JUNE SIMMS: Linda Gorham is a storyteller. Her stories, like this one called The Fat Cat, come alive through sounds, rhythms and the repetition of words.
LINDA GORHAM: "And cat says, I'm a fat cat, a real fat cat and I'm really hungry, how about that, Huh."
In The Fat Cat, a hungry cat is never satisfied. Here, Ms. Gorham is performing the story before more than one hundred children in a Virginia community center. Her audience is having fun.
CHILD ONE: "It was very creative. And I never heard of the story before. It sounded very cool.”
CHILD TWO: "I did like that you can, like imagine it, instead of looking at the pictures of the book.”
Ms. Gorham says storytelling is a powerful teaching tool.
LINDA GORHAM: "I call it teaching without preaching. I don’t tell a story and then at the end say now here is what you needed to learn. The message should be in the story. If the story is well crafted, you’re going to get it.”
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: Linda Sullivan is president of the Arts Council of Virginia's Fairfax County. The council organizes storytelling performances for school children throughout the county.
LINDA SULLIVAN: “They learn by being engaged. They are not just being talked to, but asked to respond and participate.”
LINDA GORHAM: "I want you to try this with me.
Eyes, nose, cheeky cheeky chin, cheeky cheeky chin, nose eyes. Again--Eyes, nose, cheeky cheeky chin, cheeky cheeky chin, nose eyes."
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