Children’s stories and books are fantastic at helping children with vocabulary, rhythm and rhyme. This article is has a few suggestions on those three themes. Do let us know if you have your own great stories that help your kids’ vocab.
Continue reading Using story time to help children with vocabulary and rhythm and rhyme
In this third article in this series, we look at some common emotional and behavioural themes that can be adressed through carefully chosen children’s stories and books.
Continue reading Emotional and Behavioural themes in children’s stories
In the last article, we introduced the importance of storytelling and reading books and briefly discussed the importance of the story time environment. In this the second in this series and examines to difficulty facing parents who don’t yet have a story time routine and the problems of simply getting started. We then go on to discuss some options for reading picture books with younger children and how they don’t just have to be for the non-readers in our families. Continue reading Building a story time routine and how to make the most of a picture book at bedtime
What is the best way to read with our family at home? How can we instil a love of learning and of books?
What books should we read, and how should we present these to our children?
Many of us would love to help our children to become good readers, to help them to enter the fantastic world of books and literature. We know what it has to offer, and that good literacy, which is the foundation for success at school and in life, starts in the home, at an early age.
This series of articles (of which this is the first) will introduce us to some of the key areas around storytelling and reading books for our children.
This first article introduces us to the idea of setting the right environment for story time and why we should do it at all. Continue reading Bedtime stories and books for children
The ability to tell a great story, one that captivates listeners and keeps them on the edges of their seats, is a great talent.
Memorizing children’s’ stories is much easier than you’re probably thinking.
With this second set of tips and tricks below (checkout the first ones here), you can tell your children a bedtime story…no book included…as early as next week!
In addition to giving you some great memorization tips, we’ll clue you in to some great books filled with stories sure to capture kids’ imaginations.
Continue reading More ways to memorize a story for bedtime storytelling
We’ve all (well at least if you’re a parent I hope you have) read stories to our children before bedtime.
While these quiet moments with our kids are a great way to spend some quiet time together, sometimes the mad dash to find a storybook can take longer than reading the story!
While nothing will replace reading books to children, memorizing stories is a great way to put some spontaneous fun into their bedtime routine.
In addition, having a cache of stories in your memory is a great way to pass the time during long car trips, while stuck in the waiting room at the doctor’s office, or any other place or situation which can be boring for young children.
Here, we’ll give you some tips and tricks to memorize stories and be able to recall them at a moment’s notice.
In addition, we’ll give you some ideas for books full of short and easy-to-remember tales that will delight children of all ages.
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