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Dispatches from the Moth · Posted On: Apr 01, 2020

(Home Schooled) Storytelling School with The Moth: Weekly Storytelling Activity #2

by Moth EDU

We’re back for our second installment of Home Schooled with The Moth. Because of social distancing in response to COVID-19, a large number of schools all around the world are closed. The Moth’s Education program is publishing a weekly storytelling activity to help parents and educators with some at-home curriculum. This week’s story is: “Pastels and Crayons” by Aleeza Kazmi Aleeza’s story was featured in our third book, Occasional Magic, you can read it here. After you’ve w...

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Dispatches from the Moth · Posted On: Mar 24, 2020

(Home Schooled) Storytelling School with The Moth: Weekly Storytelling Activity #1

by Moth EDU

Social Distancing in response to COVID-19 has schools closed all around the world. In an effort to help parents and educators with some at-home curriculum, The Moth’s Education program is publishing a weekly storytelling activity! Each Tuesday, we’ll bring you a story from The Moth’s archive with some journal prompts and reflection questions! Please feel free to share with other families, educators and other individuals looking for ways to engage their hearts and their minds. ...

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Dispatches from the Moth · Posted On: Jun 13, 2018

Meet the Education Interns

by Diane Cardoso

The Moth office was extremely excited to say hello to five Moth Education Program alumni who are joining us for a three week internship! College students Stephanie Dinsae, Ernest Holliday, Lucas Hoye, Madison Mack, and Diavian Walters recently joined the Moth team to gain experience in production & arts administration by helping with the upcoming GrandSLAM and Teacher Institute. We sat down with the newest Moth interns to discuss their goals for the internship, pre-storytelling nerves and th...

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Dispatches from the Moth · Posted On: Sep 15, 2017

Teacher Spotlight On...Tara Zinger

by The Moth Education Program

Moth Teachers: welcome back to the school year! We’ll be featuring some of our AMAZING Moth Curriculum Partners throughout the year, asking them to share tips and tricks for using Moth stories and storytelling in their classrooms. If you’d like to be a Curriculum Partner this year, you can apply here. If you’d like to be featured on Spotlight, just email us at education@themoth.org. And stay tuned at the end of the post for some exciting announcements! We’re thrilled to welcome Tara Zinger as ou...

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Dispatches from the Moth · Posted On: Jul 10, 2017

Moth Summer Interns: Announcing the Alumni Podcast!

by Quyn Israel, Mmachi Dimoriaku, Brie Mann-Hernandez, Jamila Jahangir, and Dan Dobro

In Summer 2017, Moth EDU Brought on us five interns to help produce the High School GrandSLAM, assist with running the first ever Moth Teacher Institute, and create something new that would be a lasting asset to The Moth’s education program through its alumni. After some brainstorming, we decided to document an oral history of New York City, by reaching out into our neighborhoods to those storytellers whose stories might not have been heard live on the Moth stage. Although our time at The Moth ...

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