Shaping The Character of Children Through Stories

Storytelling can be one way to prepare and train mental, intelligence and imagination of children. In addition, the stories also serve as a means to convey advice and examples of role models, forming a positive attitude, as well as an entertainment that is simple, effective and attractive.

According to a child psychologist, storytelling is one of the best ways to spend time with the children. This activity has been increasingly rarely done by parents, but storytelling not only to lull children, but storytelling can enhance the closeness of parents and children, as well as the ability of a child's brain develops.

Benefits of storytelling for children are numerous, such as:

1.      Developing Imagination Children's Power

We need to know that the child's world is a world of imagination. So the child has his own world and they often talk premises imaginary friend. With the power of imagination is still very good, then we as parents should be able to direct it in a positive direction and under control. With tales of children then this is the best way to steer them toward the good.

2.      Improving Language Skills

Fables is an early stimulation that can stimulate language skills in children. We need to know that fairy tales children are able to stimulate the children especially girls to improve their language skills. This is because girls are more focus and concentration than boys. Verbal ability is the ability to start the children have and this is why they are the right brain is more developed and this also causes them more skilled in speaking. Fairy tales that contain positive stories about the behavior and so make children easier to absorb a polite speech.

3.      Generating Interest Read Child

If you want to have a child who has interest in reading is good, then the storytelling is the way to results. By providing children's fairy tales, the children will be interested and curious makes them want to find out. This is where the desire to read increased. With an interesting read books to the kids is the easiest way that we can do.

4.      Build Emotional Intelligence Children

Storytelling for children could raise their emotional intelligence and is also a great tool that is able to glue the relationship between mother and child. Just as we know that children have difficulty in learning moral values ​​in life. With tales of children then we can give an example with the characters in the stories we dongengkan. Fairy tales children will membangtu children absorb emotional values ​​on others. It is undeniable that emotional intelligence is also important in addition to cognitive intelligence. Emotional intelligence is very important for their future social life.

5.      Establish a Sense of Empathy Children

Through stimulation fairy tales children, sensitivity to children ages 3-7 years will be stimulated on social situasai around them. With this method of tales for children, they will learn to empathize with the surrounding environment. Stimulation to be more successful is to stimulate the senses of hearing. It is important that we provide this stimulation to give them a good stock for the future. With the fairy tales that educate, then the child will easily absorb the positive values ​​that will make them children empathize with others.