As soon as your kid learns to string sentences together, she will start creating and telling stories in a manner that might even surprise you. Of course she doesn’t know how to put events in the right sequence or weave a story that has a well-developed beginning, middle and a catchy ending. Yet she continues to knit stories, intertwining what she sees happening around her with the imaginary world that exists in her mind. You can encourage your little storyteller to enhance her skills and make the story-time more fun. Here are a few ideas:
Tell stories
Stories feed on stories. The more you tell stories to your kid, the more she will be encouraged to create stories on her own. Start reading stories to your kid early on and make it a routine. That will help her learn new words and imbibe basic grammar rules, which come in handy when she starts telling stories. Encourage her to ask questions …show more content…
Your little one might surprise you with her imagination and the coherence of her narratives. Or she may start telling a story about a lion, but move on to narrating another story that is not even remotely related to what she started with. Whatever be the case, storytelling is an important milestone in your pre-schooler’s development. It is an indication that she is developing her language, speech, cognitive and emotional skills the right way.
Why is storytelling important?
You may think that the stories your pre-schooler cooks up are nothing more than products of her imagination, which she uses to grab your attention. True, she loves the attention you give her by listening to her creative accounts; but storytelling is more than that to a pre-schooler. Here are a few reasons why storytelling is an important skill you should encourage in your kid:
It is a form of organizing
Tell stories
Stories feed on stories. The more you tell stories to your kid, the more she will be encouraged to create stories on her own. Start reading stories to your kid early on and make it a routine. That will help her learn new words and imbibe basic grammar rules, which come in handy when she starts telling stories. Encourage her to ask questions …show more content…
Your little one might surprise you with her imagination and the coherence of her narratives. Or she may start telling a story about a lion, but move on to narrating another story that is not even remotely related to what she started with. Whatever be the case, storytelling is an important milestone in your pre-schooler’s development. It is an indication that she is developing her language, speech, cognitive and emotional skills the right way.
Why is storytelling important?
You may think that the stories your pre-schooler cooks up are nothing more than products of her imagination, which she uses to grab your attention. True, she loves the attention you give her by listening to her creative accounts; but storytelling is more than that to a pre-schooler. Here are a few reasons why storytelling is an important skill you should encourage in your kid:
It is a form of organizing