for this program including thank you's from the classes be sent to Society of the Founders of Norwich, PO Box 13, Norwich, CT 06360. The Society will then forward the correspondence to the volunteer. To volunteer for this program please call Beryl at 860-887-9000. |
