Possible child competencies and understandings promoted by storytelling, experiences include developing a sense of:

• personal story
• curiosity about others stories
• drama
• a story’s power
• phonemic awareness
• cultural similarities and differences
• social and group enjoyment during story telling
• gestures and acting actions effective in communication ideas, feelings and moods

Selecting story for storytelling:

• Age appropriate
• Plot
• Style
• Values
• Memorable characters
• Sensory and visual images
• Additional selection criteria
• Themes and story structure
• Storyteller enthusiasm