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Posted on Sunday, February 19, 2012 10:26 PM
The Hardware Store will never be the same to me... nor will the fabric store, the craft store or the music store. Everywhere I go these days, I find myself touching, feeling for sharp edges, thumping for sound effect, squeezing things, turning them upside down -- I have become a sensory-seeking machine! People often ask where the ideas come from for our stories. Occasionally, someone will have an idea for a story that's based on a folktale, a memory, or a story they've heard from one of our clients that is the basis for a story. |
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Posted on Friday, February 10, 2012 11:54 PM
We at Touching Stories are so excited by some new opportunities coming soon! It's been a big year for Touching Stories. Our first full calendar year has brought a grant from Douglas County,opportunities to travel throughout the state with our stories, chances to present our techniques to librarians and occupational therapists and now... In a new adventure, we will be starting our first Kickstarters campaign! For those of you who've not yet heard of Kickstarters, it's a fantastic new concept in fundraising. |
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Posted on Wednesday, February 01, 2012 10:02 PM
We have big news here at Touching Stories today. We received notification that our application to become a 501(c)(3) corporation was approved! As an official non-profit, we can now apply for grants that will help us get Touching Stories kits into so many more classrooms, day programs and libraries. As wonderful as this development is, we also have so much to be grateful for in terms of community support. Touching Stories officially "launched" as a company at a small fund-raising event nine months ago at Southglenn Library. |
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Posted on Thursday, January 26, 2012 10:09 PM
One of the wonderful things about starting Touching Stories a year and a half ago has been the opportunity to learn about all the ways in which multi-sensory learning in being used around the world. I first learned about multi-sensory stories about four years ago when I found a website for a program in London called Bag Books ( www.bagbooks.org) Bag Books has been producing and distributing multi-sensory stories for almost twenty years and they have led the way in multi-sensory telling. |
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Posted on Sunday, January 22, 2012 3:42 PM
Welcome to Touching Stories' first blog post! It's a little contradictory to be writing about the benefits of staying low-tech on my new blog page. The truth is that technology has become an integral part of most of our lives. We use our computers, smartphones, and notebooks to communicate, to shop, to give and receive help, and to make our lives easier. Fifteen years ago, I could never have imagined how much of my life would occur on-line. In 1996, I moved to El Salvador. |
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