The Benefit of StoryTelling

Busyness be one reason for the lack of time parents to their children. A survey conducted on 500 children aged 3-8 years in the UK revealed that nearly two thirds of children surveyed wanted the parents to take the time to read stories before they sleep, especially by the mother.

"One of the best ways to spend time with 

his children is through storytelling for them,"

Until now the activities of storytelling has been abandoned by many parents, because they are inconvenient and make them even more tired after a long day of work. When in fact positive storytelling is an activity that can strengthen the relationship between mother and child.

 "Storytelling is not really a lull of activities for children, 

but rather serves to enhance the closeness of mother and child,

 and the child's brain develop capabilities"

Storytelling also helps the development of psychological and emotional intelligence, as well as several other benefits as follows:

1. Developing a child's imagination

The child's world is a world full of imagination. Children aged 3-7 years had the "world" of its own, even having imaginary friends as their friends play. It is actually not wrong, because it can help the process of their development. However, parents should keep control of the imagination Meeka to remain positive, one through storytelling. Through tales read by the mother, the child's imagination will be directed better.

2. Improving language skills


Listen to the tale is one of the early stimulation that can be used to stimulate the child's language skills. According to the study, girls are more quickly master the language skills than boys. This is because girls have a focus and better concentration than men.

"It is influenced by the ability of multitasking woman" controlled early ability children are verbal ability, so that their right brain is more developed and more trained skills berbahasanya. In addition, the fairy tales that will positively help the child in a language-spoken polite.

3. Increasing interest in reading children

Indirectly, children who have an interest in the tale will have a higher curiosity. The easiest way to tell stories is to read stories to them. When interested in fairy tales, they became more interested in picture story books. By itself, increased interest in reading them.

4. Building the emotional intelligence

In addition to closer intimacy of mother and child, storytelling was able to build a child's emotional intelligence. Children will learn about moral values ​​in life.

 "Young children are difficult to learn about things in the abstract, as good in others. But the fairy tale, the child will be helped to understand the emotional values ​​on others "

 children today are mostly just having cognitive intelligence, emotional intelligence but also needed to socialize and to do good to others as the stock of their lives.

5. Establish a child is capable of empathy

Stimulation through the fairy tale will be able to stimulate the sensitivity of children aged 3-7 years to a variety of social situations. They will learn to be more empathetic to the surrounding environment. Stimulation would be better if it is done by stimulating the auditory than visual. Visual stimulation via television or the game is going to stimulate the visual cleverness, but it will not stimulate the child's sensitivity and empathy feelings. With the loss, and the stories that educate, the child will more easily absorb the positive values ​​and empathize with others.