Communicating With Your Child

Storytelling is a great way to help children to understand routines or new experiences.  

Storytelling is ingrained into children’s lives through school, television and general conversation. 

This means that storytelling as a method of communication can:

• help you explain what is going to happen
• give a child a sense of what to expect
• reduce uncertainty

It can also lead to more questions, so you can explore any concerns they have together. 

Storytelling might not be suitable for all children, you know your child best.

Watch this video where Ben's parents use storytelling to explain about a family outing: