Sally Jaeger
Stoyteller
Sally Jaeger was born in a small farming community in Wisconsin and moved to Toronto in 1972. A lifelong enthusiast of stories and rhymes, she discovered Boys and Girls House Library and the Storytellers School of Toronto, where she independently pursued and developed her storytelling.
She began working professionally in 1981 when she created the first of three parent-child storytelling programs called Mr.Bear Says Hello , geared to parents and caregivers with children from birth to three years old. At that time, there were no ongoing story programs in Toronto for parents with children in that age range.
Over several years this program evolved into three programs which Sally currently offers in Toronto : Lullabies and Lap Rhymes for birth to 10 months, Mr. Bear Says Hello for 10 months to two years and Jack in the Box Tales for two to three year olds. The goal of these programs is to draw parents into the world of nursery rhymes, songs, lullabies and stories. Sally helps parents build a repertoire that will become an enjoyable and very helpful part of the family routine. This is when love of language and story begins, and the effects of playing these rhymes and stories in infancy are lasting.
Sally Jaeger has also given hundreds of storytelling performances and workshops in daycares, nursery schools and primary schools across Southern Ontario . When children listen together in a school setting the benefits include building strong group dynamics, a sense of community and belonging. They learn to use their imagination to respond to the story based on their own experience. There is no right way or wrong way to see the story. And storytelling naturally brings children to enjoy books.
Sally Jaeger presents instructional and highly entertaining workshops to older students, teachers, librarians, ECE workers and anyone interested in learning about the art of storytelling.
"It's never too early to start singing to your child! Oscar was less than a minute old when I sang him a song Sally taught me and my first born, Stella."
'Lullabies and LapRhymes' is Sally first audio recording with Merriweather Records.
'From Wibbleton to Wobbleton' and 'Mr Bear Says Hello' are Sally's wonderful videos.
Sally Jaeger was born in a small farming community in Wisconsin and moved to Toronto in 1972. A lifelong enthusiast of stories and rhymes, she discovered Boys and Girls House Library and the Storytellers School of Toronto, where she independently pursued and developed her storytelling.
She began working professionally in 1981 when she created the first of three parent-child storytelling programs called Mr.Bear Says Hello , geared to parents and caregivers with children from birth to three years old. At that time, there were no ongoing story programs in Toronto for parents with children in that age range.
Over several years this program evolved into three programs which Sally currently offers in Toronto : Lullabies and Lap Rhymes for birth to 10 months, Mr. Bear Says Hello for 10 months to two years and Jack in the Box Tales for two to three year olds. The goal of these programs is to draw parents into the world of nursery rhymes, songs, lullabies and stories. Sally helps parents build a repertoire that will become an enjoyable and very helpful part of the family routine. This is when love of language and story begins, and the effects of playing these rhymes and stories in infancy are lasting.
Sally Jaeger has also given hundreds of storytelling performances and workshops in daycares, nursery schools and primary schools across Southern Ontario . When children listen together in a school setting the benefits include building strong group dynamics, a sense of community and belonging. They learn to use their imagination to respond to the story based on their own experience. There is no right way or wrong way to see the story. And storytelling naturally brings children to enjoy books.
Sally Jaeger presents instructional and highly entertaining workshops to older students, teachers, librarians, ECE workers and anyone interested in learning about the art of storytelling.
"It's never too early to start singing to your child! Oscar was less than a minute old when I sang him a song Sally taught me and my first born, Stella."
'Lullabies and LapRhymes' is Sally first audio recording with Merriweather Records.
'From Wibbleton to Wobbleton' and 'Mr Bear Says Hello' are Sally's wonderful videos.