Stories

[ailbhe]

I hadn't told stories for ages but over the past month I've been telling them to Emer, at night, when I'm trying to calm her down enough to sleep. Lots of them are about Emer and Mrs Large (the elephant from the books) or Emer and the Piplings, but last night's was about a little butterfly called Emer and a big butterfly called Linnea who flew through the forest and shared food with caterpillars.

Comments

[ljgeoff.livejournal.com]

That's so lovely. And it teaches them at a very early age that stories are something which you do, not just something that comes at you from a book or tv.

[ailbhe]

Linnea miffed the librarian a couple of years ago, after she'd had a story read to her. "Did you enjoy that?" "Yes, but I know someone who can make stories WITHOUT books."

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

Do share one of the stories with us?