Until a few decades ago, reading bedtime stories to children was a tradition in many families. With the advent of computers and other modern gadgets, the number of parents reading books to their children has dropped dramatically. This is a big omission, because reading fairy tales plays a big role in raising a child.
The role of fairy tales in the formation of a child's personality
Fairy tales are not only an element of folk or author's folklore, they contain basic moral values, definitions of good and evil. This is reality written in childish language. Through magical stories, you pass on your child's life experience, attitude to the world and acquaint him with the customs of different nations.
Reading fairy tales is necessary not only for the general development of the child. There is a special method of education with a fairy tale - fairy tale therapy. Fairy tales can help in difficult life situations and in the fight against the negative qualities of a child's character. With their help, you can solve various children's problems: aggression, fears, anxiety, lies and others. Listening to a magical story, the child identifies with the main character of the story, empathizes with him and learns from his mistakes.
Reading fairy tales to children is a great family tradition. For kids, a fairy tale is a world in which they understand everything, they can distinguish good from evil, loyalty from betrayal. Magic stories are great for developing the imagination, improving brain activity, helping to shape the personality of the child, and also prepare him for adulthood.
Selection of fabulous literature
Choose kind and instructive fairy tales for your child to read, where hard work and courage are rewarded, and evil and lazy characters lose. It will be useful for kids to get acquainted with "Morozko", "Domovenko Kuzey", stories about the sly fox and other animals.
On sale there are kits for children, which are specially designed according to the method of "education by a fairy tale".
You can read both folk and author's tales, the main thing is that they carry a positive and useful moral message. There are therapeutic fairy tales written to solve a specific problem.
Do not be lazy and look at the story before reading it to your child. Now on sale you can find familiar stories in a very free and ambiguous interpretation.
A good option is to compose your own fairy tale with your child. A magical story can be made up based on a real child's problem. The fairytale hero must face a similar difficulty and, after passing a series of tests, get out of a difficult situation with honor. Offer the child through a fairy tale several options for solving the problem, just be correct, the magic story should only evoke parallel associations with reality, and not copy the baby's problem one to one.
