Storytelling is an art. It has mental, social and educational benefits on kids. Though there is no age limit, kids are great fans of stories and love to listen to them. Telling a story from the memory or reading from books or magazines. Nowadays parents find very little time to tell stories for kids or spending time with them.
But parents can preserve some stories for children and spend a bit of quality time with them by telling stories. There are many advantages are there in storytelling. Most of the parents are unaware of that. Let us see how it helps the kids to learn and grow.
Drawbacks of watching TV :
Most of the parents switch on cartoon channels and keep the kids before them for hours. The fast-paced visual media will block the mental development of the children to a greater extent. Children are slow to think and slow to grasp; thus they need some entertainments especially designed for them. Storytelling is the best among them.
Advantages of Storytelling - An activity that can transfer feelings and emotions. It also boosts their thinking capacity.
Learning : Storytelling It is a great activity of learning. At each phase of the development of the story, the kids ask questions. A good storyteller know the tricks to make them curious and encourage them to ask questions.
Imagination : When the kids see images in the book and listen to the stories, they learn to correlate between pictures and story. Later they imagine the visuals. Invite them to narrate a possible climax or encourage them to come up with a new story. These ideas will improve the imagination power of the kids.
Increased Memory : We can improve the memory capacity of kids by asking them to remember where you paused the previous day. Or asking them to remember a story you have already told them. Always demand children share their contribution in stories.
Perfect storytelling is enacting a story. Change the pitch of sound according to the feelings and emotions depicted in the story. Body languages help in conveying the ideas in an exact way. Storytelling parents are found to have a more emotional bond with the kids.
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