Ages & Stages: Storytelling Through Childhood

In this engaging 3-hour masterclass, internationally renowned storyteller Danyah will guide us through the art of finding, choosing and telling stories that meet children where they are, from playful toddlers to questioning teenagers.

Together, we’ll explore:

✨ Which songs, rhymes, and stories best suit different ages and stages
✨ Why particular stories resonate with children at key moments in their development
✨ How recommended ages for books and shows relate to real-world receptivity
✨ Practical tips for supporting and inspiring young people through storytelling

With space for discussion, debate and questions, this masterclass will equip you to become a confident tale-teller, helping the children in your life navigate the joys and struggles of growing up.

Stories give us hope for the future and inspire us to achieve more than we thought possible.

Who is this for?
Educators, librarians, parents, grandparents, youth workers, and anyone curious about the powerful role oral storytelling can play in nurturing children and teens.

"Danyah is an exceptional trainer."

Westminster City Council Early Childhood Services

"Thank you so much for facilitating such an incredible course. It was so helpful for my needs, giving me loads of inspiration and tools to enhance my professional work and in my family life.”

Participant Feedback, Early Years Storytelling Workshop 2025

"Danyah is an incredibly positive, friendly and knowledgeable trainer. Her love of all things story related is infectious and one cannot help but feel inspired by her to take that huge leap and have a go for oneself."

Primary School Teaching Assistant

About the Tutor

Danyah Miller is an international storyteller, trainer, and author of Seven Secrets of Spontaneous Storytelling. She has delivered storytelling training online and in-person for schools, universities, teacher training colleges, businesses organisations including Disney, Royal Opera House, RSA, The Story Museum, Hertfordshire Libraries, Little Angel Theatre, LocatED, the Amber Foundation and Novus Foundations for Change. For over a decade she was a workshop leader at The International School of Storytelling.

As Artistic Director of DMS Productions, Danyah has co-produced, written and performed seven solo shows, including award-winning I Believe in Unicorns, which has been seen by over 100,000 people nationally and internationally, including three West End seasons. Danyah has co-produced three mid-scale musicals, one of which was Olivier-nominated in 2012.

Danyah's work is imagination rich and often life-changing.

“A brilliant storyteller. The power of stories and story-making as a means for social change and personal development could not be clearer."

Karen Napier MBE, CEO The Reading Agency

Instagram, YouTube & Facebook: @danyahmillerthestoryteller

www.danyahmillerstoryteller.co.uk

Why Storytelling?

Storytelling is an extraordinarily powerful tool, effective across the curriculum, used to encourage the highest quality learning, increase enjoyment and thereby promote health and wellbeing in adults and children alike.

Amongst other things, storytelling with children:

• Helps to build literacy skills

• Strengthens the imagination and supports lateral thinking skills

• Promotes empathy and understanding of others

• Builds confidence and aids team building skills

• Directly impacts on listening skills and mindfulness

• Develops concentration, love of language, joy of movement