Elinor Benjamin, Storyteller

Storytelling in Schools

What are the benefits of inviting a storyteller into your classroom or library?

• Storytelling can provide a high quality narrative experience, especially for children who have difficulty with reading stories themselves


• Storytelling stimulates the imagination because there are no images provided and the listeners must supply them by exercising their imaginations


• Storytelling provides a model of good communication and presentation skills and an enjoyable and less threatening way to learn and practice them


• Storytelling is about what it is to be human. Folk and fairy tales deal with the big themes in life - seeking your fortune, finding your true love, facing evil, overcoming adversity, and finding your place in the world - in a subtle, entertaining and sometimes humorous way.


• Lessons from fairy tales have a way of coming back to help us when we least expect