Folktales Are Our Friends!

Content

This webinar was about using folktales as a sensory story. Storyteller Ailie Finlay (founder of My Kind of Book) has been telling sensory folktales for nearly thirty years.

We discussed how to choose your tale, how to adapt it into a sensory story and how to tell it in an engaging way. Ailie also talked about how one tale can be adapted in multiple ways to suit different themes, seasons, ages and interests.

Storyteller Ailie Finlay specialises in storytelling for people with additional needs. She runs sensory storytelling sessions and CPD workshops regularly in special schools and care settings and for the Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh International Book Festival, Scottish Book Trust, NHS Lothian and the Festival Theatre. In 2020 she founded the not-for-profit organisation My Kind of Book. My Kind of Book researches and creates accessible books and stories for children with additional needs.

Target Audience

(Q)TVIs, Teachers in Special Schools, Classroom Assistants in Special Schools, Staff from Nurseries supporting children with complex needs.

Presenter

Ailie Finlay, My Kind of Book.

My Kind of Book organised the Accessible Book and Story Festival in September 2024.