Storytelling is a powerful skill and mechanism with which we as parents and educators can connect with our children, communicate ideas, empower them with the toolkit of imagination and cognitive thinking, and strengthen our relationship.
Yashika Chandna introduced this concept in our last Kids Cafe, and the manual of storytelling is now available for download here.
In this edition, let’s read and reflect on the power of storytelling.
3 Ideas
1. As a storyteller, we have the license and power to make the story our own when we tell it to our child. Just like how we put the sub-text to the world when introducing ideas to our child. With this power comes a great responsibility.
2. A story is a bridge to the past, an observation tower to the present and a window to the future. This is how we can connect our child to our roots (family, values), create awareness to the present, and open their imagination for the future.
3. Be the story to Tell the story. Complete immersion into the character, the plot, the emotion, the pace and all aspects of the story.
2 Inserts
1. Yuval Noah Harai the author of Sapiens -a brief history of mankind reflects on the importance of storytelling for humans.
We homo sapiens can cooperate, not just with thousands of strangers, but today with billions of strangers. If you think about nations like the USA or China, or about the global trade network, this is a system of cooperation between hundreds of millions of people who never met each other. They don’t know each other personally, and still they can cooperate to produce a shirt or to have a conference via the internet. And if you try to understand where this ability to cooperate in large numbers comes from, you get to storytelling because it’s the basis of every large scale human cooperation.
2. “Stories are memory aids, instruction manuals and moral compasses.” — Aleks Krotoski, author, broadcaster, journalist and social psychologist.
1 Inquiry
How we can we use stories to connect our history, ancestors and grandparents to our children?
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Join Kids Cafe – Art of Storytelling – The Sequel with Yashika Chandna on December 16 at 8 PM EST as we dwelve into the what (stories to tell). It promises to be even more engaging, inspiring, and fun webinar. Register here.
Until the next thought,
Ricky
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