How to Tell Stories to 5 Year Olds
- you’re going to need a lot of help
- luckily the help is usually sitting right in front or beside you
- it’s more about building a story than telling a story
- ask good questions
- let them drive
- find puzzles in what’s going on and ponder about them to yourself, out loud. you will get lots of help solving
- play out the facial expressions in scenarios… facial expressions are extremely fascinating to 5 year olds
- action! movement! play act! use props!
- compassion and heroism are popular themes
- so is shrinking monsters down to size for a fair fight or making them silly
- find new superpowers to overcome obstacles
- a lot of story friends want to help, that are in the stories
- it’s a cool lesson on how to dance with dreams, for both of you