Touching Stories

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http://www.touchingstories.org Sensory integration is very important to people with developmental disabilities. Laradon's Octavia McNeill explains why multi-sensory story-telling from Touching Storie...

In my years as a storyteller, I have come to realize that storytelling can and should be more than a passive entertainment for children.

Storytelling has the ability to be an interactive, whole body experience to help people learn about their world.

Touching Stories creates community and connection through two unique multi-sensory programs:

StoryCrafters teaches children to be storytellers through active watching and listening as well as crafts and role-play.

Touching Stories is a program geared toward children and adults with developmental disabilites to help them experience story through, not just words, but also "book pages" that allow them to access manipulatives, smells, and textures that relate directly to the story they are hearing.