{"id":4720,"date":"2016-03-31T10:20:31","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T14:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/?p=4720"},"modified":"2016-03-28T14:38:26","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T18:38:26","slug":"52-weeks-talking-kids-tell-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/52-weeks-talking-kids-tell-story\/","title":{"rendered":"52 Weeks of Talking To Our Kids: Tell A Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"52<\/a><\/p>\n

Story telling is a perfect time to talk because, well, it truly is talking!<\/p>\n

Telling your children a story that is made up (or retelling a classic tale) is fun, and kids love it.<\/p>\n

Telling your children a story about you, your life, your parents\u2019 life, etc., is even better!<\/p>\n

Story telling is truly teaching!<\/p>\n

In one of our workshops, we talk about teaching like Jesus taught. Truly, story telling was one of his master teaching techniques\u2014and it can be one of ours too!<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"52<\/a>All of our grown kids listening to Grandma tell stories of her early years.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Just like story time\/reading stories, story telling builds those relationships, allows for lots of discussion, and gives us commonalities to build our relationships around.<\/p>\n

Our kids love to hear the stories of how my husband and I met; their births; our salvation stories; and more. They love to reminisce via stories about our vacations and the births of the \u201clittle boys.\u201d<\/p>\n

We have told them stories for years and years\u2014and now they look forward to getting home from work or calling from college or meeting us for lunch to tell us stories about their job, their school, their lives.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"52<\/a>And it comes full circle–as our kids love to tell stories now too! Here our twenty-one year old nurse son tells stories about his experiences as a pediatric nurse to his nurse grandma!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

We recently celebrated my husband\u2019s mom\u2019s eightieth birthday with all of our kids there (and our four kids-in-law). Before the day, Ray told his mom that he was going to have her tell the kids stories about her life. He asked her some questions to get her thinking\u2014and then during the party, she told her stories with Ray prompting her for more information.<\/p>\n

\"52<\/a> My husband prompting his mom as she tells stories to the kids about her early years.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Afterward, Ray\u2019s brother asked Ray how he got so much information out of their mom for that day. The secret, of course, was the prompting, something that we have done extensively when talking to our kids.<\/p>\n

Prompting when they are telling about their day or their event lets them know we are listening. It helps them remember details. It makes them feel that we really do want to know their story.<\/p>\n

So tell stories to your kids when they are young\u2014and they will tell you stories when they are teens and adults! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Story telling is a perfect time to talk because, well, it truly is talking! Telling your children a story that is made up (or retelling a classic tale) is fun, and kids love it. Telling your children a story about you, your life, your parents\u2019 life, etc., is even better! Story telling is truly teaching! […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[643,488,633,281],"tags":[1060,1145,1146,674,753,1144,1062,1147],"yoast_head":"\n52 Weeks of Talking To Our Kids: Tell A Story - Character Ink<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/52-weeks-talking-kids-tell-story\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"52 Weeks of Talking To Our Kids: Tell A Story - Character Ink\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Story telling is a perfect time to talk because, well, it truly is talking! Telling your children a story that is made up (or retelling a classic tale) is fun, and kids love it. Telling your children a story about you, your life, your parents\u2019 life, etc., is even better! Story telling is truly teaching! […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/52-weeks-talking-kids-tell-story\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Character Ink\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/characterinkcompany\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/characterinkcompany?ref=bookmarks\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-03-31T14:20:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-03-28T18:38:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1670\/26031526261_2c61847db7_z.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Donna\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Donna\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/52-weeks-talking-kids-tell-story\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/52-weeks-talking-kids-tell-story\/\",\"name\":\"52 Weeks of Talking To Our Kids: Tell A Story - Character Ink\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-03-31T14:20:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-03-28T18:38:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/801ef5fa0749f7c8c379e32c743fba64\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/52-weeks-talking-kids-tell-story\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/52-weeks-talking-kids-tell-story\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/52-weeks-talking-kids-tell-story\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"52 Weeks of Talking To Our Kids: Tell A Story\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/\",\"name\":\"Character Ink\",\"description\":\"Home of the Language Lady & Cottage Classes!\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/801ef5fa0749f7c8c379e32c743fba64\",\"name\":\"Donna\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a34d703c1b470108b3e0674490546317?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a34d703c1b470108b3e0674490546317?s=96&d=blank&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Donna\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/characterinkcompany?ref=bookmarks\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/author\/cqlalady\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"52 Weeks of Talking To Our Kids: Tell A Story - Character Ink","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/52-weeks-talking-kids-tell-story\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"52 Weeks of Talking To Our Kids: Tell A Story - Character Ink","og_description":"Story telling is a perfect time to talk because, well, it truly is talking! Telling your children a story that is made up (or retelling a classic tale) is fun, and kids love it. Telling your children a story about you, your life, your parents\u2019 life, etc., is even better! Story telling is truly teaching! […]","og_url":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/52-weeks-talking-kids-tell-story\/","og_site_name":"Character Ink","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/characterinkcompany\/","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/characterinkcompany?ref=bookmarks","article_published_time":"2016-03-31T14:20:31+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-03-28T18:38:26+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1670\/26031526261_2c61847db7_z.jpg"}],"author":"Donna","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Donna","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/52-weeks-talking-kids-tell-story\/","url":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/52-weeks-talking-kids-tell-story\/","name":"52 Weeks of Talking To Our Kids: Tell A Story - Character Ink","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-03-31T14:20:31+00:00","dateModified":"2016-03-28T18:38:26+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/801ef5fa0749f7c8c379e32c743fba64"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/52-weeks-talking-kids-tell-story\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/52-weeks-talking-kids-tell-story\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/52-weeks-talking-kids-tell-story\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"52 Weeks of Talking To Our Kids: Tell A Story"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/","name":"Character Ink","description":"Home of the Language Lady & Cottage Classes!","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/801ef5fa0749f7c8c379e32c743fba64","name":"Donna","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a34d703c1b470108b3e0674490546317?s=96&d=blank&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a34d703c1b470108b3e0674490546317?s=96&d=blank&r=g","caption":"Donna"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/characterinkcompany?ref=bookmarks"],"url":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/author\/cqlalady\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4720"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4720"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4723,"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4720\/revisions\/4723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}