Center for Story Weaving
A classroom practice that makes reading, writing, and storytelling fun!
Story Weaving turns reading, writing, and storytelling into something K-8 students genuinely look forward to. Students share real life stories, harvest evocative words and phrases, weave those words into new stories entirely their own, and read them aloud to the class — practicing real reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills without it ever feeling boring. Working with students in real classrooms, I’ve watched kids groan at a writing prompt and light up at a Story Weaving prompt. The underlying skills are the same — build a sentence, choose a word, describe a character — but the container makes all the difference.
Story Weaving does double duty in the classroom. As students harvest each other’s words and weave them into new stories, they’re also practicing the skills at the center of social-emotional learning: listening without interrupting, expressing themselves without judgment, and finding their own voice inside a shared creative process. What starts as a writing activity becomes a lesson in empathy, self-expression, and confidence.
Because there’s no wrong way to weave a story, Story Weaving lowers the stakes of writing just enough for reluctant writers to take a risk, and raises the ceiling just enough for confident writers to play. It eliminates the challenge of writing a story from scratch and the paralyzing frustration of staring at an empty page. Whether a class is working on vocabulary, descriptive language, narrative structure, or simply learning to listen closely to a peer, Story Weaving turns the practice of core literacy skills into something that feels like play- perfect for learning and for bonding a classroom in shared experience.
Story Weaving does double duty in the classroom. As students harvest each other’s words and weave them into new stories, they’re also practicing the skills at the center of social-emotional learning: listening without interrupting, expressing themselves without judgment, and finding their own voice inside a shared creative process. What starts as a writing activity becomes a lesson in empathy, self-expression, and confidence.
Because there’s no wrong way to weave a story, Story Weaving lowers the stakes of writing just enough for reluctant writers to take a risk, and raises the ceiling just enough for confident writers to play. It eliminates the challenge of writing a story from scratch and the paralyzing frustration of staring at an empty page. Whether a class is working on vocabulary, descriptive language, narrative structure, or simply learning to listen closely to a peer, Story Weaving turns the practice of core literacy skills into something that feels like play- perfect for learning and for bonding a classroom in shared experience.
"We are the weavers. We are the woven ones. We are the dreamers. We are the dream."
Lorna Kohler
Testimonials
“The students were highly engaged throughout the storytelling process. They eagerly shared their own stories and listened carefully to their peers. The word harvesting activity sparked many new ideas, and it was wonderful to see students building on and connecting to one another’s thoughts. The stories they created were imaginative and unique, and the students loved having the freedom to be creative within a few simple parameters. It was exciting to watch their confidence grow as they experimented with ideas and brought their stories to life.”
Rachel Quek, Teacher
Testimonials
“The students were highly engaged throughout the storytelling process. They eagerly shared their own stories and listened carefully to their peers. The word harvesting activity sparked many new ideas, and it was wonderful to see students building on and connecting to one another’s thoughts. The stories they created were imaginative and unique, and the students loved having the freedom to be creative within a few simple parameters. It was exciting to watch their confidence grow as they experimented with ideas and brought their stories to life.”
Rachel Quek, Teacher
Teacher Training & Certification section
This comprehensive Story Weaving training teaches the core protocol, philosophy, and classroom facilitation skills behind the practice — showing teachers how to use it to build essential reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills, while cultivating the openness, nonjudgment, and creative freedom that makes writing fun again for K-8 students. The certification includes self-paced written and video lessons, participation in three Story Weaving Club sessions, and a practicum of facilitating four Story Weaving sessions with your own students, complete with written reflections. Most teachers complete the full program in about 15 hours. Upon completion, you’ll be certified as a Story Weaving Teacher, equipped to bring engaging literacy and SEL practice into your K-8 classroom.
Teacher Training & Certification section
This comprehensive Story Weaving training teaches the core protocol, philosophy, and classroom facilitation skills behind the practice — showing teachers how to use it to build essential reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills, while cultivating the openness, nonjudgment, and creative freedom that makes writing fun again for K-8 students. The certification includes self-paced written and video lessons, participation in three Story Weaving Club sessions, and a practicum of facilitating four Story Weaving sessions with your own students, complete with written reflections. Most teachers complete the full program in about 15 hours. Upon completion, you’ll be certified as a Story Weaving Teacher, equipped to bring engaging literacy and SEL practice into your K-8 classroom.
Bay Area Workshops
Bring Story Weaving directly into your K-8 classroom. In this two-day, on-site workshop, students experience the full Story Weaving practice while building reading, writing, speaking, listening, and SEL skills.