After reaching the conclusion that telling a story is not as easy as it seems, to see the evolution of the child in front of the stories, to see the general characteristics of the stories and to see that we can become authentic storytellers at home thanks to a series of tricks, it's time to discover the benefits of stories in the language of our children.
No one questions that oral language stimulation is essential for children in their first years of life, which coincide with those of the beginning of their school stage in Early Childhood Education.
Well, with the stories you can work different fundamental aspects for optimal development in the area of language, performing different exercises that are easy to do, always in a playful way, while telling a children's story.
The exercises that can be performed when telling a story are orofacial praxias (i.e. movements of the organs involved in speech), rhythm, the auditive discrimination, he vocabulary and the comprehensive and expressive language.
I won't get tired of repeating that telling is not the same as reading a story. The reading is monotonous and less attractive to children. Therefore, it is important to make a previous reading to be able to narrate it later, in a more enjoyable way.
Most stories contain basic concepts, themes and vocabulary close to the child (body, food, animals, clothing ...), with some final moral, to foster values such as friendship, tolerance, hygiene ...
Constant motivation is essential and that they feel increasingly participatory in history, contributing their own experiences and opinions, enriching language development.
There is no doubt that the stories are motivating and attractive to children, in addition to containing several benefits in the language of our children and the objectives to be achieved in a playful and educational way are usually easily achieved.
