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Discover the importance of storytelling for children's development, learn how to select the perfect books, and master the art of reading stories aloud to captivate young minds. Enhance vocabulary, promote positive attitudes towards books, and nurture a love for reading through storytelling.
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Storytelling • Reciting a story or reading aloud from a book
Importance of Storytelling • Promotes children’s intellectual, emotional, and social development
Importance of Storytelling • Understand other people • Develop a positive attitude towards books • Develop listening skills • Build correct concepts of objects and form new ideas • Increase their vocabulary and encourage verbal expression • Associate written and spoken words • Understand that printed words carry meanings • Develop an appreciation for printed words • Develop a desire to read • Learn that people read from left to right across the page Storytelling helps young children:
Selecting Books for Children • Storytelling is an art that requires study and practice • The key to a good story is selection
Selecting Books for Children ** Keep the selection process in mind when creating your own children’s book
Selecting Books for Children • Fictional Content • Stories should reflect the children’s developmental level, backgrounds, and experiences • Familiar objects, people, and situations make stories more interesting
Selecting Books for Children • Illustrations • Create interest and arouse children’s imagination • Illustrations should be • Large, colorful, and plentiful • Represent the written word • Reflect actions • Avoid unneeded detail • Be realistically and attractively colored http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/authors/wiesner/books/books_tues.shtml
Selecting Books for Children • Vocabulary • A good children’s book uses words that can be understood by most children of a certain age • Repetition of some words will increase children’s enjoyment
Selecting Books for Children • Durability • Children should be allowed to hold and carry books as well as turn pages • Covers must be sturdy and made with strong, washable material • Pages should be easy to handle
Selecting Books for Children • Length • Varies with children’s age • Interest is reflected in the number of pages in the books • Infants and Toddlers: • Interested for a few minutes=few pages • Two-year-olds: • 5-8 minutes • Three-year-olds: • 6-10 minutes • Four-year-olds: • 8-12 minutes • Five-year-olds: • 10-15 minutes
Reading Stories to Children • Good oral reading takes time and effort
Reading Stories to Children • Preparing to Read • Read the story several times so you know it well • Practice reading in front of a mirror • Record yourself reading
Reading Stories to Children • Introducing the Story: • Briefly set the mood • Ask questions, make personal comments, or show the book cover to get children involved in the story • Props
Reading Stories to Children • Reading the Story • Read stories with pleasure and feeling • Maintain eye contact with children • Read in normal speaking voice, you can add interest my whispering, shouting when appropriate, mimicking sounds, and changing pitches
Reading Stories to Children • Concluding the Story • Clear • Ask a question about the story • “Thank you for listening”