The Storytelling Year Course
Develop Confidence & Oracy Skills. Learn & Share the gifts of 12 Earth-care tales. Pay monthly.
"This online storytelling course is absolutely incredible" - Jolie, Australia
This year long video based training and self development course gives you the tools and the confidence to tell great stories that engage all your listeners & gives you activities and ideas to inspire creative learning, both indoors and out.
"Thank you so so much for a fabulous experience, rich in learning, magic, inspiration and so much to take away and use in my work. I've thoroughly enjoyed every minute."
It's a drip fed, month by month course with videos, storyboards, tips and tricks,audio downloads, activity ideas, curriculum links and more! Priced at less than £4 (or one posh coffee!) per week - it's amazingly good value.
Access for life!
Once you have finished the course you still get access to the resources for life!
Access for life!
Once you have finished the course you still get access to the resources for life!
"Your course is brilliant! I shall be recommending it to all my colleagues!" Lynne Chaplin, UK
Build confidence
"Watching the video and using the other resources gave me the confidence to tell the story to a group of children. I enjoyed it so much and so did the children. This is exactly the sort of resource I need to help me with my story telling skills." Mandy Pickering, UK
"Do you know what? This course is INSPIRATIONAL! I love the stories, the background information, the activity ideas. It's a fabulous resource. It's also very supportive, recognising that it's not always that easy to tell a story".
Sarah Collins, Forest School Leader, UK
Self development & holistic education
Embedded within the stories are holistic principles of ecology, permaculture and wonder. These will develop a sense of curiosity, earth care and a loving respect for all beings.
This course is perfect Certificated Professional and Self Development for:
- Forest school leaders
- Classroom teachers
- Scout leaders and woodcraft folk
- Home educating parents and families
- Education for Sustainability programmes and NGOs
- Childcare providers
- Outdoor learning instructors
- Play-workers
- Conservation Rangers
- Wildlife guides
- Parents
- Aunties, Uncles and Grandparents - not strictly a profession, but a crucial mentoring role!
Learn visually
"I've always had a 'fear' of storytelling. This course is just what I need and I'm enthused to keep on trying and build up a store of stories. The visual storyboard is an excellent device." Fiona Hamilton
This course:
- Helps you become a more confident and skilled storyteller
- Delivers a new video of an easy to tell story every month
- Gives transformative tips and tricks from professional storyteller & outdoor educator Chris Holland
- Offer excellent CPD in your own time.
- Provides detailed activity guides and hundreds of ideas of how to link the stories to outdoor learning
- Presents in depth primary curriculum links
- and more...
- Costs £180 for life!
More praise for this course:
"You are a star! Absolutely love how you tell stories... thank you -The Glass cupboard had me riveted! So many brilliant ideas - clear and easy to follow - you have really worked hard to set up this course.
Thank you in a thousand languages."
Another rave review!
I signed up to your course some time last year. I am in Australia and adapt lots of the stories to include Australian animals or trees.
Your online story telling course is absolutely incredible. I tell your stories to over 120 people at one time ranging from 3 years olds to 50.
The parents of my school know that I will probably tell a story on a Wednesday morning and always want to stay for them.
All ages are absolutely captivated and engaged. I have been told I am a wonderful story teller by so many people and it all all because of your course. They absolutely love the stories that I have created from your teachings.
I am so very grateful to you for making this course and making it so amazing. The attached songs, youtube clips and book ideas are so fantastic.
I only have a few left to learn, I would love an extended course!!!
Jolie Simpson
What's included?
16 videos 50 files 72 text filesContents
The Free "Playbook" Month
Introduction
Story 1 - How Dragonfly Came to Be
Story 2 - How Robin got his Red Breast
Story 3 - The Rainbow Makers
Story 4 - The Wise Fool
Story 5 - Why frogs are timid
Story 6 - Big Rock and the Coming of Stories
Story 7 - The World Fruit Tree
Story 8 - Fox Brings Fire
Story 9 - The Glass Cupboard
Story 10 - The Old Oak Tree and the Young Oak Tree
The Hidden Life of Trees - an interview with Peter Wohlleben and other interesting tree snippets
Story 11 - Mikku and the Trees
Story 12 The Curupira and the Greedy Hunter
nature connection
HI, Chris Holland here... I am a passionate and playful outdoor educator, storyteller and musician.
This site is the home of my inspirational digital media for nature connection and creative, playful outdoor learning.
I have been helping people of all ages connect with nature, each other and themselves since 2000.
I hope these resources help spread wonder, love and hope for our natural world.
"Practical, insightful, effervescent" Jay Griffiths, Author of Wild & Kith
"Do you know what? This course is INSPIRATIONAL!" Sara Collins - Forest school Leader
"This book is a must" Michael Morpurgo, Author of Warhorse
This site is the home of my inspirational digital media for nature connection and creative, playful outdoor learning.
I have been helping people of all ages connect with nature, each other and themselves since 2000.
I hope these resources help spread wonder, love and hope for our natural world.
"Practical, insightful, effervescent" Jay Griffiths, Author of Wild & Kith
"Do you know what? This course is INSPIRATIONAL!" Sara Collins - Forest school Leader
"This book is a must" Michael Morpurgo, Author of Warhorse