About
With hands-on activities and the power of playful story, Cyndera
"Ms. Q" Quackenbush
will transform how your students think about and relate to nature.
About Cyndera "Ms. Q" Quackenbush

Cyndera "Ms. Q" Quackenbush offers Story Stone Play to children in K-8 schools through out the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. Her warm and engaging storytelling style opens the world of nature to the child's curious imagination.
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Cyndera is the author of two children's books, Rachel Raccoon and Radioactive Rabbit, which take a fantastic and magical approach to the creatures and their natural environments. In her K-1 offerings, Ms. Q incorporates music into her visits. Her ukulele songs can fill a room with engagement, laughter and even dancing! Grades 2-8 enjoys hands-on instruction relating to ancient cultural perspectives that have students writing their own stories inspired by rare billion year-old stones.
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Cyndera also offers workshops for educators that are seeking for ways to inspire their students to whole-heartedly engage with nature and the imaginative connection that can be nurtured through-out their lives. A chapter on Cyndera's method of Story Stone Play is featured in the anthology Nature-Based Play and Expressive Therapies: Interventions for Working with Children, Teens, and Families published by Routledge in 2022.
"Ms. Q's style of storytelling is unique and distinctive"
Ms. Q adapts her presentation, length, and type of stories to the variety of ages and grade levels she works with at our school as well as to the time of year, and any needs of specific audiences. Ms. Q’s style of storytelling is unique and distinctive, not only because she incorporates songs and puppets, some specifically designed by her, but also because of her dedication to using storytelling to educate, encourage and empower students specifically.
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~ Lisa Mandelstein, Lower School Music Teacher
Katherine Delmar Burke's School