Performances
to inspire children and adults

Workshops
on craft and creative potential of storytelling for young children

Professional
Writing
articles, workshop materials and early childhood resources

Early Childhood
Advice
on the development of resources for or
about children

Louise is a published writer who can be contracted to write workshop materials, articles and other resources for the early childhood field.

Her articles have been published in the Australian Journal of Early Childhood; Rattler; the ERIC (Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication, Indiana University) database; Education Young Children and Junior Horizons.

Sample articles available online:

• Social justice storytelling and young children’s active citizenship
  This paper examines empirical data with regard to recent theorizing and conceptualizing of children’s citizenship. It draws on a doctoral study where the author told social justice stories to one class of children aged five to six years to investigate the active citizenship that the stories set in motion. By imagining this action research study rhizomatically, organic and tangent pathways were mapped of what the stories set in motion. Analysis was informed by poststructuralist discourse theory and critical theory on political action, which enabled identifica- tion of enablers and constrainers of young children’s actual practice of citizenship. A case is argued for acknowledgement of young children’s political identities and capacity to act as communitarian citizens.
• Storytelling: the seeds of children's creativity
  This article describes the author's experience of facilitating an educational program based on storytelling with two groups of preschoolers. It highlights the great educational value and creative potential of regular storytelling for young children.
• Stories: The bridge of understanding
  This article gives an overview of the development of empathy and young children's ability to take social action. This is illustrated with the author's experiences of using storytelling to bridge children's understanding of social issues and inspire social action.
• The Role of Storytelling in Early Literacy Development
  This article explains the many ways storytelling acts as an effective building block easing the journey from oracy to literacy.