IMPACT OF STORIES AND STORYTELLING ON CHILDREN

Story and storytelling is a phenomenon that emerged as long as human beings are lived on the earth. Such that somewhat there is no nation and people that have not any kind of religious, epic, social and alike stories. In all centuries story was an instrument to satisfy mental needs of children, even though adults. In general, the story is most effective instrument to educate children, provided that it is selected in a right way. The story can eliminate the root of many deviations in children and teenagers, and having most effects on them. The children can access to their civilization and cultural heritages by reading and listening the stories, be familiarize with the customs of their society and the world and prepare themselves to their future lives. In this paper, we try to examine the effect of the story and storytelling on transferring and intermodals of the values and education concepts to the children and teenagers.

Keywords:

story , literature , children , value