What is the most interesting tale? For each child, it will be different, because everyone has different tastes and preferences are different. Someone loves good characters and empathizes with them, while other souls do not like the villains, because they always lose. Toddlers regret the losers and always retain hope for their correction. At an early age, most children choose one story they like and ask their parents to re-read and retell it endlessly. It often happens that the child learns the whole story by heart, and the book is rubbed into holes.
The tale has always lived
The tale, most likely, has always lived. Ancient people told their children interesting stories, reinforcing them with drawings that they left on the walls of caves. As time went on, these stories were overgrown with new facts, different heroes appeared in them who solved current problems in a given time period. Some of these stories are still alive, although many centuries have passed since their writing. Among the ancient works, about which it is simply impossible not to say, “Myths of Ancient Greece” and Russian epics about heroes. The last of these are perhaps the most interesting tales, and Alyosha, Dobrynya and Ilya are known not only in Russia, but also abroad (merit of Viktor Vasnetsov). Fiction and epics were told from generation to generation, thanks to which each country of the world has its own folk tales.
The most interesting tales for toddlers
It is difficult for a small child up to a year and a baby who is not yet two years old to concentrate on one thing for more than 10-15 minutes, so fairy tales for such children should be short. The very first books that are recommended for children to read from birth to two years old are the following:
- The Gingerbread Man.
- "Chicken Ryaba".
- "Zayushkina’s hut."
- "Three Bears".
- "Turnip".
- "Teremok".
- "The Fox and the Crane."
Despite the small volume, these are the most interesting tales for children. They are instructive, incredibly kind, with a semantic load. For the initial level and for the first acquaintance of the child with a book, the best option is simply not to be found. Such tales are able to introduce kids to forest and domestic animals, to teach ingenuity, tricks and, of course, friendship.
Tales for children from two years old and those older
For older children, you should look at more complex works, such as:
- "The fly of a clatter", "Doctor Aibolit" and other poetic tales of Chukovsky.
- "Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka."
- All fairy tales by A.S. Pushkin written in verse will do.
- "The Little Humpbacked Horse".
- "Frost."
- "Silver hoof".
- "Swan geese".
These are the most interesting Russian fairy tales, although you can still list them for a very long time, their myriad. This state of affairs is very beneficial for young parents, because it’s easy to choose something special for the child, especially knowing his preferences and interest in something.
Tips for parents of restless children
Many parents complain that their children are fidgets, with an absolute lack of perseverance. They envy families with white envy, where the kid listens with interest to mom or dad, reading, for example, "Cockroach", prompting every word, or leafing through his favorite book, telling the most interesting tale, in his opinion. Psychologists and educators in such situations advise to bring a holiday to reading books, to try to interest the child. To do this, toys worn on the arm called bi-ba-bo can be suitable. Reading a fairy tale, arrange a kind of puppet show with the interaction of heroes. The child should also be handed a soft toy that will be some kind of hero from a readable work. Children usually like this process of interaction very much, they with great pleasure start not only listening to a fairy tale, but also playing it.
Another option recommended by teachers and psychologists for introducing the restless child to the world of fantasy and kind fiction is to maintain the tradition of reading the most interesting fairy tales to him at night. For children, this method is not only contact with parents who are forced to work a lot in the modern world, but also the best opportunity to perceive the information offered in a calm and comfortable atmosphere, in a relaxed state, tired of an exciting day full of new discoveries and adventures. For parents, this is also a good end to the day and a great pastime after hard workdays.
A fairy tale, like a kind great-grandmother, raised countless children, and the need for it will never fade away.