Comments on: Storytelling: Lost Art or Housekeeping Aid? https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/lost-art-or-housekeeping-aid/ Screen-Free Activities and Books for Kids Tue, 16 May 2023 19:45:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: alysastewart https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/lost-art-or-housekeeping-aid/#comment-20813 Tue, 03 Jun 2014 03:07:09 +0000 https://whatdowedoallday.com/?p=834#comment-20813 I love this idea!! I am definitely going to try this. Probably tomorrow. <-- I promise that is not procrastinating, it's just the kids are already in bed. Ha. 🙂 We tell stories every night at bedtime, and sometimes at other times, too. I admit though, I never thought of storytelling as a housekeeping aid.

]]> By: maryanne @ mama smiles https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/lost-art-or-housekeeping-aid/#comment-13474 Thu, 02 Jan 2014 19:12:31 +0000 https://whatdowedoallday.com/?p=834#comment-13474 Some of my best childhood memories of my dad making up silly stories while he cooked dinner! I'm on a huge "importance of storytelling" kick right now, so I loved this post!

]]> By: Evenspor https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/lost-art-or-housekeeping-aid/#comment-126 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:40:00 +0000 https://whatdowedoallday.com/?p=834#comment-126 It is an easy thing to forget to do. When Beeper was still a baby I sometimes told him about the three pigs, but then it dropped off and I didn't tell him any stories for a while. Just recently I've started telling them to him again when I remember or when he asks, and he loves them. Favorites are the three pigs, goldilocks and the billy goats gruff. I think his favorite part is the funny voices too. Sometimes he will request something specific like, "Tell me a story about monster trucks!" and I'll make up something simple and silly about how the monster trucks learned to get along. It's fun for me too, since it stretches my brain a little in a way tha reading the same picture books over and over doesn't.

Sometimes I even ask him to tell me a story. He can generally only come up with a sentence or two, of course, but I think he likes trying, and it's fun to see whats on his mind.

]]> By: Jenny https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/lost-art-or-housekeeping-aid/#comment-121 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:35:00 +0000 https://whatdowedoallday.com/?p=834#comment-121 What an interesting post. I don't tell CJ stories orally like you described, and I really should. We sing a lot of songs, but not stories. That really would have come n handy during the long time we were in the car over the weekend, too. Interestingly (to me anyway!), CJ has started narrating her actions as she does them, like she's telling a story about what's she's doing at that moment in time. I need to get busy before I miss a golden opportunity with her! Thanks for this post- sorry I rambled a bit.

]]> By: Stephanie https://www.whatdowedoallday.com/lost-art-or-housekeeping-aid/#comment-119 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:05:00 +0000 https://whatdowedoallday.com/?p=834#comment-119 I often tell Tatum the "story" of what we did that day. It's easy for me because I know what happens, and she can join in by filling in the blanks.

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