Bilingual Q & A#17 How to tell a storybook
1. Tell stories to children, most of which start with picture books.
2. Discuss the cover first and see if the children can guess the content of the story?
---》You can also ask your children to draw the protagonist (on a whiteboard or an easy-to-erased board) to attract their attention.
3. If it is a picture book, the pictures themselves can also be discussed.
---》Teachers/parents’ questions should preferably be “relevant to children’s life experiences” and stimulate their associations and imagination.
---" Ask 1 or 2 "age-appropriate" questions, mainly to attract children to participate, especially those who are "distracted".
4. With the change of voice and intonation along with the character, the effect is wonderful.
5. Add "body language" when necessary to help children understand and make it more interesting.
6. If you want your child to recognize words at the same time, you can use small strips of paper or your fingers to "cover" important or recurring words/words and let the child guess.
7. Don’t rush to tell the ending of the story. You can let the children guess first, because children love to play guessing games.
8. For older children, you can also encourage them to tell the story to you or to the whole class. (It doesn’t matter if you have a book or not)
9. Some picture storybooks have illustrations that attract children, but the content may be deep. The storyteller can still simplify the content and use age-appropriate language, emotions, and methods to tell the story to the children. It is not necessary to follow the book exactly. Come read the story.
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