Pinocchio is one of the most classic stories for children, tells the story of a wooden doll that comes to life thanks to a fairy godmother who fulfills the desire of the elder Gepeto. Gepeto sends Pinocchio to school, but Pinocchio, instead of going to school, finds he is in many complications because of his lies and disobedience. Finally, Pinocchio becomes obedient and the fairy godmother rewards him by making him a real child.
So what this story teaches children is the courage to tell the truth, be obedient and sincere, and act with love. Values are just one part of the benefits that storytelling can bring to children. The other part concerns the development of creativity, the habit of reading, the improvement of writing and the creation of moments of complicity and intimacy.
“Creativity requires daring to abandon certainties. -Erich De-
Children have a great ease of learning, because their insatiable curiosity a long time ago of work, so can we use stories to teach them values such as friendship, respect, sincerity, generosity, modesty, loyalty?In this way, in a simple and fun way, you will gain knowledge.
Through stories, children get to know other characters, cultures, and other ways of thinking and feeling, which will help them know why they feel a certain way or why there are people who are different because of their religion, culture, and values.
Reading stories for our children helps improve their reading comprehension, such as a basic skill that develops into a variety of related skills: mastery of orality, a taste for reading, and critical thinking. The development of written understanding provides children with the tools needed for academic, professional and social life.
Knowing how to read isn’t just having the ability to interpret certain graphics and pronounce them correctly, it means having the ability to understand what you’re reading, know what the author means, and form an opinion about it. about making sense of the text you’re reading and draw your own conclusions.
If we share a moment of reading with our children every day, we strengthen the bond of complicity and affection with them, ensuring that children have some certainty about building good self-esteem.
“Fairy tales are more than real, not because they teach children that there are dragons, but because they teach that it is possible to defeat dragons. -Gilbert Keith Chesterton-
Reading and writing are closely linked, and a good reader is often a good writer. Writing allows children to organize their thoughts, allowing them to think and express themselves more logically. Writing also improves concentration and reflection, as it requires special attention.
A debate on handwriting began when the Finnish education system decided to replace, for the 2016/2017 academic year, learning handwriting by writing lessons on the QWERTY keyboard, but while new technologies tend to eliminate handwriting, we cannot forget some of the advantages. that gives us this form of writing: it facilitates concentration, the brain activates, allows us to take the time to think about what we mean, facilitates the structuring of language and concerns us with a more natural movement than pressing buttons or screens.
Researchers at Indiana University in the United States have conducted research that has shown that handwriting activates more regions of the brain and promotes learning of forms, symbols, and languages. In addition, according to the authors of the research, handwriting allows a better expression of thoughts and ideas.
Finally, let’s not forget that everyone has their own letter. It may be more or less clear, but it will always be a unique way to identify ourselves.
Creativity is the generation of new ideas or concepts or new associations between known ideas and concepts, which generally generate original solutions.
Storytelling provides our little ones with the ingredients to make their imagination work and questions arise, without solving them to respond to a real situation, in addition, through stories, they will learn to know imaginary places, fantastic characters and learn that imagination. there are no limits.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. -Albert Einstein-