Reading Reflections and fables
As ubiquitous as Aesops Fables a refresher course was needed. Stories smattered with animals, plants or inanimate objects, living their best life and learning from their mistakes are great places to start the search of great story-telling material. Globally, fables are used as teaching tools to hit home what may be the better way to think if faced by dilemmas. Using beings other than human allow for candid consideration for their actions. "Oh that fox," or "Oh that frog shouldn't have trusted that lion." It becomes easier to digest and discuss. Though the messages are sound, currently we may have many that do not have the same context with which to understand the stories. For instance some children are not exposed animals or settings that many of these fable take place. Half of your storytelling time might be used to simply introduce them to characters or places. Using the through lines of Aesops making with ...