School Visits

Cindy Campbell-Stone has worked in a public library as a Children’s Library Assistant and Teen Library Assistant, and as a preschool teacher so she knows what to expect in a library or school setting and understands the importance of literacy and oral literacy for all readers.

Cindy has hosted many class visits in the public library and helped children and teachers find fiction books or reference materials to suit every age.

Cindy’s experience in working with school-aged children is varied:

• Story Quest: a 10 week storytelling workshop series for 10-14 years.
• Storytelling and Puppetry: a 10 week course from ages 7-10 years.
• Stories and Songs: Hackmatack Children’s Book Awards.
• Oral Storytelling for Teens, focusing on community stories; or historical tales.
• Oral Storytelling and Drama for Teens.
• Peace Tales: for Grades 5 & 6. Either in the classroom; or at the World Peace Pavilion, Dartmouth.
• Bluenose Ghosts Haunted Sculptures: storytelling as inspiration for sculpture making, Alderney Landing Theatre. Children learned to tell a Bluenose Ghost story.

Dr Helen Creighton, folklorist. Cindy is knowledgeable about Helen’s vast collection and can demonstrate how to use her collection in the classroom from Bluenose Ghosts to traditional songs (especially for choirs). Cindy also offers folklore presentations and presentations on Helen Creighton.

Cindy is comfortable in a classroom setting or gymnasium and can hold the attention of children from 45 minutes to an hour or more. Her performances are interactive and participatory giving children of all ages a chance to help tell a story. She often features her own stories and shares the creative process with her audience in programs or workshops.

Cindy likes to feature stories from all around the world to help promote cross cultural understanding while encouraging everyone to tell their own tales from their own cultural backgrounds or their own family stories.

In 2005, Cindy helped manage a ‘Tell Your Family Stories Contest’ at Pier 21 which included classroom participation.

Whatever the school event or curriculum, Cindy can adapt to any theme, interest, time requirement, or special requests.

Cindy is also available for teacher conferences or professional development days.