What the morals teach children
When we take a lesson from a story we say that it has a moral. It is that conclusion or message that transmit stories and stories. Also poetry. In the stories, the characters can be animals with human qualities, from which the children can draw some lesson in life. They are fables that leave a moral
When we take a lesson from a story we say that it has a moral. It is that conclusion or message that transmit stories and stories. Also poetry.
In the stories, the characters can be animals with human qualities, from which the children can draw some lesson in life. They are fables that leave a moral.
What children teach stories with morals
When reading stories, children get into the skin of the characters, experience and feel emotions from which they can learn a lot, therefore, they are an invaluable and helpful resource , that will serve them to learn values and to learn to defend themselves before the different situations that they will have to face in life.
The children's poetry (for its rhyme and sonority) and the fables, are ideal means to teach children values and even if the message is not explicitly written in the text, the author will make it reach the small reader and discover it naturally.
Children's exercise to understand the moral
Let's see what they can learn from the following story:
A DOG WITH BAD FLEAS
With a reputation for bad fleas
a Pekinese puppy,
is envious of the size
of a Great Dane dog.
When he passes by her side
feeling even smaller,
she barks, grumbling
insults him and runs away.
The big dog says
he can not understand,
he did not choose his size
he was given at birth! Se
And he leaves there very sad
trying to understand,
that only because of his size
does not want to approach him.
Will children be able to get into the Danish dog's skin and feel how he feels? Will you understand that
envy is never good? What all are we equal and different ? What do we all have the same right to life?It is time to sit down with them to reflect on what the story has told us, and if they ask us to listen to it again, it will be because they have liked it and it has reached their heart. According toBettelheim
(child psychoanalyst), a child will be able to take full advantage of what our story offers, only after having heard it repeatedly and having had enough time and opportunities to do so.Marisa Alonso Santamaría Poetisa specialized in children
