I’m working on expanding certain components of a story telling event, I’ve created called Traits of a Hero. The purpose of this event is to tell several stories and then relate scientific or nature related details of the story that are important for the story success. By combining knowledge of nature and the story is my intent to show how points of knowledge in the story can be obtained by going to school.

In one story I have some kids having adventures. When crossing the ocean to America. I thought it would be nice to talk about the importance of currents in regards to how the ship would determine which currents to take to travel to the continental United States. Another good point would be to illustrate how shipmen certain types of food that will not rot during the voyage. A third idea is to touch upon the construction of a ship and why things organized on a vessel as they are.

If I can relate to these components of common sense, nature and science to storytelling, it might be a new way for children to appreciate the things they learn in school.

I have to admit, that I also want to study currents and wind patterns because I’m also working on creating a new planetary system where people travel from spot to spot on currents of air. They may travel to a version of parasail ships since many parts of the planet is very dangerous.

So I guess today’s session is simply a brainstorming session that can be used for storytelling as well as fiction.

For any of you readers who have taught children, I invite you to share some ideas of what you came up with, to illustrate how the knowledge obtained a school is important to a child or teen. Please feel free to share it in this comment section of this blog. Thanks