PaddyLynn

 Storytelling has been used for thousands of years to educate, inform and pass on the history and traditions of a culture. 

 

Storytelling 

 

• Allows children to explore their own cultural roots

• Allows children to experience diverse cultures

• Enables children to empathize with unfamiliar people/places/situations

• Offers insights into different traditions and values

• Helps children understand how wisdom is common to all peoples/all cultures

• Offers insights into universal life experiences

• Helps children consider new ideas

• Reveals differences and commonalities of cultures around the world

• Increases children's willingness to communicate thoughts and feelings

• Increases verbal proficiency

• Encourages use of imagination and creativity

• Encourages cooperation between students

• Enhances listening skills

• And It's Fun!