Kids truly love stories. And kids adore it when somebody takes the time to tell or read them a good story. They usually have a few favourite stories that they want to hear over and over again. That’s good, because it allows them to continue to develop the mental images that go with the story and to make use of their own fantasy.
Some parents do a really great job helping their kind to develop their fantasy and to allow them to have inputs other than from TV. Others are simply not aware, how important it is to encourage this capacity of imagination, fantasy and mental images. Video games and television may be very parctical to keep kids busy and out of your feet, but they are not really helping the development of your kids mental capacities.
“I don’t have time to read stories to my kids” you may say. That’s indeed a problem for some parents, more so if you are working at a job and if you have to take care of all the household chores after your normal work hours. That however does not mean that you can not stimulate the brain of your kids with interesting stories. Fortunately, there are many very good recordings of childrens novels and stories for kids available. These audiobooks come either on Compact Disc in physical format or even more convenient, free books for kids can be downloaded online and you can then either play them on your computer, burn them to CD and listen to them on a normal stereo or on your car audio system, or they can be directly played on an iPod.
The great thing is that many of these kids stories can be found for very little or even no money at all! The offer of audio books with kids adventure stories is really hughe and you are sure to find the audios that contain stories that your children love best.
Roald Dahl Books – Some of the more well known authors and stories are i.e. Roald Dahl and his series of very famous and popular stories like i.e. “Fantastic Mr. Fox”, “The Witches” or “Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator”. These are the stories kids love. They are taken out of a imaginary world but contain elements that the kids can identify with in their own daily life. The descriptions of the characters and scenes where the story happens are detailed enough to give the kids a good base to start, but then the writer leaves plenty of room for their own fantasy. A good story well told is really ‘cinema in the head’!
Step back a few moments and shut your eyes. Now try to remember one of the novels that you were told when you were young, or if nobody told you a story (how sad…) try to remember a book you read then. Normally you will experience that a combination of images and even feelings will crop up in your head and you are taken back into a long forgotten fantasy world.
Be sure that your kids will be able to also experince these great recollection when they are a bit older, help them nurture one of the most important faculties, creativity and fantasy! With a good kids audio book you can wake up intellectual abilites that will be important for your kid the rest fo their life …. and you will have a lot of really happy quiet hours yourself, as the kids will listen to these tales over and over again.
