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Please tell us more what do you do? 

I’m a professional children’s storyteller and I help parents that love books help their children fall in love with books.
 

Can you please explain this to us?

I have been a storytelling since 2003 to children from 2-6. At this age, they are not polite 🙂 If they are bored they walk away.
So, I learned how to engage them in my 45-minute activity.
I also teach parents and educators how to fascinate and engage in a unique way through children’s books. 

What does storytelling mean for you?

No matter how good the book is, if you don’t know how to deliver it to a child in a compelling way, they won’t want to do this.
If books are important for you, learn how to deliver it to children so it becomes important to them. 

Why in your opinion storytelling is important when raising kids?

I think it’s the ultimate parenting time: the combination of- a story, a parent, and a book creates magic. It combines knowledge, emotional intelligence, tons of academic benefits, and- all delivered to a child by their parent, with love.
Is there a better way to parent your kids? 

From which age until which age do you believe parents should invest time in storytelling?

I think parents should regularly read to children from toddlers to ages 10-11.
It might sound a lot but when they are young they can’t read by themselves and you teach them this valuable daily habit.
When they learn to read, reading is not fun in the beginning.  They can’t read books that will fascinate their imagination.
So we have to read those books: Harry Potter, Pippi Longstocking, amazing classical books.
Those are books they can enjoy but not yet read by themselves.
Around 10-13 they will start reading the books that interest them by themselves.

So, it’s a big-time investment for the parent but- it’s still limited in time.
Those are sharable memories your family will never forget. I think about how it’s a unique activity and there is nothing similar to it. 

Can you tell me how do you help parents get better at storytelling with their kids?

I give a free masterclass where parents experience how you can literarily create magic time with your kids. What to read, how to communicate and the mindset to make it a really fun activity.

I have a live 4 lesson program where I help parents be the best storytellers for their children:
I teach live how to find the best books, create a habit that YOU don’t want to miss and how to read and fascinate children. I also show how you can help your children develop their core values.
This Course will be open for enrollment from December  9th to 16th.

Can you share a few important tips on what not to do while storytelling?

Sure:
Don’t be a teacher. Concentrate on telling the story and making your kids want to know what’s going to happen. If you do that, this will create an inner motivation to read more. Let the teachers teach them to read you concentrate on creating an enjoyable activity. 

Find books you love. Don’t read a book if it bores you. You should enjoy reading time just as much as your kids. If you read what you like, you’re more likely to do this for years and create a meaningful habit of reading. 

I thought great storytelling requires some kind of theatrical skill that not every parent has. What do you think?

In my storytelling course, I show a short clip of my husband reading a book to my then, 2-year-old daughter. My husband is an engineer, not a storyteller. You see how engaged my daughter is to this activity (by the way she is now 14 and a bookworm)
The parent is the best storyteller to their child. I also show you hidden hints you have on how to read. But most importantly once you have the right mindset of what it’s supposed to be, you will know how to read in a fascinating way. You will learn this also on my free masterclass.