Family Storytelling
Family storytelling is as simple as family members telling stories to one another. It is educational and encourages members of all ages to broaden their perspective about the storytelling art.
Knowing there are many narratives from myths, tall tales, or other literature that can be used to start the storytelling. Or simply asking a child the question “How was your day?” is enough for any child to recite his day into story form.
Stories give us a common bond. Stories are like onions, to borrow an old expression, you peel one skin and another grins up at you. Classical fairy tales and stories are like that but were originally told for adults that have been changed by time and culture for the children because childhood is the time of stories.
Family Storytelling
It’s the time in life when everything is still possible and every story is still true. Children will always find story inspiring.
Family storytelling is one tradition of Christmas that continues on into modern times. From the story that led to “Twas the Night Before Christmas” to the tales told in your home when you were a child, the season is ripe with stories to pick at your leisure. Family storytelling is not strong in today’s society, because today’s adult members feel they do not have the time to spend with the children telling life stories.
Children particularly want to hear first hand the stories of their parents as they were growing up, and some of the trouble they got into, but most of all the fun that they had. Hearing family stories help children to understand the value of capturing their own memories. Children love to hear stories of their parents’ childhoods, and family storytelling is encouraged here, as are techniques for helping children create stories from their own lives.
Children love to hear funny stories about themselves, their first words, first steps and the memorable things they have done. And in the hearing these stories the blocks, and criteria for building a good story are also provided.
Listening to lively storytelling in art galleries, watching a video, stage performance, or creating a piece of original artwork while expressing what you’re thinking while doing it, these are just a few of the entertaining activities the whole family can enjoy while looking for stories. Gather the kids and have some fun learning about art! Listening children know stories are everywhere.
Family storytelling is also a communication practice in which families, remember, transmit, and innovate stories through generations. It should be a routine of daily life, and a product of family interaction.
It must be noted that Family Storytelling is not a revered activity in many homes because the stories that dominate the world of some families make them feel as though they are not fit enough to be called human. These families live, sometimes in a living hell, and do not want to remember.
But for the majorityFamily storytelling is a practice that produces family culture by giving systems of meaning and by understanding of certain power dynamics that function within the family. Stories reflecting care, togetherness, adaptability, reconstruction, and humor that is positively linked to the satisfaction of being part of a family.
