How to tell stories to children / Silke Rose West & Joseph Sarosy ; illustrations by Rebecca Green.
Material type: TextPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: xxxi, 174 pages ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780358449270
- 0358449278
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | NonFiction | 372.677 W521 | Available | 33111010586465 | ||||
Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 372.677 W521 | Available | 33111010533004 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"This book will quietly thrill you and deeply connect you with your children. It will give you the feeling I can do this." - Kim John Payne, bestselling author of Simplicity Parenting
Storytelling is one of the oldest and most essential skills known to humankind, a timeless parenting tool that helps families celebrate life's joys, navigate its challenges, and raise healthy, well-adjusted kids.
Stories help children manage their emotions, empathize with others, and better understand the complex world we live in. More importantly, storytelling cultivates a rich and meaningful bond between storyteller and listener, building intimacy and trust between parent and child.
In this delightful book, Silke Rose West and Joseph Sarosy--early childhood educators with thousands of storytelling hours between them--distill the key ingredients of storytelling into a surprisingly simple method that can make anyone an expert storyteller.
Their intuitive technique uses events and objects from your child's daily life to make storytelling easy and accessible. By shifting the focus from crafting a narrative to strengthening your relationship with your child, this book will awaken skills you never knew you had.
Complete with practical advice, helpful prompts, and a touch of science to explain how stories enrich our lives in so many ways, How to Tell Stories to Children is a must-read for parents, grandparents and educators.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The storytelling loop -- Be yourself -- Start simple, start young -- Establish a rhythm -- Nuts and bolts -- Stories to soothe -- Stories to teach -- Stories for the whole family -- The end.
"What you hold in your hands is not a collection of stories. It is a simple, yet revolutionary method to create your own"-- Provided by publisher.
Storytelling help children manage their emotions, empathize with others, and better understand the complex world we live in. More importantly, storytelling cultivates a rich and meaningful bond between storyteller and listener, building intimacy and trust between parent and child. West and Sarosy distill the key ingredients of storytelling into a surprisingly simple method that can make anyone an expert storyteller. Their technique uses events and objects from your child's daily life to strengthen your relationship with your child. -- Adapted from inside front cover.