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TITLES
Fiction for Readers Ages 9-12
- Please Pass Grandma's Leg: AKA The Case of the Sacked Potatoes (Storytime Ink Intl. 2003)
- Carry Me Home Cuyahoga: A Children's Historical Novel (Storytime Ink Intl. 1996)
Storigami Titles
- Fold-Along Stories: Quick and Easy Origami Tales for Beginners (Storytime Ink Intl. 2001)
- Bible Folding Stories: Old Testament Stories and Paperfolding Together As One (Storytime Ink Intl. 1993)
- Holiday Folding Stories: Storytelling and Origami Together for Holiday Fun (Storytime Ink Intl. 1992)
- Folding Stories: Storytelling and Origami Together As One (Storytime Ink Intl. 1991)
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- Discover Storigami! (Storytime Ink Intl., 2008)
- Storywatchers Club: Keys to Imagination (Sax Media Group, 2005)
Learn more about this DVD. - Storywatchers Club: Christmas (Sax Media Group, 2005)
Learn more about this DVD.
For Teachers
- Our Sculptures Ourselves: A New Look At Public Art in Central Ohio (Storytime Ink Intl. 2008)
- Our Sculptures Ourselves: A New Look At Public Art in Northeast Ohio (Storytime Ink Intl. 2007) Learn more.
- All About Pockets: Storytime Activities for Early Childhood (Storytime Ink Intl. 1993) Learn more.
HOW DO YOUR STUDENTS LEARN?
- Visually? Seeing is believing when giant origami models magically appear, one step at a time.
- Hearing? Sound waves become brain waves when stories, music, and rhythmic language flow through receptive ears.
- Hands-on? Folding paper satisfies fidgety fingers. When story events are paired with paper folding steps, memory is painlessly enhanced and students are transformed into instant three-dimensional illustrators.
- Humor? Laughing opens learning channels, allowing new ideas to be examined.
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Over 100,000 students, teachers, and families have experienced the intellectual and educational benefits of Christine Kallevig's creative presentations since her first book was published in 1991. From Chalkyitsik, Alaska in the Arctic Circle to Mission, Texas on the Rio Grande, she has presented teacher workshops, family programs, and large student assemblies in public and private schools, libraries, and at literary festivals and conferences. As a former teacher and long-term PTA member, she understands how children learn and how schools operate. Showing up on time, following a prescribed schedule, and using age-appropriate material that addresses the educational and developmental needs and interests of all the students are essential elements of a successful visit. Her wide repertoire and willingness to be flexible makes her a popular speaker. She believes that it's better to adapt her presentation to the students rather than expecting hundreds of them to adapt to her.
GRADES
Pre-K through 8th grade, families, and school or library professionals.
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Assemblies, Origami Intensives, and Family Presentations are 45 minutes. Workshops can last up to 90 minutes, depending on age level and scheduling needs.
AUDIENCE SIZE
Approximately 200 per assembly, 50 per origami intensives, 100 per professional workshops, unlimited for family evening programs.
PROGRAMS
Assemblies
A novelist and performing artist since 1991, Christine folds giant-sized paper as she tells stories. Each fold represents an action, setting, or character, so by the time the story is over, a surprise origami figure is magically created. Character and plot development, research and editing techniques, effective writing work habits, and the mathematical components inherent in origami are explored as students experience the seamless blending of literature and origami. Also included are audience fold-along activities, original material from her books, and origami adaptations of traditional folk tales.
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These breakout sessions for grades 4 through 8 are limited to 50 students and emphasize more hands-on participation than regular assembly programs. Students learn to fold several origami models by pairing folding steps with story events. The process of developing new storigami stories is also demonstrated. Its loads of fun, builds basic paper folding skills, and there's no extra charge for paper supplies.
Family Evening Presentations
Several short origami stories are presented for families to enjoy together. Christine uses music, humor, and large origami puppetry to dramatize traditional folk tales. None of the material in evening sessions is used earlier, so students extend their learning with all new experiences. Christine always finishes the evening with an easy fold-along tale so that everyone has an origami souvenir to take home.
Professional Workshops
Discover Storigami is designed for professionals who work with children or special needs adults. It introduces the educational benefits of combining origami and storytelling. Participants practice paper folding techniques and discover the secrets of how to present origami stories smoothly with confidence and humor.
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Our Sculptures Ourselves: A New Look at Public Art is designed for elementary school teachers interested in learning how to use public art to teach language arts, social studies, thinking skills, and other basic subjects. The author of an interactive, integrated art curriculum, Christine demonstrates how the rich educational opportunities surrounding the work of highly creative individuals can enhance learning in regular elementary classrooms.
A WORD FROM CHRISTINE PETRELL KALLEVIG
"Storigami is a kid magnet. It draws students into a world where language and art co-exist as equal partners, a world where paper folding captures attention and comprehension is provided by words. The stories stimulate imagination and offer entertaining examples of creative problem solving, but more importantly, they serve as a platform to examine the literary elements that make them successful. Fold-along activities allow students to experience illustration as a dynamic, active art form. Every component of my program is designed to provoke questions, stimulate new ideas, or provide information so that students will look at their own writing in exciting, new ways. As a parent and former teacher, I have organized and raised funds for many school programs, so I thoroughly understand and appreciate the wise use of precious discretionary funds. Consequently, I work very hard to provide the best 'bang for the buck.' I strive to spread joy, provide age-appropriate information about various writing techniques, and most of all, open minds to the wonders of creative possibilities."
FEES
$700 for the first two 45-minute presentations in a school day, $200 per session (of any kind) thereafter on the same day in the same city. To help defray costs, the daily fees may be split between different schools. Includes all supplies for group paper folding, prizes for student volunteers, donations of unique origami sculptures for the school, and all expenses except transportation or mileage from Cleveland, Ohio.
PRESENTATION SET-UP/EQUIPMENT
Christine loves to donate origami sculptures to the schools she visits. She also displays dozens of origami models and explains how they are made during presentations. She needs one large table (at least six feet long) for these origami models and another large table to display the books and DVD's that are available for optional autographing. Adequate lighting and a clip-on or freestanding microphone are also required.
AUTOGRAPHING
There's no extra charge for book signing sessions and no pre-ordering is required. Christine prefers to estimate how many books will be sold and then bring a few more than that along to her performances. To further simplify paperwork, book information forms are sent along with the initial contract as soon as times and dates are finalized.
LEARN MORE ABOUT CHRISTINE PETRELL KALLEVIG
Christine Petrell Kallevig
PO Box 470505
Cleveland, OH 44147-0505
Phone: 440-838-4881
Fax: 270-573-4913
E-mail: foldalong@att.net
Web Site: http://foldalong.home.att.net
The best ways to contact Christine are email and telephone. Please leave a detailed voice mail if you don't catch her in. She checks both of these everyday.
Links to Other Sites
- Order books from Storytime Ink International
- StoryWatchers Club
- Only the Best Books for Diabetic Kids and Teens
