12 Benefits of Storytelling to Your Kids That You Need to Know

Reading is one of the best habits to adopt and practiced by kids. It has number of advantages for kids starting from transparent vocabulary to strong communication skills. Reading habit needs to be encouraged in kids by parents and teachers to create confidence to speak fluently. However, before making them read books, newspapers, magazines and any other reading platform, it is very important for parents to establish a strong habit of storytelling to their kids.

If you have noticed, in conventional families or any movies or any kids-oriented family, storytelling while going to bed is a must by parents and even grandparents. Modern and western families always love to nurture this habit of storytelling in kids, however in India this habit was strongly seen in many traditional families, however, these days when country like India has developed so far and adopted so many western cultures this particular habit is vanishing gradually. Parents have been so busy in their personal and professional lives that they are unable to encourage this habit in their kids.

Hence, storytelling to your kids has numerous benefits that you need to know and start practicing right from today, if you’re a concerned parent. Let’s get started:

1. Strengthens their listening skills

Children and constant attention are a tough match. Kids are not that good in holding their attention for long. Their mind easily wanders somewhere else when they start getting bored from specific thing. But, storytelling to your child can help in strengthening their listening skills by which they can become more attentive and learn how to maximize their focus on a certain subject.

2. Boosts interest in reading books

Kids who start listening to parents for storytelling and practicing habit of reading books from a very early age actually boost their interest in books when they grow up. Modern technology is wiping out books from the real world for students, as e-books and pdf files are being actively popular among students. But the essence and impact of holding and reading real books has its different level of benefits which can be practiced by storytelling to kids from very early age.

3. Improves communication skills

Storytelling and reading books to children increases their ability to express themselves and their thoughts. It significantly encourages them to communicate translucently through their thoughts, feelings and creative ideas. Encouraging your kids to speak or ask questions about their thoughts while storytelling improves their communication skills effectively.

4. Makes learning skills better

Telling stories to your little munchkins is a stepping stone for their future bright academic learning. Storytelling is an impressive way to prepare your kids for school as it makes their learning easier and natural.

5. Sharpens memory and cognitive abilities

Another benefit of storytelling to your kids is it is a great way to strengthen and sharpen your child’s memory and cognitive abilities. When you tell them a story or read it to them, do a quick review to ask them to recall some of the story details. Recalling these details actually helps them to improve their memory and cognitive abilities.

6. Enhances their social skills

Storytelling to children makes them learn to pay attention and listen diligently to the person who’s talking or speaking. They not only learn to be patient but also listen to others while speaking. They also comprehend other’s thoughts and understanding and their varying opinions.

7. Triggers child’s imagination and curiosity

Stories that are fictional and super-realistic boosts your kids’ imaginative and creative skills. When you read them stories, read them from every genre such as fictional, mythical, cultural, events, fantasies, places oriented, and characters to inculcate the elements of intellectual thinking, that support in boosting their imagination and artistry skills.

8. Improves their focus and concentrating abilities

Storytelling is a smart early childhood learning tool as it increases their concentration and focusing power. Their active focus and concentration make them memorize the details of the story that also improves their vocabulary and memory power.

9. Improves verbal proficiency

Verbal fluency is very important these days for kids as it’s one of the essential childhood learning programs that helps them when they grow up to speak confidently and fluently in social forums, elocutions and active debates. Hence, reading out stories to your kids helps them to get familiar with new languages, phrases, and words. This process also improves their pronunciation and interaction skills, which is one of the best benefits of storytelling to your kids.

10. Boosts confidence in active participation

Storytelling to your kids can help them encourage for active participation and boost confidence as well. Challenging situations such as debates and elocutions or speech forums can make your kids confused and nervous. However, narrate stories can help them overcome their fear on real stage. They gain confidence to speak up as they actively learn various language skills, words and debating techniques.

11. Teaches empathy

Children are by nature empathetic as they care for people around them. But gradually when they grow up, they undergo few behavioral changes which makes them not to think for others, but for them. The ability to think for others and understanding their situations and feelings can make your kid an improved personality in future. Hence, storytelling can teach your child to become more empathetic towards other people and be sensitive towards them.

12. Instills virtues and morals 

Stories always have a huge impact on children as they live those stories the moment, they start listening to it. Stories come with morals and teachings which makes your kids learn gratitude, kindness, honesty, truthfulness, and empathy which settles in their moral conscience for life, yet another benefit of storytelling to your kids.

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