Guest Post by Jim Weiss Storytelling as Teaching Tools Stories are spectacularly successful learning tools. Many studies show that children whose parents tell and/or read stories to them from an early age turn out to be better readers and students later on. Furthermore, you are twenty times more likely to remember information if you learn it in a story than if you learn it simply as data to memorize.
Storytelling: How to Get Started
Storytelling is an ancient form of communication. For millennia, people have passed on traditions, legends, and historic events through the telling of stories. True storytelling does not make use of books; like the ancients, it is intended to convey an idea simply through the spoken word. Many are interested in exploring the art of storytelling, but aren’t sure where to begin. If this interests you, here are some ideas on