Another China storytelling tour post
I had a great time telling stories in China. Most of the performances were tremendous fun. Generally, the level of English was quite good and the students were engaged. The teachers and administrators were easy to work with, often going out of their way to make sure I was comfortable. I love these tours, even with the intense schedule of 64 performances in four weeks (four per day, four days a week). I was in eight schools in five cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Suzhou, Wuxi and Ningbo.
Enough statistics. Here are pictures from the schools:
On my last day, I performed at a preschool, in a cute little theater. Notice my booties? They take great care of the floors, so kids wear only-indoor shoes and guests don these maroon lovelies.
I had a workshop for the teachers at the preschool. Here, we're playing a circle game, "Thorn Rosa,".
I almost always show the map of the US while telling the students where I'm from and where my siblings live. This gets them used to my voice before the stories begin. It also makes them laugh, since there are seven of us (a much larger family than is found in China).
This group of young children in Ningbo was delightful. We carried the DreamOn banner with us to all the schools. At one school, in the Q & A, a child asked who the boy on the banner is. I don't know!
Some groups were quite large. This one was local stream, that is Chinese students with no international kids. At most schools, I had either international stream or mixed.
Even the big kids liked the baby.
It's a pleasure for me to see kids enjoying the stories.