"This is an astonishing, impressive and magnificent work. ... this is must reading for every parent, would-be parent and teacher world-wide."
- Joseph Chilton Pearce, author 'Magical Child'
"Pure inspiration for teachers and parents."
- Nancy Mellon, author of Storytelling with Children
"Every once in a while one meets a 'real' Kindergarten teacher - one of those rare souls who shake their arms and Kindergarten magic comes flying out. Betty Peck, whom I've known and loved for years, is one of those."
- Joan Almon, US Alliance for Childhood
Take a tour of the classic images and meanings in fairy tales to learn how, in the midst of conflict, fairy tale characters create energy and insight. Discover how to access fairy tale archetypes in your role as parent and teacher. Conflicts are opportunities for the wise story-mother or father. Stories help us find the right words and picture-language to strengthen young hearts (and our own), to calm jangling nerves, and find the joy hidden in grumbles, squabbles and deeper sorrows.
Through the right story we can appeal to the core of wisdom that lives within each child. Celebrate the New Year as you receive a treasure box of verbal tools for transformation. The queen and king, the ash-girl and the simpleton, the wizard and witch are magnificent power centers of human unfolding. As they work their magic within you, learn how to harness these and other archetypal forces.
Re-read Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and The Fool and the Flying Ship, all found in the Grimms collection.
Nancy Mellon has communed with fairy tales for many years as a teacher and psychotherapist. She co-leads international storytelling symposia, and offers programs at many learning centers in the U.S.A. and abroad, including the International School of Storytelling at Emerson College, Sussex, England and in Jarna, Sweden. Nancy Mellon is the author of Storytelling with Children (2000) and Storytelling and the Art of Imagination (2003) and a new book on how stories resonate with the whole human body. Visit her website www.healingstory.com
“The workshop I attended with Nancy Mellon offered me a window into my soul. The room came alive with pleasure, excitement, awe, mystery, magic and deep healing. Her storytelling work is profoundly important, especially now when our world desperately needs the power of our collective imaginations to create transformation." Zoë Weil, International Institute for Humane Education, Surrey, Maine.
| 3:30 | Registration and Singing Games with Anna Rainville |
| 4:00 | Storytelling with Nancy Mellon |
| 6:00 | Twelfth Night Feast |
| 6:45 | Nancy Mellon |
| 8:30 | Toast to the New Year with Margaret More |
Bring 30 copies of a winter curriculum treasure for the Kindergarten.
Call for Reservations (408) 867-3156
$40 donation
On Saturday, January 6th, Nancy will present a special introductory workshop here at the Pecks’, Fairy Tales 101. While the focus of the Kindergarten Forum is on the young child, this workshop is an opportunity for those who work with children of all ages. The event is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a winter potluck. Njeri will lead the afternoon craft. There is a $40 donation. Please call Betty Peck at 408 867- 3156 for reservations.
Nancy Mellon is available for private story consultations. Please call Betty Peck to set up an appointment.
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