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BLOG NO 62                                                                                                                                                                                  *Hasti Public School & Jr.college ,Dondicha

IMPORTANCE OF STORIES & STORYTELLING IN THE CHILD DEVELOPMET OF CHILD

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

Subscribing to the above Our Hasti Public School adapted storytelling as a very effective tool of lerning  and developed special skill in this skill.

In Hasti Group of schools *improving basic literacy levels is a priority hence  storytelling is used  to quickly raise standards while developing skills, knowledge and confidence in a range of other areas. children grow in academic learning. Story telling introduces  and helps in building lot of new vocabulary. It is easy to teach the meanings of the words as kids learn faster from the context of story.

Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today. — Robert McKee

It is the oldest form of teaching. It bonded the early human communities, giving children the answers to the biggest questions of creation, life, and the afterlife.

Stories define us, shape us, control us, and make us.  every human culture in the world may not be  literate, but every single culture tells stories .

Stories play a vital role in the growth and development of children. The books they read and the characters they get to know can become like friends. It’s also good for children to understand that books are a useful source of information and that good reading skills are important for success in their future lives. Reading also helps children with their confidence levels, coping with feelings and language and learning.

Stories help to develop a child’s imagination by introducing new ideas into their world – ideas about fantastical worlds, other planets, different points in time and invented characters. It’ll encourage the children to realize that they can, and should, imagine anything they want.

Confidence Levels Children who can read well are more likely to have higher confidence levels. This will benefit them in school as they’ll feel able to participate fully in activities. Another part of building confidence and self-esteem is knowing where you fit into the world. Stories can help with this process by showing children what people’s lives are like where they live and in other parts of the world.

Language and Learning Stories are a great way to introduce new words and ideas into a child’s language –Stories can help children learn about concepts such as shape, size, space and colour, up and down, inside and outside, numbers and the names of objects.

Stories are also useful for teaching more complex ideas, such as the importance of sharing, the passage of time, compassion for others. They can be useful when trying to explain traumatic events, such as family break-ups and bereavement.

Fiction based on real-life can also help children with their own life experience – it shows them how diverse the world is and that some people’s lives are vastly different to theirs.

And what’s so great about learning through stories is that the process is done in a natural way. There’s no actual teaching involved at all, they learn from simply reading the story.

Relaxation

Reading stories can be helpful for relaxation, before bedtime for example. They allow children to forget the stresses and strains of the day and indulge in fantasy for a while. The soothing familiarity of a much-loved story, the rhyming and repetition in a picture book, plus the sense of security that time spent reading together can foster, all help the child to relax.

Development of Imagination

Stories help to develop a child’s imagination by introducing new ideas into their world – ideas about fantastical worlds, other planets, different points in time and invented characters. It’ll encourage the children to realise that they can, and should, imagine anything they want.

Coping With Feelings

When children read stories that contain feelings it can help them understand and accept their own feelings. It helps them understand that there are other children who feel the same way and they are not alone. This helps the child understand that feelings are normal and should be expressed. As you can see, children’s stories are important for a number of reasons and form a vital part of the growing process. Being part of that process can bring writers a sense of satisfaction as well as being great fun.

Hasti school gives due importance to storytelling ,story writing and composing story form few introductory words.

Hasti School has created a whats app group by name  *Hasti Story Bank * where any one can deposit a story with take away message. These stories are real  treasure of  wisdom, ethics  and values . A part of story is told in the class room and children are asked  to complete the story. It gives scope to their  imagination ,vocabulary learning and expression of feelings.

Giving here one story form HASTI STORY BANK

Jai hind

                                                                                                                                                              A teacher shows three toys to a student and asks the student to find out the differences.

All the three toys seemed to be identical in their shape, size and material.

After keen observation, the student observes holes in the toys.

First toy has holes in the ears. Second toy has holes in ear and mouth. Third toy has only one hole in one ear.

Then with the help of a needle, the student puts the needle in the ear hole of the first toy.

The needle comes out from the other ear.

In the second toy, when the needle was put in the ear, the needle came out of mouth.

And in the third toy, when the needle was put in, the needle did not come out.

1. *First toy represents those people around you who give an impression that they are listening to all your things and care for you.

But they just pretend to do so*. After listening, as the needle comes out from the next ear, the things you said to them by counting on them are gone.

So be careful while you are speaking to this type of people around you, who does not care for you.

2. *Second toy represents those people who listen to you, all your things and give an impression that they care for you.

But as in the toy, the needle comes out from mouth.

These people will use your things and the words you tell them against you by telling it to others and bringing out the confidential issues for their own purpose.

3. Third toy, the needle does not come out from it.

These kinds of people will keep the trust you have in them. They are the ones who you can count on.

Always stay in a company of people who are loyal and trustworthy.

People, who listen to what you tell them, are not always the ones you can count on when you need them the most. ——————————————————————————————————————————————-