Tag Archives: Storytelling

The Santa Claus Game at Chetla Centre—a Report

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  We began the session by narrating a story about Santa Claus and how he gives gifts to children and makes everybody happy. Initially very few children were ready to believe in Santa—the idea of a fat old man dressed in a red overall who comes every Christmas night with a bag full of presents…

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Building a Home—a Report

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23 May 2013, Nabadisha Centre, Dhakuria Today’s hour-long session began with a question—what facilities would you like to have in your dream house? When this question was asked the excitement of  the children knew no bounds. Every single child out of a group of twenty children wanted to answer this question. After hearing what everyone had to…

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The Mouse and the Light and What’s Prettier Than Freckles

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The Mouse and the Light In the center of the most beautiful garden in the world stood the Tree of Wisdom. Strong branches and evergreen leaves grew out of the great tree. It spread its roots throughout the land. The tree was a place of comfort. Creatures would often come to it and sit in…

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Two Stories Once A Week

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Someone Who Understands A farmer had some puppies he wanted to sell.  He put up a sign advertising the four pups and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his yard. As he was driving the last nail into the post, he felt someone tug at his overalls. He looked down…

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