Storyteller John Weaver
Storyteller John Weaver
Legends & Laughter for All Ages
Legends & Laughter for All Ages
(--on-site, or online!)
About John
Storyteller John Weaver lights up the imagination of adults & children alike, with performances that aim to educate, entertain, enrich & inspire. Goals--depending upon the audience--include: empowering listeners to find the storytellers within themselves; providing a positive, fun family experience; encouraging reading; sharing culture; boosting prediction skills; enhancing phonemic awareness; developing narrative skills; sharing world folklore; increasing vocabulary; enhancing listening skills; heightening creativity; and celebrating literacy for all ages!
John’s energetic, interactive, humor-filled performances aim to capture the attention & imagination of all ages, to educate, and to encourage children & families to continue the adventure at home by reading together.
Storyteller John Weaver is a parent, performer and Early Childhood Educator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. In addition to ongoing story events and special programs for Menlo Park Library, and frequent appearances at Children's Fairyland in Oakland, John performs at schools, libraries, recreation centers, bookstores, assemblies, festivals, family attractions, conferences, museums, corporate events, parent education seminars, camp-outs, and “read-ins.”
Partial List of Clients and Venues
Children's Fairyland, Oakland
Hawaii Children's Discovery Center
Waikiki Aquarium
Children's Discovery Museum, San Jose
Fairytale Town, Sacramento
San Jose Museum of Art
Santa Barbara Zoo
Oakland Zoo
San Luis Obispo Children's Museum
Alameda Free Library
Albany Library (CA)
Arroyo Grande Library
Atascadero Library
Berkeley Public Library
Campbell Library
Castro Valley Library
Cayucos Library
Cupertino Library
Daly City Library
Esparto Regional Library
Fairfield Library
Fort Bragg Library
Fremont Main Library
Livermore Library
Los Altos: Woodland Branch Library
Los Osos Library
Menlo Park Library
Milpitas Library
Morgan Hill Library
Morro Bay Library
Mountain View Library
Nipomo Library
Oceano Library
Palo Alto Library
Paso Robles Library
Point Arena: Coast Community Library
San José Public Library
San Leandro Library
San Luis Obispo Library
Santa Clara City Library
Santa Maria Library
Saratoga Library
Sunnyvale Library
Tracy Library
Ukiah Library
Willits Library
Winters Community Library
Association for Library Services to Children's ALSC National Institute
Acorn Learning Center
Alameda County Fair
Asilomar Reading Conference
Ayers Elementary, Concord
AWE: Augmented World Expo (stage announcer)
Ballard Montessori, SJ
Ballard School, Solvang
Balsam Hill
Bee Best Learning Center, Castro Valley
Belmont Oaks Academy
Blacow Elementary, Fremont
Brentwood Elementary
Brier Elementary, Fremont
Bright Horizons Family Solutions San Francisco
Bright Horizons, Alameda
Burbank Elementary, Hayward
Bright Horizons, Los Gatos
Camp Carden, SJ
Casa di Bambini, Menlo Park
Child Care Links
The Child Day School, Lafayette
Children's Academy of Danville
Children's Creative Learning Centers (CCLC)
Club Sport, Pleasanton
Concord Youth Center
Congregation Beth Israel
Congregational Church of San Mateo
Covenant Children's Center, Palo Alto
Cupertino Cooperative Nursery School
Day Star Montessori, Milpitas
Discovery Charter School, San Jose
Donlon Elementary, Pleasanton
Dorris-Eaton Preschool, Albany
EDCC, Dublin
Downtown Scholars CDC, San Jose
Early Childhood Education Dept., Las Positas College
Elan Esprit Preschools, Milpitas & Santa Clara
Evergreen Montessori, San Jose
Exceptional Needs Network
Fremont Unified School District (FUSD)
Friends of the Guadalupe River Park & Gardens, SJ
Girl Scout Day Camp, East Bay
Grand Lake Montessori, Oakland
Happy Hall, San Bruno
Heads Up CDC, Palo Alto & Pleasanton
Husky House, Lafayette
KinderCare
King's Valley Christian Preschool
La Petite Academy
Live Oak Elementary, San Ramon
Livermore Children's Fair
Livermore Elementary Schools
Learning Links, Burlingame
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford (Palo Alto)
Montevideo Elementary, San Ramon
Monticello Academy, Santa Clara
Moraga Family Campout
Nueva School, Hillsborough
One World Montessori, Santa Clara
The Orinda Preschool
PJCC Preschool
Palo Alto Children's Library Annual Storytelling Festival
Prestige Preschool Academy, Morgan Hill
Primary Plus School, SJ
Quarry Lane Schools, Pleasanton
Rainbow of Knowledge, Los Gatos
Santa Clara County Reading Council Young Authors' Faire
Santa Clara School Extended Care
Scout Pack 57, Palo Alto
Shared Adventures
Silicon Valley Academy, Sunnyvale
Snow School, Newark
Stonestown Galleria, San Francisco
Stratex Networks, SJ
Sunnyvale Library Annual Storytelling Festival
Sunol Glen School
Tellabration at Villa Montalvo
Tibco Software, Palo Alto
TLC of Cupertino
Tri-City League of Volunteers
Tri-Valley Cub Scouts
Tri-Valley Natural Families
Tudorka Tots, Oakland
Tutor Time, Morgan Hill
Viet Heritage Society’s Heritage Day
Walters Junior High, Fremont
Professional Associations
California Association for the Education of Young Children (CAEYC)
California Reading Association
International Reading Association
International Storytelling Network
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
National Storytelling Network (NSN)
NSN Youth, Educators and Storytellers Alliance (YES!)
Peninsula Association for the Education of Young Children (PAEYC)
Santa Clara County Reading Council
Storytelling Association of California
Selected Professional Development
Singapore International Storytelling Festival/Asian Congress of Storytellers
Asilomar Reading Conference
Our Focus: the Child
Palo Alto Daily News: January 22, 2016