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Traditional Tales, Untraditionally Told - adventures in language and making
We have collaborated with researchers from the University of Sheffield’s School of Education to create a series of maker workshops which give children the chance to use all their languages in libraries or schools.
Our multilingual digital storytelling project website is now live and packed with free resources to help schools and libraries run their own workshops.
We’ll be running a follow-up celebration event in May. During this webinar we will hear from schools and libraries that have taken part. They will share their experiences and insights and we'll showcase some of the wonderful digital creations from the workshops so far!
This event is for schools and libraries that have taken part AND those that wish to find out more, get involved and run their own events. The webinar is FREE but booking is required.
We launched the website and resources with a free webinar on 21st January 2025. Over 100 educators from libraries and schools joined us to find out about the project. Take a look at the recording.
The aim of the project is:
To explore how multilingual families use their languages when engaging in joint making activities, supporting children in using their full linguistic repertoire.
To support teachers and librarians to understand how to provide space for multilingual children and their families to use their heritage languages through pop-up makerspaces.
To embed and normalise multilingualism in our school and library settings.
Our workshops and resources include...
How to craft characters and settings and incorporating multilingualism
How to use stop motion to capture stories digitally
How to get started with the Octostudio app to code and create simple animations for our stories while recording your voice in your heritage language
Videos, downloadable guides, slides, templates and skills cards to support libraries and schools to run their own family workshops.
To access the FREE resources and get started with an adventure in language and making in your library or school visit the
Traditional Tales, Untraditionally Told website