Both tellers and listeners find a reflection of themselves in stories. Through the language of symbol, children and adults can act out through a story the fears and understandings not so easily expressed in everyday talk. – NCTE – National Council of Teachers of English
Megan
In storytelling, the stimulus of words brings about the production of inner images, an extraordinarily creative play involving the entire brain. Each new story requires a whole new set of neural connections and reorganizations of visual activity within — a major challenge for the brain. . . . So neural potential goes unrealized and development [...]
It is vitally important to support and encourage self-directed activities by the young child. Even if those activities appear meaning- less to us, they can have great purpose and significance for the child. The activities are not random and have a pattern and organization in keeping with the child’s level of mental ability. We run [...]
In play a child always behaves beyond his average age — above his daily behavior. For in play it is as though he were a head taller than himself. -Lev Vygotsky
Play is the answer to the question — How does anything new ever come about? -Jean Piaget
Children were not born to walk. They were born to run– barefoot, over rocks, through the water, through the mud. We need to give greater recognition to the energy and joy of children. – Bev Boss
