This last weekend had the opportunity to attend Western con. In the writers and editors which took place in Salt Lake City, Utah this year. While there, I attended a panel on the advantages of using dark fairy tales to teach children. I feel that these notes would make a nice contribution toward my effective teaching blog. I hope these notes will be of interest. I think the same advantages of using dark fairy tales can also include some of the darker stories from the Scriptures. For they tell about the consequences of our actions.

I hope these ideas can be of use to youth ministries, family devotionals, family counselors and family home evenings. Some people may feel uncomfortable in using fantasy for teaching children so fairy tale of various cultures of the world may be preferred.

–          Children love dark fairy tales.

–          Know your child’s propensities, so that you don’t share something that is too far beyond their comfort zone.

–          Consider your child’s life experiences when selecting fairy tales.

–          Also consider time of day to read. For example, if you read. Stories late at night before your child goes to bed and he or she has a tendency to not go to sleep quickly, their mind might linger on the fairytale and that might scare them.

–          Check out book: Uses of Enchantment

Usefulness of fairytales

–                      Fairytales have the elements of children’s emotional traits. Choose a safe place to tell the fairytale, such as the home or school, etc.

–                      Children can learn how to make decisions from the decisions made by the characters of the story. They will also learn the consequences of those decisions.

–                      Children use play as an emotional outlet.

–                      Fairytales can provide a common language. Children are introduced to settings, problems, countries, languages and terms.

–                      Children learn critical thinking skills.

–                      Fairytale show a character that is caught in a dilemma.

–                      Melva’s idea: fairytales broaden a child imagination. That developed Imagination can be used in other problem solving skills. Separate from fairytales

If you have ideas to share this topic, please feel free to share it in the comment section this blog. If you also have some links on the web this wonderful fairytale five preschool free to share them so that everyone can benefit from your knowledge. Thank you.