Story telling and a healthy imagination are very important in childhood. Children who are introduced to books and stories develop good listening and comprehension skills. When they are then later encouraged to invent and tell their own stories they have great imaginations and are very creative. Most importably, story telling encourages social interaction as the children must communicate with others in telling their stories.
A fun way to exercise creativity and develop imagination is to make up stories and act them out in a skit form. Sometimes story telling can be supported by the use of puppets which add to the creativity. Children who are innately shy can come out as they take on the personality of their puppet in the creation of their story. Try a round robin story telling group session where one child takes the lead and the other children add to the story (possibly with their own puppet characters) as the story develops. Then the next child takes over with a story which adds to the first story. After a while, a very involved story develops and everyone is taking an active part in developing it and all are having fun together..
A fun way to exercise creativity and develop imagination is to make up stories and act them out in a skit form. Sometimes story telling can be supported by the use of puppets which add to the creativity. Children who are innately shy can come out as they take on the personality of their puppet in the creation of their story. Try a round robin story telling group session where one child takes the lead and the other children add to the story (possibly with their own puppet characters) as the story develops. Then the next child takes over with a story which adds to the first story. After a while, a very involved story develops and everyone is taking an active part in developing it and all are having fun together..
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