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STORYTELLING AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL

If you want your children to be smart, tell them stories. If you want them to be brilliant, tell them more stories.- Albert Einstein 

Storytelling has a vital and important role in the field of education. When it comes to primary level kids, storytelling becomes more important. Children enjoy listening story. At the same time, if a storyteller is creative and effective then the child reaches the world of imagination. Can imagine all the things and can experience everything narrated by the teacher. But it depends on the storyteller how creative he/she is. ?

Storytelling is a humanistic art. It is a very old form of art and teaching. But at the same time very effective way of teaching and learning. Storytelling is not only an effective educational tool but also teaches moral values, ethics, traditions, and cultures to the students. It also helps to shape a better citizen of the country by connecting them with many moral-based stories. 

TYPES OF STORIES

There are many types of books available in various libraries, e-library, or on the internet. Let’s see which are the types of storybooks. Students can enjoy those storybooks. Appropriate storybooks play an essential role in the learning process.

Some types are:

Folk tales and Fairy tales

Fable and Picture story

Audiobooks and the Fantasy world

Comic books and Historical books

Action & Adventure and Literature fiction

Mystery and detective, Biography, and many more types of storybooks are there.

When it comes to little kids they enjoy the most books like :

Folk tales and Fairy tales

Fable and Picture story

Audiobooks, comic books, and the Fantasy world books.

Types of books you choose for your students are also very important. Every book has various levels of content. It makes according to the level of the child at each stage. So you have to choose stories and books to narrate according to the level of your child.

We have discussed types of books now let’s see what is the importance of storytelling in the field of education. Storytelling has its own place in the field of education. As it is an old but very effective way of teaching

FROM WHERE DO I GET ?

As a teacher you know and you have many sources of getting storybooks. But parents are worried about it. Here I give you some ideas for getting attractive storybooks.

  1. Purchse from near by store.
  2. You can buy online.
  3. Visit near by library and can be a member and issue the book from there.
  4. Download some library app for reading.
  5. Can use multi-media like youtube etc.

In this way, you can find out the best storybooks. Can make the best use of it. Use more and more storytelling methods for the development of your child. It is one of the best ways to teach various skills and values easily.

The Guru

Written by raukiya

I am creative and resilient, endeavours to achieve my goal and have been in learning process.

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