Importance of Reading to Children

Importance of Reading to Children

Most of you already know that you should read to your children, but do you know why reading is so important for kids? Here, we list the top 7 reasons why reading out loud and sharing stories with your kids is pertinent to their overall growth and success. The Top 7 Reasons You Should be […]

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Why tell stories?

Why tell stories?

By Swati Roy When I think of stories, I think of my grandfather who would surround himself with us, four-five cousins, during the dark evenings adorned with only the dimly lit lanterns on the veranda in our village and would tell us a story, while sipping his cup of tea. When I think of stories, […]

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Teaching Through Story

Teaching Through Story

By Deeptha Vivekanand When I started my storytelling practice in 2009, I used to go to a Montessori school once a week to tell stories to students of Grade 1 and 2. The head of the school gave me a well-laid out curriculum and my job was to find and tell stories for each topic. […]

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A Story That Helped

A Story That Helped

By Shreya Biswas I am a storyteller…. so without going into theories and research let me share an experience with you. I had been telling stories to a group of 10/12 year old children. They live in a hostel away from their parents. One day I told them a story of overcoming one’s fear. Stories […]

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Talk Point

Talk Point

By Arthi Anand Navaneeth “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart,” said Nelson Mandela. But is the mother tongue losing relevance as the prime language in one’s life? Don’t most urban Indian children […]

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