Storytelling – Making and Sharing

Oral histories

Portal community — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 20:18:24 +0000

As a part of this project, our community has begun collecting oral histories in both audio and video format. Here is what we’ve collected so far.

Check back as we add more.

Scrapbooking!

Portal Library — Mon, 08 May 2017 17:00:53 +0000

On Saturday, May 6, National Scrapbooking Day, a group of us got together to learn about scrapbooking from Joy Mendez.

We talked about types of scrapbooks, layouts, materials, and where to begin, and then had lots of hands-on time to create. We were lucky to have access to a wide variety of beautiful materials that Joy brought including papers, adhesives, punches, stamps, and embellishments like buttons, beads, and more.

It was great fun, and folks made some lovely scrapbook pages. Here are a few handouts Joy shared with scrapbooking suggestions and guidelines.

Books

Karen Fasimpaur — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 19:27:24 +0000

On December 8, 2016, 30 grade K-2 students at the Animas Schools made books.

They started with pre-folded booklets made with these instructions. They then wrote their books. Some students chose to use mainly pictures, while others included words. After their books were done, covers were attached, and students decorated those as well.

Puppets

Karen Fasimpaur — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 19:24:38 +0000

On December 8, 2016, 30 grade K-2 students at the Animas Schools made puppets and then performed puppet shows as a story telling activity.

The puppets were made by pasting images on to paper plates and cutting them out. The images were either taken from printouts or created from scratch. Wooden sticks were then attached to the plates.

Students really enjoyed this activity and did some pretty amazing puppet shows!