We now have all (well at least if you're guardian I hope you have) read stories to the children before bedtime.
When these quiet occasions with the kids are a great way to spend some quiet time together, sometimes the mad dash to find a storybook can take longer than reading the story!
While nothing at all will replace reading literature to children, memorizing testimonies is a great way to put some natural fun into their going to bed routine.
Additionally, having a cache of stories in your memory is an excellent way to pass the time during long car journeys, while stuck in the waiting room at the doctor's office, or any other place or situation that can be boring for young children.
Here, we'll provide you with some tips and techniques to memorize stories and be able to remember them at a moment's notice.
In addition, we're going to provide you with some ideas for books {packed with} short and easy-to-remember tales that will delight children of all ages.
Memorizing Line-by-Line
A few stories, such as those that contain rhymes or other lyrically written lines, can easily be properly related word after word.
If you ignore or rule out a line, the rhythm of the story is off, and a part of its magic is lost.
Thankfully, there's a simple way to memorize testimonies such as these with a minimum of works.
Start by choosing a single story to remember.
Ideally it must be relatively brief.
Starting small is always an improved idea, as your mind won't be overcome.
Once you have chosen your story, simply read it through a few times.
Given the brief length of most children's' stories, this shouldn't take lengthy.
Now the real work begins.
Take the story line by series, just as it is written.
- Read each line to yourself.
- Now read it away loud.
- Last, close your eyes and recite the line from storage.
These three steps are generally you need to remember stories!
It is this technique that I used to memories my personal favorite book of poems ever: Roald Dahl's Dirty Bests.
My Daughter and I want to recite Stinging together and play tickle as the scorpion makes an attempt to make an immediate JUMP and sting her hard {after} the rump!
Ahh so exciting!
Learning rhyming stories and poetry can be made easier because the rhyming words can help you keep heading an remember the next line.
Beware though, get the wrong word and even though it may rhyme, you may find yourself uncertain and unable to exercise what comes next. Something which I suffer from when looking to remember "The Anteater" from the same e book.
Although it takes a little bit of time and energy, you will be amazed at just how easily this approach allows you to remember children's' stories to excite your children at bedtime or any time!
Using the pictures to help you memorize the story
To get stories that don't count so much on word-for-word rhyming, a much less difficult method of memorization can be used.
In school, you might (if you were lucky) have been trained that picturing the things you're learning is a great memorization tool.
This kind of principle is still true, and it's really even easier than you remember since most children's' books are {packed with} pictures!
Our brains usually recall pictures and pictures much more easily than words, which is why this method is a time-honored technique for learning all kinds of information.
To memorize stories using this method, simply choose an e book with a lot of images.
On each page, read the lines, and then look at the picture.
Find a way to {hook up} the style with the words, if there is not an evident way.
On many occasions, the picture on a certain site already corresponds with the text, so half the work is completed for you!
Various people memorize children's' testimonies this way, since is actually a technique they've used before.
Its' also one of the most effective techniques for memorizing just about anything, from tales to peoples' names!
When you've memorized a history in this way, you'll be able to recite the history by simply picturing the designs in your thoughts.
You may well not bear in mind every word, but for most stories, that's properly fine.
Read yourself a bedtime story
You wish to be able to recite stories for your children at bedtime, not yourself.
However, science implies that we remember things faster and accurately when we review them just before sleeping.
Since most children's' stories are really short, it can easy to slip 1 or 2 into your bedtime schedule.
There isn't a intentional memorization required for this technique. It works best with quite very easy literature and stories, since you aren't not using any devices or techniques.
Simply see the story before you go to bed. Read it a few times, if you want.
Doing this for about a week, reading each night, will allow the story to sink into your subconscious as it will be one of the last things the mind targeted on while you were awake.
Let your brain relax to help you remember the lines
Leisure by itself is not a memorization technique, but it will help any recall of the history.
If you stress away over not recalling a story word-for-word, your brain becomes nervous.
Once your brain is stressed, it has trouble recalling even simple things (where are my car keys? ).
Upon the other hand, whenever your mind is fully calm, you may surprise yourself by remembering tiny details you thought you'd overlooked.
Before you attempt any memorization technique, ensure that your environment is just as peaceful as possible.
This means disabling your mobile, television sets and computers.
It also means finding time while the kids are in School or already asleep.
When you can fully relax and {give attention to} what if you’re trying to memorize, the mind will absorb the information a lot more readily and remember it more quickly.
Generate a commitment to yourself and your kids to do this and make their story time amazing.
Picture yourself in the story
We've already discussed using visualization. However, should you be still having trouble keeping in mind a certain story, try to put yourself in the story.
Memorizing children's' stories is all about having a good time and relating a captivating tale, so have fun with it!
Photo yourself as the princess or queen, decked out in a ball gown and tiara, descending the castle steps to meet your knight in shining armor.
See yourself wearing a heavy suit of shield, wielding a sword against the scaly, fire-breathing monster.
The more outrageous the visual, the more it can stick in your mind, and the simpler understanding stories will become!
Because the easiest stories to keep in mind will be the simplest and those with the most visible interest, get started with some colorful classics.
Little Golden Literature contain all the fairy tales you heard as a child, accompanied by bright and colorful pictures to entertain your kids and help you dedicate the stories to recollection.
If you want to get started on a mental library, consider Grimm's Fairy Tales, or Fairy Tales (Illustrated) by Hans Christian Andersen. These kinds of are timeless stories, but be aware that some of the initial fairy stories are somewhat violent for small children.
Read them through and opt for yourself whether your child is ready for these stories.
No matter which method or which stories you use, remember to enjoy yourself!
Storytelling is a classic way to bond with your children.
Being able to recite stories from memory space will quickly turn you into the fabled family storyteller, able to consume and enchant children with tales of magic and happy endings... what could be better?