During the week HankFrazee.com, just like its writer, is focused mostly on business development, but on the weekend the blog and I turn our attention towards family. And what better place to start than how to make the most of our time with our kids, though we will also cover other parts of family life as we go along.
We live in challenging times. Our daily lives as parents can be complex, demanding, and sometimes wildly busy. Allow me to make three assumptions we likely share. We love our kids, we have a story to tell, and we want to pass it onto them. Passing wisdom and experience from generation to generation is at the very heart of good storytelling as well as parenting. If you want to deepen your relationship with your kids and are willing to invest a few minutes a day doing so, you’ve come to the right place.
I know how to tell bedtime stories and have been doing so nightly with my three kids for over a decade. In fact I have told over 7,000 original bedtime stories. This blog and my book, Before We Say “Goodnight”- How to tell bedtime stories about your life and family will show you how and why to tell the stories of your life and family to your children or grandchildren. Each post will share insights and techniques that I have developed in my own storytelling and is followed by stories that I have told to my own children. Telling stories will bring you closer to your kids and open up your communication with them as they grow older. And if you’re like me, that’s something you want. Take a look at the next Saturday post and you’ll get a good idea of where we’re headed.
Before we Say “Goodnight” and this post will show you how to tell great bedtime stories to your children which they will never forget. I’m not talking about reading them a story, though that’s a good idea. I’m talking about telling them the stories of your life and family, one night at a time. Intimidating, impossible, boring, you say? Well it is possible, a lot of fun, and you can do it. As you’ll see throughout the book, there are numerous benefits to doing so. For instance, you’ll improve their vocabulary, listening, and comprehension skills, and you’ll do it without even trying. But don’t feel that you have to tell a story every night. That’s entirely up to you.
In this blog, and in the book, you’ll discover and easy-to-learn three-step-method to turn your life experiences, and those of your family, into great bedtime stories. You’ll also discover the many reasons why telling bedtime stories can be a terrific part of your life with your children. Rest assured, this book is not about telling one long and endlessly dull story of your family history. It’s about how to tell new and entertaining stories each night, in any order you want, about your life and family experiences.
You’ll also learn about why you’ll never run out of stories to tell by using “story prompting,” a technique I invented for my own storytelling. This method requires no notes or preparation and is easy to learn.
Once you’ve read the blog or Before We Say “Goodnight” they can be used as helpful references or shared with family and friends for their own storytelling adventures. Tell your stories. Your kids want to hear them.
Hank
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