About
Cora Zon storytelling at Reservoir East Primary School
When Cora was asked to undertake a storytelling session with Year Eight girls she fully engaged all the students. In her follow up workshop the students wrote wonderfully because Cora tapped into their imaginations. Her approach was friendly and accepting, and she was able to gain the students interest and trust as she led them into a magical world which she created through her beautiful stories and skilled use of accompanying props in her workshops. The students found all of this intriguing and as a result their ideas flowed freely. Cora was a pleasure for both staff and students to work with and we look forward to her returning to Lilydale in the future. I am very happy to recommend Cora to other schools. She is a wonderful storyteller!
Valerie Mayer – Lilydale High School.
The Magic Garden - A Collaborative Project
Cora Zon, a professional storyteller and Heather Blakey, an experienced web publisher and webmaster of the Soul Food Cafe, worked collaboratively to demonstrate how educators could marry the ancient art of storytelling, apply current curriculum and publish using state of the art blogging software.
The Magic Garden is an example of delivering curriculum in an IT rich, WEB2 environment without discarding tried and true practice.
Murrumbeena Primary School
All students (Prep - 6) are taking part in a Global Classroom project called ‘The Magic Garden’. The project began with a visit from Cora Zon, a professional storyteller.
Angela H Says:
The children were transfixed by Cora’s expressive story telling. Students described the story telling as ‘inspirational’ and the stories as ‘cliff-hangers’. The children found Cora’s use of intonation, body language and facial expressions were instrumental in maintaining their interest and supporting their understanding of the story.
Jacob A Says:
Cora is a fantastic storyteller. When I listened to her stories I was in a trance, they were sooo good!
Zalie Says:
The story I liked best was The Magic Garden it was very entrancing.
Pavel Z Says:
Cora’s stories were so detailed and amazing. She really got me into the stories!
Richard Says:
I think that Cora is a good story teller. She presents herself very clearly and I loved her stories. I could say that I loved her storytelling because I never really turned away, I kept looking at her. Well done Cora!
Srishti Says:
I think Cora’s story telling was really nice and funny. I liked Cora because she was a really cool story teller. She was really fun and talkative and she was very beautiful. I like her stories a lot.
Angus and Ryan Says:
Both of us enjoyed the whole lot because of Cora’s great expression. We both wish we could hear them over and over again. Thank you for coming to the school and telling us the stories you had. We wish you could tell us more stories next time.
Callum Says:
I thought that it was going to be boring but it was actually pretty good.
Jacob R Says:
Cora was fantastic. The story telling was so wonderful. Her stories were detailed.
Amy M Says:
I loved the story telling and thought it was great. I especially loved “The Blue Cocoon.”
Maria M Says:
I loved the story telling. The best story was The Blue Cocoon. When you pulled it something would happen. ” I loved it”
Amy G Says:
Cora stunned the whole of Murrumbeena Primary School with her wonderful story telling. Everybody was so involved. Her enthusiastic way of telling the story inspired everybody watching. I know I certainly enjoyed it.
Ella D-S Says:
I think Cora was great! I especially liked The Blue Cocoon. It was about a boy who skipped his life. It gave a great message - no matter how boring things can be in life you always get something good out of it!
Christina and Zoe Says:
We really liked the story telling especially the story about The Magic Garden. It was very enjoyable. Well done Cora!
Emma and Milly Says:
We enjoyed all the stories but we liked The Blue Cocoon the best!
Sarah Says:
Cora is so amazing at story telling. Everyone was so involved because of the stories she told. I think that Cora’s story inspired everyone watching and listening. Personally I think that Cora was fantastic.
Vasili Says:
I think that Cora was a very good storyteller and she put feeling into her stories
Matthew L Says:
I liked The Blue Cocoon and The Seed. It was really cool and the stories are good because they were told with expression.
Harshita Says:
I liked Cora’s story telling.
Connie and Erin Says:
We really liked the storyteller. We really liked The Blue Cocoon and The Seed. She inspired a lot of us with her fantastic story telling. We could see pictures of your stories in our minds. Thank you Cora for coming to Murrumbeena Primary School.
Ashley I Says:
I was amazed at how Cora managed to get such a detailed picture of what the story was about into my head so easily. My favourite story was The Blue Cocoon. I think it would take a lot of skill to memorize all of the stories. She showed a lot of expression. Well done Cora!
Karl and Ben Says:
The Blue Cocoon was really good and interesting. It caught our attention.
Maddy and Eliza Says:
Our favourite story was The Blue Cocoon. We loved it because it was very dramatic, especially when Cora said “Peter…….Peter…..!!!” It was great!
Jack Says:
I liked The Magic Garden. It was the best story I have ever heard.
Andre Says:
The Magic Garden was absolutely great. I think it was great how Cora used expression, it really tied you to every word she said. I especially liked The Magic Garden and The Seed, in fact, I liked them all. I’m sure she would be most welcome to come again. I’d give her a standing ovation.
Issy and Paris Says:
We Think all the stories were fantastic! They were told with the expression! Everybody enjoyed it. My favourite story was The Seed. It was told so fantastically, every word was full of passion! We also loved The Blue Cocoon! It was told like the story teller was telling from her heart!
Callum.L Says:
I liked Cora’s story telling because it was interesting and it was enjoyable. The story I liked the best was the Magic Garden.
To invite Cora Zon to your school please send an email to corazon.storyteller@gmail.com
