2006-06-30 21:56:52 · 16 answers · asked by AngEl L 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Preschool
Very young children - Fairy tales about faries and pixies and gnomes and if they are like nursery rhymes all the better.
Children 6 to 12 - Again about magic and higher level fairy tales like Hans Christian Anderson, Enid Blyton short stories
Children 12 to 14 - Enid Blyton books length stories, William books by Richmael Crompton, Billy Bunter, and higher level Fairy Tales and Fables like Aesops Fables and Panchantantra (Indian Fables)
Children 14 onwards - Science Fiction based stories and books, Space Stories, Adventure books like those written by H Rider Haggard, Tarzan and the Mars books by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Arthur C Clark and so on and so many recent books like Harry Potter series
BUT Keep them shielded from the TV and the Movie Theatre for as long as you can - reading is the best thing for them till 16 at least - let them watch the ocassional movie etc of course and gentle direction is a million times better than coersion or banning things.
2006-06-30 22:24:59 · answer #1 · answered by DemonInLove 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What age are you talking about?
As a preschool teacher, I use props with my stories (puppets, laminated cut outs, etc.) to keep the children interested. The best preschool stories are ones that are repititious - think Dr. Suess's Green Eggs and Ham, or any book by Eric Carle, think Brown Bear Brown Bear and Polar Bear Polar Bear. Children learn the words through repitition and can then be prompted to repeat the storylines with little help.
Incorporate a word wall with the words that you go over in the stories.
Hope that helps! (-:
2006-07-01 01:29:15 · answer #2 · answered by Love2teach 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't think it is as much about the story as much as the interaction and enthusiasm and the exposure to the written word.
If you are excited to read to them, read with them, act out books, it hardly matters what it is... it could be the same book over and over (it frequently is).
kids like to be experts at something so let them guess the ending or create their own... just have fun with it and they will too.
I guess they value the interaction and attention of adults during that time more than anything else. so don't rely on a video. they will never be little again and never look to you for the praise or knowledge like they do right now.
2006-07-01 08:18:18 · answer #3 · answered by artful dodger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By reading a fairytale story out of a book. Or just renting a movie.
But that depends on the kid.
2006-06-30 22:00:41 · answer #4 · answered by emjay 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Anything. Reading aloud is the single most important activity you can do with children. It's not really about the book, it's about the one on one attention.
2006-07-07 17:27:09 · answer #5 · answered by sjohnson9501@sbcglobal.net 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i like dr seuss. the stories are simple and entertaining. i read somewhere that rhyming is good for a youngsters developing brain. i learned to read w/ the help of "hop on pop"
2006-07-01 04:23:15 · answer #6 · answered by oodlesofpoodles 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hansel & Grethel
2006-06-30 23:08:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
stories that you make up for them are the best and they can help you along the way.
2006-06-30 22:31:09 · answer #8 · answered by Raylene M 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Panchatantra. India is full of stories take your pick :)
2006-06-30 22:00:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Three lil pigs
2006-06-30 22:02:21 · answer #10 · answered by Brownie 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋