Reading fairy tales is simply necessary for a child’s life, for his development, the formation of the most important skills, for his adaptation in the social world, for his subsequent spiritual self-realization. The fact is that the most important universal knowledge is encrypted in the imagery and plot of fairy tales. Moreover, this knowledge covers all spheres of human life:
- The area of relationships between people;
- Tools for overcoming difficulties and resolving conflicts;
- Scenarios of “fighting evil” external and internal;
- Recommendations for coping with stress;
- Typologies of people and ways of influencing them;
- Spiritual development of man;
- Male and female psychology.
The figurative, symbolic language of the fairy tale is addressed directly to the subconscious, bypassing conscious barriers. Fairy tale after fairy tale, a symbolic bank of life situations and values is created in the subconscious. And the more fairy tales a child’s subconscious absorbs, the more successful he will be in adulthood.
Which book to choose for a child so that it is interesting to him, develops him and teaches him good taste? The most important thing is to start reading to your child as early as possible. The book develops a child of any age, be it an accordion book of a couple of pages, or a three-hundred-page adventure novel without pictures.
It is no exaggeration to say that it is never too early to start reading to children. For the little ones, tongue twisters, poems and nursery rhymes are suitable, which should be melodic, rhythmic and emphasize repetition. The monotonous rhythm helps develop linguistic intuition and, moreover, puts you to sleep well. Later you can read short stories and fairy tales.
The most traditional are folk tales, passed down from generation to generation, but remaining virtually unchanged. A child lives through a fairy tale fragments of the life of his favorite characters. Thus, it is as if he is programmed for certain actions in similar situations in his life. Through a fairy tale, it is easier and more clear to explain to a child the common truths: do not offend the weak, do not deceive, be kind and responsive to the sorrows of others, do not be a simpleton and be able to recognize deception and intentions to harm you. No matter how full the windows of bookstores are with publications of modern authors, one should not be lazy in finding folk tales for the youngest listeners, tales of the classics of Russian literature, and one should not ignore the tales of the peoples of the world. Moreover, these books are reprinted regularly, and more colorful illustrations are added to their design. Listening to fairy tales, the child experiences pleasure; the child wants to hear, first of all, his mother’s voice. Try to make the intonation and timbre of your voice radiate warmth and evoke a pleasant feeling. Connect all of the child's senses. Point your finger at the picture in the book and name them. In addition, the fairy tale makes the child think, use imagination and fantasy. At the same time, there is no direct moral teaching in the fairy tale; the fairy tale teaches, but not intrusively. For older children, you can regularly use this game: we read a fairy tale, stop before the ending and invite the child to come up with the ending himself. You can play in this way with the same fairy tale as many times as you like until the child’s interest in the process dries up. This method is widely used in fairy tale therapy; in addition, psychologists often recommend giving the child the opportunity to come up with a fairy tale, in which the characters can sometimes commit very illogical, sometimes incorrect, in the opinion of parents, actions.
Magic stories (fairy tales) are a storehouse of all kinds of cases from real life. They can be considered an excellent teaching tool. With their help, the child learns about the world and its complex laws. Perhaps the story you hear will help your child solve an important problem for him.
Let’s draw conclusions about why a child needs fairy tales:
- A fairy tale is the golden key to a child’s soul.
- Fairy-tale characters help a child become kinder, more sympathetic and braver.
- The vocabulary is replenished, logic, fantasy and imagination develop.
- They teach you to understand what good and evil are.
- Empathy for the hero formsmercy and compassion.
- Memory training and formulation of thoughts when discussing what you read.
- Independent reading helps to master punctuation and spelling in the future.
- Reading calm fairy tales with happy endings can solve sleep problems.
- Family reading aloud and discussion of works bring children and parents closer together.
Everyone loves fairy tales. It doesn’t matter how old you are, whether you’re a boy or a girl, what you’re wearing or where you live. But a fairy tale is something that came to you at such an early age, when perhaps you didn’t even remember yourself. And your mother has already told you fairy tales. Or grandma.
About a bun and two stupid mice. About a simple-minded and cunning fox. About the turnip and the straw bull. And then, growing up, you taught yourself to read, and sat up in the evenings reading stories about the seven underground kings or the little girl Ellie, who fought with evil sorceresses. A fairy tale is something that will stay with you throughout your life.
And here's what's interesting. Fairy tales (legends) have existed since time immemorial, as soon as man learned to speak and human speech appeared. Hundreds of centuries ago, even when there was not a single book on the entire planet, but people already knew how to speak, every mother told her baby a fairy tale. After all, fairy tales are different. Now thousands of authors write stories and publish interesting books with colorful illustrations. And before, stories were retold, “told” - that’s why “skaz”, “legend”, “fairy tale”. They passed from mouth to mouth, acquired new details, improved, and were passed on from generation to generation.
We all love fairy tales, because a fairy tale is magic, a miracle. A fairy tale is a victory of good over evil. Magic stories in which fictional characters live, which means they can be endowed with any character traits and abilities. These can be people, animals, and even incredible creatures from human fantasy.
Almost all fairy tales end well, and in them good always triumphs over evil.
In a fairy tale, you can feel like a beautiful princess or a brave knight, you can invent the country of Frukland and meet the charming Alf. In a fairy tale, something happens that would never happen in life. In fairy tales, all dreams and fantasies come true.
So many fairy tales, even those that live among us now, have no author. Because they were composed by many people, even entire generations of people, over many centuries. So many fairy tales have existed for hundreds, thousands of years. Moreover, many fairy tales are based on events that actually happened. The storytellers simply added something of their own, new, fictitious details to these stories. If we compare the tales of many nations, we will find a lot in common, even if the people who wrote these stories lived on different continents. And this suggests that all people on Earth have a lot in common. They dream of the same thing: that in life good will always triumph over evil and there will always be a place for real miracles.
What do we read to kids? Fairy tales. What do grandmothers tell their grandchildren? Fairy tales. What shows do children like the most? Fabulous. What heroes accompany you in childhood? From fairy tales!
Why are fairy tales so important and necessary? Experts from the publishing house "Clover" tell us.
1. A fairy tale is the most understandable way for a child to learn what life is and how to “handle” it.
2. It is in the fairy tale that relationships between people and life situations are spelled out - love, friendship, deception, joy, sadness...
3. Fairy-tale images are very clear - good, bad, kind, evil, greedy, generous, smart, stupid. No “halftones” that are incomprehensible to the baby.
4. In fairy tales, good always wins. And this is necessary for the child in order not to be afraid. When you are sure that good will win, you boldly move forward!
5. In a fairy tale, good deeds rule - hard work, intelligence, generosity. It’s easy for a child to understand what he needs to be like in order for everything to work out.
6. There are many repetitions in fairy tales. The gingerbread man equally “left” everyone in turn, the turnip was pulled, gradually increasing the “team” (mouse for the cat, cat for the bug, bug for the granddaughter, etc.), the animals knocked on the Teremok in the same way and entered (someone in the little tower lives?). Children love repetition. Firstly, repetition helps them remember a fairy tale, and secondly, children like to learn something they already know - this speaks of stability and predictability, which is so reassuring to kids.
7. A child who believes in fairy tales believes in good things, and this helps him smile at the world and not be afraid.
8. Fairy tales contain the wisdom of centuries, which is so lacking in the modern slightly “material” world.
What does a girl learn from fairy tales?
You need to be kind and hardworking, like Nastenka from Morozko. You need to be able to care, help others, wish people happiness. Because lazy people and envious evil girls always get what they deserve at the end of the fairy tale.
You need to be grateful. Like the girl from the fairy tale “Geese-Swans”, who thanked the apple tree for the apples, and the stove for the pies. Modern children are accustomed to receiving everything at once. But in fairy tales, nothing is given for nothing, and you need to be able to say “thank you.”
The groom needs to have a check. Will the prince be able to pass all the difficult tests for the sake of the princess? (This, of course, is not for kids, but useful wisdom will still be deposited in your head).
What does a boy learn from fairy tales?
You need to be noble. Help the weak, take care. The prince who helps the pike, gives away his lunch and saves someone, in the end will definitely receive mutual help in trials.
Don't be afraid of difficulties. In all fairy tales, men go on journeys, quests or undergo trials without hesitation. A man is not afraid, a man is ready to overcome difficulties, to take risks, even the one who first lay on the stove. It is these qualities that will help a boy feel like a man in the future.
Just as the fairy tale teaches girls to test grooms, the fairy tale teaches boys to test brides. Will he be able to bake a loaf of bread, will he be able to clean the house, will he be able to sew a dress? A woman should be economical and smart. This is what the fairy tale teaches.
Some advice for parents
Read a fairy tale with your child for at least 10-15 minutes every day, and not necessarily before bed. Let reading a fairy tale become your tradition.
After reading, be sure to ask questions: what conclusions did the child draw, what moment did he like and what did he not.
Try turning a fairy tale into a game. The set will easily help you with this "Theater on the Table" from the publishing house "Clover" ". It doesn't just contain books, it's a whole box with the help of which the world of fairy tales comes to life. There is a stage, and backstage, and figures of heroes, and the fairy tales themselves. Read them with your child, and then create a real theater on the table.
Invite your child to draw his favorite fairy tale characters as he imagines them. This exercise develops imagination, helps to learn to think outside the box and creatively.
Why do we love fairy tales? The answer to this question is very simple. Our ordinary reality lacks miracles and magic. In pursuit of material values, we drown in routine, begin to slowly go crazy from monotony, constantly experience stress and dream of escaping for at least an hour to a place where fantasy can paint a world different from the usual one, where dreams come true, and good certainly triumphs over evil.
However, all this applies mainly to adult readers - fantasy fans. If we talk about children, then miracles and magic are as real for them as another deadline at work or a morning traffic jam is for us. They not only believe in them, they are convinced that the world is woven from magic. And fairy tales confirm this confidence. Therefore, reading fairy tales for children is not escapism at all (an attempt to escape from reality into a fictional universe). This is a continuation of what they see around them. And the task of a modern storyteller is to make sure that, on the one hand, the dream is not killed, and on the other hand, to fill his work with realism: eternal values, real rules, understanding of current events, and a description of the surrounding reality. In a word, you need to combine business with pleasure, and in no case should you violate the correct proportions between the main ingredients. After all, if there is too much reality, the fairy tale will lose its magic. If it is not enough, the work will turn out to be empty and will lose its main meaning: to teach and pass on the accumulated experience from one generation to another.
Fairy tales appeared long before modern civilization. Once upon a time, ancient people told them to each other around the fire, often composing them on the spot. In an allegorical manner, they shared their observations, conclusions, and mistakes. In this way, the kids had fun and learned their first life lessons, which are perhaps more important than all school activities combined. Fairy tales contain not only entertaining and educational components, but also an educational base. They are bright, beautiful and are stored in memory along with all the morality that they contain. And our ancestors understood this very well.
The traditions were continued by the author's stories. Over time, the world and the problems that the storytellers addressed changed. It should be noted that works from the past often seem gloomy to contemporaries, and the ideas expressed in them can traumatize the psyche of prosperous children of the twenty-first century. Therefore, very often classic books are modified, abridged and even rewritten. Is it correct? A question whose answer can be debated for a very long time. But if you want to avoid controversy and read an original book to your children, it would be safer to take the work of a modern writer who understands our realities and the mental characteristics of girls and boys of the new generation.
An author whose work deserves close attention is Natalia Mosina. Her book “How Katenka and Mashenka went into a fairy tale,” which was published in May of this year by the Union of Writers publishing house, is very sweet, kind, and magical. It is full of magic and adventure, there is a dream to strive for, and hope that leads forward, like a saving light of a lighthouse in the night. The characters turned out to be charming and similar to young readers. They know how to love, make friends, and have respect for elders. Natalia Mosina presents the highest human values, tested by time, to the public. And at the same time, her work is dynamic and colorful in modern traditions.
What is this book about? About two sisters who loved to listen to fairy tales. And then one day they themselves decided to find the way to the world of miracles, the door to which is not open to everyone. They met a good fairy, met a wise Storyteller and went to their own Fairy Tale, where discoveries, adventures and, of course, danger await them.
Buy the book for children “How Katenka and Mashenka went to a fairy tale” in the online stores “#Book” and “Book for Children”.
All children love fairy tales. Probably, your baby can listen to fascinating stories full of miracles and adventures for a long time. What if he himself acts as a storyteller? Help your child in this useful and exciting activity. Where to start You can write fairy tales casually, on the go. After all, when your hands are busy with housework, your head is free for creativity. The child will be happy to participate in the development of a fairy tale plot and in the game, quietly expand his vocabulary, consolidate the grammatical structure of speech, and, most importantly, practice the art of storytelling (oral monologue speech). You can write fairy tales about anything, even about vegetables and household utensils, but first practice on “simpler” material. There are different “recipes” for organizing such creative training. How you use them depends on the age of the child. A child 2.5-3 years old and older can compose together with an adult, and a 5-6 year old can already compose quite freely on his own, and the adult’s task is to give impetus to composing. Much depends on his and your creative capabilities, the conditions in which you will start writing (whether it will be in a specially allotted time or you will have to write while doing other things or while on the road).
Olesya 6 years old Once upon a time there lived a puppy. His name was Shonik. One day he was running through a clearing near the house. He played, barked, and ran after his tail. I saw a beautiful butterfly and chased it. He ran further and further from home until he got lost in the forest. The puppy sat down on a tree stump and cried. And then Shonik saw his friend the dog Kesha with her owner, Marina. Marina and Kesha went to the forest to pick berries and were already returning home. Shonik barked with joy. They all went home together. The puppy remembered for the rest of his life that he was not allowed to run away from the house alone. Now he only went for walks with his owner Lena! The Adventures of Shonik
Nikita 5 years old Once upon a time there lived a big and kind Robot. He played and had fun, laying out the cards in a circle. Then I went for a walk to the playground near the house. I took a ball to play with the kids. Then an evil tree blocked his path. It wanted to deceive the Robot! But the Robot had friends who did not let the evil tree offend the Robot! Robot and evil tree
Ilya 6 years old Panda and his baby elephant friend. Once upon a time there was a little Panda. He had a very good mother, father and a friend, a little elephant. They were always attacked by leopards. Many years passed and Panda and his friend Baby Elephant grew up. The friends decided to build a big, strong wall. They built and built and finally built it! A reward awaited everyone: a jar of delicious eucalyptus jam. Everyone began to live amicably and happily! Nobody attacked them anymore.
Misha 6 years old Squirrel's birthday. One day the Hedgehog went to Squirrel's birthday party. An evil Raccoon comes towards him and says: “Give me the cake, otherwise I won’t let you go!” Little Bear is coming towards you. Dressed smartly, in a hurry. "Teddy bear, help me!" – Hedgehog called. The little bear heard the Hedgehog and hurried to his aid. " Hey! Raccoon, don’t hurt the younger ones! Come with us and congratulate Squirrel on her birthday! The Raccoon also wanted to congratulate Squirrel. The animals went together to Squirrel!
An amazing fairy tale Polina 5 years old Once upon a time there were two strollers: a pink one and a blue one. The pink one was Polina, and the blue one was Vera. One day they saw a goldfish and began to catch it with a fishing rod and caught it. And they released the fish into the aquarium. There the fish learned to speak. And at this time, in a distant village there lived an evil machine and her name was Nikita. She loved to bump into everyone and she liked it. Once a car was driving around Moscow and met two strollers: Polina and Vera. They explained to Nikita that crashing is bad! The car became kind and good. Together they went home to their talking fish!
Good fairy tale Masha 6 years old Once upon a time there lived a cheerful tram. It was pink in color, and its name was More than anything else, tram 25. He loved to ride quickly on the rails and carry passengers, especially children. One day a very sad girl sat down with him. The tram decided that she needed to be cheered up! And then he changed his route (in general, this is strictly prohibited) He took it and went to the circus. And at that time funny clowns were performing there. They juggled balls, rode on one wheel and made everyone laugh. The girl stopped being sad and her face also became cheerful. They also gave her two balloons: red and yellow!
Alexandra Once upon a time there was a girl named Sasha and she didn’t have any toys. And then one day the parents gave the girl a toy, it was called Zubbles, it was small, round and cheerful. One day, Sasha, after playing with Zubals, decided to leave him on the windowsill and went about her business. And Zoobles sat, sat on the windowsill and rolled along the path. Zoobles is rolling, and a dog named Velmut is running towards him. Labrador from next door. Velmut saw a ball rolling along the path and said to him, “Who are you?” I’ll eat you now!” And Sharik opened up and turned into Zoobles with big ears and small hands. Zoobles tells Velmut: "Don't eat me Velmut!" “I left Sasha and I’ll run away from you,” I said and ran away! Velmut barked and barked and went to his house. Zoobles rolls on, and a cow meets him: Mu-mu, from the neighboring village where Sasha buys milk. " Who are you? I will eat you!" And Zoobles opened his ears, scared the cow and ran away. Zoobles rolls further along the road, suddenly a large goose stops him. "Ga-ga-who are you?" Poor Zoobles hit the stone out of fear and his ears opened and his arms fell out. The goose, when he saw this, became even more frightened. Zoobles was also scared and decided to return to his owner, Sasha. Zoobles rolled home. Sasha saw her little friend and was very happy. “I won’t let you go anywhere else,” Sasha said and put Zubals in her pocket.
Probably, each of us at least once in our lives has composed different stories, fairy tales, tales or anecdotes. Now, remembering this, many will revive the feelings of creative search, pleasure, and flight of fancy. Writing stories in itself is a psychotherapeutic activity, because a person puts a piece of inner reality into his creative product. Many parents reproach their children for being overly imaginative and “having their head in the clouds.” Often children's fantasies and stories are an act of self-therapy, because in a figurative form the child speaks out the questions that concern him and tries to find answers to them. Fairy tales written by children not only reflect their inner reality, the problems that concern them, but also activate unconscious processes that contribute to the personal development of the child.
